Oracle HCM Update 24B: Absence Management
Low Impact
Feature Enablement
Redwood Features
24B Update Features Covered:
- Redwood Experience
- Balance Transfer to New Plan in Same Category After Global Transfer
- Rollover Support After Loss of Eligibility and Global Transfer
- Enhanced Absence Type Default Logic
- Ability to View Absence Plan Balances When Entering a Time Card
1. Redwood Experience
Quick Notes:
Oracle continues to add Redwood enhancements with each release for Absence Management. Absence Entry page in Redwood is enhanced to support leave agreement, display consumed entitlements, repeat option to schedule a multiday absence. The Absence Case page is re-created in Redwood to improve user experience by providing the same consistent functionality across Redwood pages.
2. Balance Transfer to New Plan in Same Category After Global Transfer
Quick Notes:
During a global transfer, configure the absence plans to allow balance transfer to a target plan as long as both the source and target plans belong to the same plan category using a new subsection called On Transfer to New Legal Employer.
3. Rollover Support After Loss of Eligibility and Global Transfer
Quick Notes:
During a local or global transfer, configure the absence plan to allow the balances left in the source plan to be rolled over into another plan for employees to retain all their leaves.
4. Enhanced Absence Type Default Logic
Quick Notes:
There is now a new option called Absence Type Default in the Additional Attributes section of the Configure Absence Batch Parameters page to choose how the default absence type is displayed during absence entry and absence bid entry pages.
5. Ability to View Absence Plan Balances When Entering A Time Card
Quick Notes:
Display absence plan balances by clicking More Actions button and selecting Absence Plan Balances option while entering a timecard instead of having to navigate to Absence Management to check the same.
