Element Duration Dates

Element duration dates control when element entries for an employee start or end. View and manage these dates on the Manage Payroll Relationships page when you hire, terminate, add, or transfer an employee's payroll.

In addition to the predefined element duration dates, you may have additional dates that were created as time definitions. Here are the predefined element duration dates:

• First standard earnings date

• Last standard earnings date

• Last standard process date

• Final close date

Element entries end on either the last standard dates or the final close date, depending on the element setup.

Element Duration Dates on the Manage Payroll Relationships Page

You may see multiple sections displaying element duration dates on the Manage Payroll Relationships page. Each section is for a different level of the employment hierarchy: payroll relationship and assignment. In the Assignment section, the first Element Duration Dates section shows the dates associated with the assigned payroll. The second section shows dates associated with the assignment itself. Information in this section overrides information in the section for the assigned payroll.

Date Values

This table provides information about what actions set the date values and which dates they're based on.

Date	Description	Actions Setting Dates	Date Used
First Standard Earnings Date	Date when standard earnings start accumulating	Hire, add payroll, or transfer payroll	Hire date or the effective date of the change
Last Standard Earnings Date	Date when standard earnings stop accumulating	End employee assignment or transfer payroll	Termination date. For transfer, last day of the payroll period or one day before transfer date
Last Standard Process Date	Regular payroll process can include elements for normal processing on the last date	End employee assignment or transfer payroll	Last day of the payroll period Must be later than or same as LSED or FCD If you edit this date after termination, then the application doesn't update it with the assignment date
Final Close Date	Last date a supplemental payroll process can include element entries	None, but you can manually set to limit the length of time that element entries are open for processing, such as the date on which processes skip terminated assignments	End of time, unless manually set If date is End of time, date doesn't show in the field Must be later than or same as LSED The End Payroll action doesn't set a final close date You must set the final close date to end a payroll record

Change Date Values

This table shows the dates you can change.

Date Field	Set Automatically	Editable
First Standard Earnings Date	Yes
Last Standard Earnings Date	Yes
Last Standard Process Date	Yes	Yes
Final Close Date	Yes	Yes
User-defined Time Definition		Yes