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If you have configured leave that is reliant on leave years, each leave year must be closed manually each time the corresponding twelve-month period concludes. That allows any leave Transfer or Reset Rules, which are configured to trigger on close
Closing the leave year has the following effects:
Transfer rules configured to transfer leave accruals into entitlements on closing of a leave year
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are triggered when the next service or a pay batch is run
Reset rules configured to reset leave accrual balances and/or leave entitlement balances are triggered when the next service or a pay batch is run
The current leave year is flagged as closed
The next leave year (i.e. the next twelve-month period) in the cycle is then flagged as open.
A leave year can be closed at any time (for more information see Allocation of Leave to a Leave Year above). However, generally this should be on the first day of the new leave year. For example, if the leave year runs 1 April to 31 March of the following calendar year, the leave year that has just been concluded should be closed on 1 April or as close to that date as practical.
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