See the sections below for descriptions on how Attaché handles leave and the main leave table control fields.
How Attaché handles leave
Employee Masterfiles hold leave balances (Entitled, Pro-rata and Contingent).
Leave Tables are applied to Masterfiles and control leave accrual.
Each leave table relates to a specific Income Category, e.g.: Annual Leave.
Leave accrual for an employee only occurs when a pay is processed for that employee.
When leave is taken, an Income line that has an Income Category that matches a leave type, e.g.: Annual Leave, is added to an employee's timesheet. When the pay is processed, the Employee's Masterfile leave balance will be reduced by the number of hours/days taken.
Leave table control fields
The Income Category: The leave type to which the leave table relates.
The Display in field: How leave is displayed on the Masterfile, which allows selection of either Days or Hours
The Calculate by field: How leave is calculated. For more information, see The Leave Table Calculate by setting.
Entitlement: How much leave the employee gets in a period
Entitlement Period: The period of time over which The Entitlement accrues
📌Note: before the end of the Entitlement Period is reached, any accrued leave is held in Pro-rata Owing.
When the Entitlement is received:
The Entitlement Period indirectly controls when the Pro-rata Owing accrual moves to Entitlement Owing.
The Entitlement Period must elapse for this to occur.
Attaché uses the Leave accrued up to and including date as well as the Last Entitlement Date on the Employee Masterfile to determine whether the Entitlement Period has elapsed.
If the Entitlement Period is set to hours, then the total of relevant worked hours is used instead.