HRMS Terminology (Alphabet E)

Effective Date

 The date for which you are entering and viewing information. You set your effective date in the

Alter Effective Date window.

 See also: Date Track

Electability

 The process which determines whether a potential benefits participant, who has satisfied the

eligibility rules governing a program, plan, or option in a plan, is able to elect benefits.

Participants who are eligible for benefits do not always have electable benefit choices based on

the rules established in a benefit plan design.

Element Classifications

 These control the order in which elements are processed and the balances they feed. Primary

element classifications and some secondary classifications are predefined by Oracle Payroll.

Other secondary classifications can be created by users.

Element Entry

 The record controlling an employee's receipt of an element, including the period of time for

which the employee receives the element and its value.

 See also: Recurring Elements, Nonrecurring Elements

Element Link

 The association of an element to one or more components of an employee assignment. The link

establishes employee eligibility for that element. Employees whose assignment components

match the components of the link are eligible for the element.

Elements

 Components in the calculation of employee pay. Each element represents a compensation or

benefit type, such as salary, wages, stock purchase plans, and pension contributions.

Element Set

 A group of elements that you define to process in a payroll run, or to control access to

compensation information from a configured form, or for distributing costs.

Eligibility

 The process by which a potential benefits participant satisfies the rules governing whether a

person can ever enroll in a program, plan, or option in a plan. A participant who is eligible for

benefits must also satisfy electability requirements.

Eligibility Profile

 A set of eligibility criteria grouped together. Eligibility profiles help determine eligibility for

compensation and benefits and are re-usable. Eligibility profiles can be linked to a compensation

object (such as a program, plan, or option), a collective agreement, a grade ladder, or a work

schedule to restrict eligibility for these.

Employee

 A worker who has a direct employment relationship with the employer. Employees are typically

paid compensation and benefits via the employer's payroll application.Employees have a system

person type of Employee and one or more assignments with an assignment type of Employee.

Employee Histories

 An SSHR function for an employee to view their Learning History, Job Application History,

Employment History, Absence History, or Salary History. A manager can also use this function

to view information on their direct reports.

Employment Category

 A component of the employee assignment. Four categories are defined: Full Time - Regular,

Full Time - Temporary, Part Time - Regular, and Part Time - Temporary.

 Employment Equity Occupational Groups (EEOG)

 In Canada, the Employment Equity Occupational Groups (EEOG) consists of 14 classifications

of work used in the Employment Equity Report. The EEOGs were derived from the National

Occupational Classification system.

Employment Insurance (EI)

 Benefit plan run by the federal government to which the majority of Canadian employers and

employees must contribute.

End Placement Date

 DBI for HRMS uses this term to specifically refer to the contingent worker's most recent

placement end date prior to the effective date.

Employment Insurance Rate

 In Canada, this is the rate at which the employer contributes to the EI fund. The rate is expressed

as a percentage of the employee's contribution. If the employer maintains an approved wage loss

replacement program, they can reduce their share of EI premiums by obtaining a reduced

contribution rate. Employers would remit payroll deductions under a different employer account

number for employees covered by the plan.

Enrollment Action Type

 Any action required to complete enrollment or de-enrollment in a benefit.

Entitlement

 In Australia, this is all unused leave from the previous year that remains to the credit of the

employee.

ESS

Employee Self Service. A predefined SSHR responsibility.

Event

 An activity such as a training day, review, or meeting, for employees or applicants. Known as class in OLM.

Ex-Applicant

 Someone who has previously applied for a vacancy or multiple vacancies, but all applications

has ended, either because the applicant has withdrawn interest or they have been rejected. Ex-

Applicants can still be registered users.

Expected Week of Childbirth (EWC)

 In the UK, this is the week in which an employee's baby is due. The Sunday of the expected

week of childbirth is used in the calculations for Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP).

Extra Information Type (EIT)

 A type of developer descriptive flexfield that enables you to create an unlimited number of

information types for six key areas in Oracle HRMS. Localization teams may also predefine

some EITs to meet the specific legislative requirements of your country.