Assigning Multiple Length of Service types

Length of Service Time Off types can be used to automatically give employees additional time off allowances based on their Length of Service. Previously, only one Length of Service type could be assigned to each employee. We have now added the ability for multiple Length of Service types to be assigned to Employees and for those allowances to be correctly recorded and displayed. We have also added the ability for employees to earn their first Length of Service increment at 0 years, i.e. before they have completed their first full year of service.

Assigning a rule

Once a rule has been created, this will need to be assigned to the relevant employees, there are no additional settings to enable this, just that at least one length of service type is created. All that's required is to assign the additional Length of Service types to the employee using one of the existing methods:

• Administration -> HR -> Time Off Management -> Time Off Types -> Actions -> Assign or
• People -> Employees -> Financial -> Benefits. 

On this page you will note two changes:

• The "Accrual type" field is now a multi-select instead of a drop-down so you can add or remove assigned LOS types here by typing their names (to add) or clicking the X (to remove).

Or by viewing the Time Off Types page and clicking Actions -> Assign.

If more than one accrual type is selected, the read-only field below changes from being labelled with the name of the LOS type, to being labelled "Accrual types value" and shows the combined balance of all of the LOS types:The control for the "Accrual Type" field on Add and Quick Add has also been changed to the multi-select types, so multiple types can be chosen when adding an employee.The accrual types can be displayed separately in the breakdown OR included in a summary as usual and their balances can be reported on in Report Builder just like you would for any other time off type.