How do I calculate the number of pay days for China?

Use the Define Availability functionality to calculate the number of pay days for China Payroll.

Here are the setup steps:

This flow depicts the various steps to calculate the number of pay days in China payroll.
  1. Use the Manage Geography Trees task to set up a geography tree that includes the node China.
  2. Use the Manage Calendar Events task to set up China public holidays, add the geography tree created in the step 1, and select Include for the node CN China.
  3. Use the Work Shifts task to set up shifts.
  4. Use the Work Workday Patterns task to set up work patterns, include the shifts created in the step 3.
  5. Use the Work Schedules task to set up work schedules.
    1. Include the work patterns created in the step 4.
    2. In the Exceptions section, add a row for the type: calendar event category, to include all the public holidays created in step 2.
    3. In the Exceptions section, create exceptions for the weekdays switched to off days, and weekends switched to work days.
  6. Use the Work Schedule Assignment Administration task to assign the work schedules created in step 5 to employees. Specify the appropriate resource type and set the Primary attribute to Yes.
  7. Set up Chinese employees’ Location (on the Assignment page) attribute to an address in China.
  8. If the work schedule has a work pattern with more than 1 shift in a working day, use the Manage Common Lookups task to create the lookup type: ANC_PROC_CONFIGS if it's not available. Set up the lookup code: ANC_RES_EXP_BTWN_SHIFTS_ENBL, select Enable.
  9. By default, the number of pay days for a month is 21.75, which is the average monthly value. If the number of pay days needs to be calculated as the actual number of days within a month, in the User-Defined Tables page:
    1. Specify your Chinese legislative data group.
    2. Search for the table China Default Values.
    3. Click Edit.
    4. Specify the Effective as-of date.
    5. Select the row: Number of Paid Days per Month.
    6. Click Next.
    7. Add -1 as the table value for value: ORA_CN_DAYS_PER_MONTH.