When to Select the Employment Model

By default, every enterprise uses the single-assignment employment model. To select a different employment model for the enterprise or for individual legal employers, use the Manage Enterprise HCM Information and Manage Legal Entity HCM Information tasks in the Setup and Maintenance work area respectively.

This topic discusses the choices you can make and identifies any restrictions.

You can select a different employment model for individual legal employers.

Single Assignment v. Multiple Assignment

If you select:

• Single Assignment or Single Assignment with Contract, all work relationships in the enterprise or legal employer are restricted to a single assignment.

  Note: Even if the employment model is Single Assignment or Single Assignment with Contract, you can still add a temporary or permanent assignment using the Add Assignment quick action. Single assignment employment models don't display the Add Assignment action in the Actions list of values on the classic Manage Employment page.

• Multiple Assignments, all work relationships in the enterprise or legal employer can include one or more assignments; therefore, work relationships can include a single assignment when appropriate.

  Note: If you don't want multiple assignments, make the Add Assignment action codes as inactive and remove the security privileges related to the Add Assignment action.

• Multiple Contracts with Single Assignment, all assignments in the enterprise or legal employer can be associated with its individual contract.

Changing the Employment Model for the Enterprise or Legal Employer

In general, you can change the employment model for the enterprise or legal employer both during initial implementation and later. However, there are some restrictions on switching to and from particular employment models.

The following table identifies the valid and restricted switching options.

From	To Single Assignment	To Single Assignment with Contract	To Multiple Assignments	To Multiple Contracts with Single Assignment
Single Assignment	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes
Single Assignment with Contract	See note	N/A	See note	Yes
Multiple Assignments	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes
Multiple Contracts with Single Assignment	See note	See note	See note	N/A

Note: Yes, provided that no work relationships exist in the enterprise or legal employer.

Note: Use HCM Data Loader when you're changing the employment model from a Single Assignment or Multiple Assignments models to either Single Assignment with Contract or Multiple Contracts with Single Assignment and you want to add a contract for existing workers.