1Z0-548 · Question #56
For company XYZ, the Payroll period is Calendar month and Proration is available in the legislation. An employee in the company has applied for leave from 10-May-2009 to 14-Jun-2009. Based on the…
The correct answer is C. Create the leave element as a recurring element and attach appropriate proration event group to. Option C is correct because a recurring element is required when leave spans multiple payroll periods - it ensures the element is picked up in both the May and June payroll runs. Attaching a proration event group then supplies the engine with the rules it needs to calculate…
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For company XYZ, the Payroll period is Calendar month and Proration is available in the legislation. An employee in the company has applied for leave from 10-May-2009 to 14-Jun-2009. Based on the payroll period the leave payment must be split between May and June payroll months. How can the payment of the leave be prorated across the payroll periods?
Options
- ACreate the leave element as a non-recurring element and attach appropriate proration event
- BCreate the leave element as a recurring element with the input value as payroll period start date
- CCreate the leave element as a recurring element and attach appropriate proration event group to
- DSelect option: Yes for Allow Absence Overlaps in the Absence Types form (Navigation:
- ECreate leave element with multiple entries allowed.
How the community answered
(43 responses)- A7% (3)
- B14% (6)
- C74% (32)
- D2% (1)
- E2% (1)
Explanation
Option C is correct because a recurring element is required when leave spans multiple payroll periods - it ensures the element is picked up in both the May and June payroll runs. Attaching a proration event group then supplies the engine with the rules it needs to calculate each period's proportional share based on calendar days worked in that period.
Why the distractors fail:
- A - A non-recurring element fires only once and cannot be automatically split across two payroll periods, making proration impossible.
- B - Adding a "payroll period start date" input value is not a recognised Oracle proration mechanism; it gives the engine no instruction on how to divide the amount.
- D - "Allow Absence Overlaps" controls whether an employee can hold two concurrent absences; it has no bearing on payment calculation or period splitting.
- E - Multiple entries simply permits more than one element entry per assignment per period; it doesn't contain any logic to split or prorate a single leave spanning periods.
Memory tip: Link the two keywords - Recurring + Proration Event Group. "Recurring" keeps the element alive across periods; the "Proration Event Group" tells payroll how much belongs to each. If either half is missing, the split cannot happen automatically.
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