The Leave Group is where you specify the rules for the allocation and bidding.
Name:
Mandatory
Phase 1 or 2:
Phase 1 is the preliminary bid period, Phase 2 is the secondary bid period.
The number of periods are controlled by the Setup parameter "VacationPhaseCount"
Season type:
Refer to the seasons when the period is open.
HR resource filter:
Who does the rule apply to.
Select mode:
Fixed – length and start date is fixed,
Flex - length and start date is flexible.
Default entitlement:
number of available Vacation days. This value is only used if "Limit number of bids" is set to Leave Entitlement
Limit number bits:
Leave Entitlement
will use default entitlement
Balance
Imported value from the external field or the Accrued balance.
Limit number of awarded days off:
Leave Entitlement
will use default entitlement
Balance
Imported value from the external field
Accrued
Accrued balance
Special Rules:
This function is not implemented
Ranking Type 1 – 3:
Employment date
First come first serve
rotation groups
days since last vacation
available vacation days
Seniority Ascending
Senioity Decending
These are used to control the distribution order.
Rotation Group Order:
You can make subgroups of the HR filter Group and rotate the groups every year. It is a manual task to rotate the groups.
Apply to the balance rules. See above.
Balance rules:
Balance rule that shall be used by Mobile and Auto roster process.
Leave Entitlement or Balance
With the above setting it means that you have 30 bids avl, but as the length is 7, “one” bid will be of 7 days length. The parameter control “Bids Available”