Create Sickness Absence Plans

To record that a person is on a sickness absence, a sickness absence plan needs to be created.

Perform the following steps to create a sickness absence plan:

1. In the My Client Groups work area, select Absences > Absence Definitions > Absence Plans.
2. In the Absence Plans page, click Create.
3. In the Create Absence Plan window, enter the effective date, 'United Kingdom' as the Legislation and 'Qualification' as the Plan Type.
4. Click Continue.
5. In the Plan Attributes tab, enter the required details for the absence plan such as the plan name, Legislative Data Group, and others. Enter the other field values as shown below:

   FIELD	VALUE
   Status	Active
   Enable concurrent entitlement	Selected
   Plan UOM	Days
   Legislative Grouping Code	UK Statutory Sickness
   Type	Absence duration

   Note: If you are using a specific SSP schedule, make sure that you select the schedule category as Alternate Schedule Category. If you’re using the employee’s regular work schedule, you can leave this blank.
6. Click the Participation tab and enter the field values as shown below:

   FIELD	VALUE
   Qualification Date Rule	Absence start date
   Entitlement End Rule	As of event

7. Click the Entitlements tab and select Disable payment percentage override.
8. Click the Entries and Balances tab and enter the field values as shown below:

   FIELD	VALUE
   Absence Payment Rate Rule	Rate definition
   Rate Name	Select the placeholder rate definition created earlier
   Transfer absence payment information for payroll processing	Selected
   Element	Select the element that you created earlier

9. Click Save and Close.