Use this screen to set up the controls for handling leave-related functions in Costpoint Leave. Use it to control the method of calculating months of service, to select the method of posting leave deferrals, and to designate the printer type for printing Leave Statements. You can also specify a default leave period and assign leave statement line number descriptions.
You must establish your leave period(s) before initializing the Leave Settings screen. You must establish Leave Settings before initializing the Leave Types screen.
Use this drop-down box to select a default leave cycle if your company has only one leave period. If your company has only one leave period, set up the leave cycle in the Leave Periods screen. If your company has more than one leave cycle, for example, bi-weekly and monthly accrual schedules, leave this field blank. You can also use this default leave cycle if you are setting up employees for a specific leave cycle.
Use this group box to determine the method for calculating months of service. Months of service determine the employee's leave accrual rates.
Select this radio button to calculate the months of service completed by the interval between the hire-date (or leave-hire-date) and the date for the start of the leave period.
Select this radio button to calculate the months of service completed by the interval between the hire-date (or leave-hire-date) and the date of the end of the leave period.
Use this group box to specify whether or not you wish to include Leave Without Pay (LWOP) usage hours when computing leave accruals.
Select this checkbox to include Leave Without Pay (LWOP) usage hours when computing leave accruals.
Use this group box to select the type of printer that you will use to print the Employee Leave Statements.
If you are using an impact printer, select this radio button.
If you are using a laser printer, select this radio button.
Use this group box to control the method of recording leave deferrals, i.e., leave that is accrued by an employee but that the employee is not entitled to take until after a certain number of days. For example, some companies allow employees to earn leave during the first 90 days of employment, but they cannot take the leave until the 91st day. Two methods support the recording of the deferrals, accrued and available.
Select this radio button to record the deferral in the General Ledger (G/L) when the leave is accrued, in accordance with the leave period accrual schedule.
Select this radio button to record the deferral in the G/L when the leave becomes available to the employee. This method puts off recording the deferral until the employee completes the deferral time period. At that time, the entire deferral is recorded in the G/L as an accrual, in accordance with the leave period accrual schedule.
Use this group box to select posting leave expense.
Select this radio button to post leave expenses to the G/L at the home organization level and leave accruals to the G/L at the balance sheet level.
Select this radio button to post the leave accruals and expenses in the G/L at the home organization level.
Select this radio button to post the leave accruals and expenses in the G/L at the balance sheet level.
You can designate up to eight leave statement line number descriptions in this group box. You can assign each leave type to a leave statement line number (one through eight) in the Leave Types screen. The long description will appear on reports, if spacing allows.
Enter up to four alphanumeric characters for a short description of the leave type that will print on the Leave Statements.
Enter up to 10 alphanumeric characters to describe the leave type associated with the Leave Statement line number description.
Changes to this screen update the following tables:
Leave Settings - LV_SETTINGS
Leave Period - LV_PD