Options to Define a Qualification Term

A qualification plan term is an assessment period during which absence entitlement for the total absence time recorded in that period is considered.

While creating a qualification absence plan using the Absence Plans task, you need to select one of the following plan term types:

• Calendar year

• Rolling backward

• Rolling forward

• Absence duration

Calendar Year

The qualification plan term starts on the month, day, and year that you select. The duration of the term is one year. For example, if you select January 1, 2015, the qualification term starts on that day and ends on December 31, 2015.

Rolling Backward

A rolling-backward term calculates absence entitlements based on the total duration of absences for a specific time period that precedes the absence start date. For example, if you specify a one year rolling period, and the worker's absence start date is January 1, 2015, then the calculation considers absences scheduled from January 2, 2014. You can also configure rules to determine how to deal with absences that overlap rolling backward terms.

Rolling Forward

A rolling forward term calculates absence entitlements based on the first date a worker's absence begins and calculates the end date by adding the term duration to the start date. For example, if the term duration is 365 days and the absence start date is 12 February, then the end date will be 11 February of the following year. The rolling forward option evaluates absences between this start date and end date to track plan entitlements for that period.

Absence Duration

The absence duration determines the qualification plan term. For example, if a worker schedules a maternity absence from January 1, 2015 to April 15, 2015, then that's the duration of the qualification plan term.