Using special HR transactions for hires and terminations

Another function of Employee Central is storing employee-specific information. Configure HR data comprised of Personal and Employment Information using the Succession and Country-Specific Succession Data Models. You can also use the Manage Business Configuration tool in the Admin Center to manage the data models.

Use the interaction to learn more about HR Data.

Employee data in Employee Central has the following features:

• It can be effectively dated.

• It connects with the other SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite products.

• It is reportable and exportable.

• It is controlled using Role-Based Permissions (RBP).

• It is configurable using HRIS standard, custom, and country-specific fields.

The table, Person Objects in Standard Succession Data Model, lists the standard predelivered Person Objects in Employee Central used to store personal information and some qualities that pertain to the element.

The following table, Employment Objects in Standard Succession Data Model, lists the standard predelivered Employment Objects in Employee Central. This is used to store employment information and some qualities about the element.

Several HR objects are effectively dated. In the following example note how address changes are stored.  

Marcus Hoff was hired on March 20, 2011, and his address information is added to the Address block. The system stores Marcus's data with a start and end date because the address information is effective dated.  

Marcus Hoff requests an address change that is effective on January 1, 2020.

When the new record for the address is added, a new row is added to the table and the  previous record’s end date will be adjusted to one day before the new record (Dec 31, 2019)  begins. The system maintains the history of the changes occurring to the address information  for the employee.

The example after the new record is added is displayed below:

The History UI of an effective-dated block will show the details of these changes as seen in the Figure.

New values are highlighted in green while old values are crossed out. The history UI will also show the user that submitted the update and the time stamp.

Non-effective dated HR objects behave different than effective dated objects. You can tell an entity is not effective dated when there is NO History (clock icon) on the block. The system does not store the records' effective start or end dates. When a change is made to an existing record, the record is overwritten with the new data. The biographical information block (personInfo) is an example of one of the several predelivered non-effective dated objects in Employee Central.

Some transactions are typically limited for HR admins to initiate, like New Hire/Rehire and Terminate.  

Once an employee signs a contract to work at the company, you need to add them to the system. The Add New Employee (New Hire) wizard is a configurable interface that provides flexibility in the hiring process. Hiring templates can be created for specific hiring scenarios, for example, seasonal workers, interns, or full-time employees. You can rearrange the blocks from a standard hire template, add or remove blocks as needed for the type of employment you are hiring for and create custom MDF objects to store additional information used for hiring.

 When creating new users in the system, it’s important to understand that the SAP SuccessFactors platform and Employee Central use a variety of unique identifiers that relate to employees. The following table lists the characteristics of the main IDs for users: 

When creating a new record using the hire wizard, Employee Central checks the system’s active and inactive employee records to see if there is a match, based on:

• First name, last name, and date of birth

• First name and last name

• National ID

If a match exists, choose the action you would like to take. The following actions are available:

• Accept Match: All previous information stored for the employee at the termination date is copied into the Add New Employee screen. You can update this information as necessary.
• Rehire with new employment: You’ll enter all new employment information.
• Ignore Matches: You’ll enter all new person and employment information.

Permissions for controlling hire and rehire activities are centralized under the Manage Hires section of Role-Based Permissions.

The Manage Pending Hires tool lets you complete the hiring process initiated from Employee Central, Recruiting, and Onboarding from a single interface. This tool tracks the approval process by displaying pending approval status and sending back approver status directly on the page. This helps users quickly identify the status and if any action is needed.

When SAP Recruiting and Onboarding solutions implement Automatic Hire for regular hire process, new hires are added as employees to the system without manual intervention. The new hires aren't visible in the Manage Pending Hires unless there was an issue with the automatic hire, such as missing data required in Employee Central.

Optional configurations are available for new hires and rehire, as seen in the figure: Rehire Configuration. This predelivered object allows you to customize how the system validates duplicate users. You can select the settings that meet the customer’s requirements. For the full list of settings description, refer to the Managing the Employment Lifecycle guide in the Help Portal.

You terminate employment in Employee Central when an employee leaves the company. Include a termination date and termination reason. Additional fields are available on the termination screen that does not normally appear in the Employment Information block. If the employee is a manager with direct reports, the Transfer Direct Reports section will appear on the screen. You can select who the direct reports will then report to from the list.

When an employee who has been recently hired to a company does not show up for their first day of work, they must be removed from the active users in the system. Instead of terminating the new employee, which could cause issues with payroll, you can report the employee as a No-Show in the system to set their status to inactive. When you select the action to Report No-Show, a transaction will pop up to fill in details such as No-Show Date, Reason, and if it is Ok to Rehire this employee.

When saving the action, a new Job Information record is created, which begins on the exact hire date, ensuring that the newly hired has no active day in the system (which is important for payroll purposes). This action avoids having to terminate the employee and having any active work dates. If the no-show is a manager and already has direct reports, the admin can reassign those employees in the same way on the Terminations page. The Report No-Shows action will only be available for 30 days after the employee's hire date.