Understanding the Organizational Structure

This diagram shows the components of the Absence Management organizational structure for absence processing.

Elements are the basic building blocks of Absence Management. Element groups are used to communicate lists of elements to eligibility groups. Eligibility groups are associated with pay groups. Payees who share absence characteristics belong to pay groups. Multiple pay groups are linked to a single pay entity, the business organization that pays payees.

Eligibility groups and element groups are used to control which elements a payee receives. Element Groups contain individual elements such as , absence entitlements and absence takes. Eligibility Groups in turn contain Element Groups. This two-level approach allows for a more efficient set up; for example, you can assign each payee to an eligibility group, such as one for managers, and another for staff employees.