Common Considerations for Setting Up Statutory Absences
A few important points need to be considered before setting up statutory absences.
Effective Dates
Seniority Date
The Statutory Absence Service Start Date field is used to record the date (different to the hire date) for calculating the period of service for entitlement and payment of UK statutory absences. The field is located on the employees work relationship record in the service dates, legal employer section of the work relationship record.
If this field is populated, any Statutory Absences for the person will have the length of service eligibility calculated using the date that has been entered. If the field is not populated, then the hire date from the employees’ employment record will be used to calculate length of service eligibility.
Absence Record Maintenance
Ensure that any absence types that you create have the appropriate absence record maintenance values populated, so that employees, managers, and administrators can update or maintain absence records appropriately.
Unit of Measure
For statutory payments to work, specify the correct unit of measure for each statutory plan, as described in subsequent sections of this document. Absence types can be in any unit of measure that is appropriate for your business needs. (For example, if your occupational plans are in hours, you will need to set up the absence type in hours to ensure that you capture absences correctly).