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Implementing
Oracle HRMS
(Canada)
RELEASE 11i
November 2001Implementing Oracle HRMS (Canada) Release 11i
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Preface Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Audience for This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
How To Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Do Not Use Database Tools to Modify Oracle
Applications Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
About Oracle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
Your Feedback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii
PART I IMPLEMENTATION
Chapter 1 Planning Your Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 –1
Implementation Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 –2
Implementation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 –4
Implementation Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 –5
Chapter 2 Implementation Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –1
Post Install Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –2
DataInstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –2
AutoPatch (adpatch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –3
Administration 2 –7
Key Flexfields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –7
Descriptive Flexfields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –22
Extra Information Types (EITs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –25
Contents iiiSystem Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –26
Application Data Exchange (ADE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –27
Work Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –28
Define Organization Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –28
Define Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –32
Set Up Workflow for Transactions 2 –32
Enable Position Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –36
Set up Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –36
Define Grade Related Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –38
Define Payroll Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –40
Compensation and Benefits 2 –42
Define Input Value Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –42
Define Compensation and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –43
Define Earnings and Deductions for Payroll Processing . . . 2 –45
Configure the Generated Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –48
Salary Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –49
Absence Management and Accruals of Paid Time Off (PTO) 2 –51
Element Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –54
Total Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –56
Administration 2 –56
Benefits Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –56
Derived Eligibility Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –57
Eligibility Profiles 2 –59
Define Life Events (Advanced Benefits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –59
Program Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –60
Enrollment Requirements 2 –62
Activity Rates and Coverage Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –63
Reporting Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –65
Flex Credit Calculations (Advanced Benefits) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –65
Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –66
Define Online Benefits Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –66
People and Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –67
Person Types and Assignment Statuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –67
Special Personal Information (Personal Analysis
Key Flexfield Structures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –67
Medical Assessments, Disabilities and Work Incidents . . . . 2 –70
Specific Business Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –71
Workers Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –71
Provincial Medical (PMED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –72
Vacation Banking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –73
Human Resource Budgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –73
Evaluation Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –74
iv Implementing Oracle HRMS (Canada)Requirements Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –75
Career and Succession Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –77
Recruitment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –77
Career Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –77
Evaluations and Appraisals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –80
Career and Succession Planning 2 –81
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –83
Define Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –83
Standard Letter Generation 2 –83
Configure the People Management Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –87e Oracle HRMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –88
Create Task Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –89
Define Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 –91
Define User Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .