New warning for gaps in Pay Rate Rule Validity for a Pay Code - V12.10 Patch 1

Description

In past releases it has been possible to save a Pay Rate Rule on a Pay Agreement where there is a gap between the previous validity period and the new validity period for the same Pay Code. As such there is a risk that for the gap period, interpretation of the pay code as per the rate rule will not occur.

To manage this risk, and allow an existing Pay Rate Rule to be updated if required, a soft warning has been introduced. Now when a user tries to save a Pay Rate Rule on a Pay Agreement the following confirmation message will display if there is a gap between the end date of the previous validity period and a new/current validity period for the same Pay Code:

Warning: there is a gap between the validity end date of the previous rate rule (<validity end date>) and the validity start date of the current rate rule (<validity start date>) for the pay code. If you continue to save, no pay rate will be available for the pay code for the gap period. Continue anyway?

Benefits

This change provides the ability for an existing Pay Rate Rule to be updated where a gap between a previous validity period and a new/current validity period for the same Pay Code has been detected. The user will now be aware of a validity gap, and will be able to make make an informed decision on whether they wish to commit the changes to the Pay Rate Rule.

Configuration

No additional configuration is required to support this change.