Chapter 7. Entering Assignment Information
In the previous chapter, you learned about hiring an employee and entering their personal information. In this chapter, you will learn about entering assignment-related information for an employee. When I say employee assignment, what exactly do I mean?
The assignment is a concept that links your employees to the structures (Organization, Jobs, Grade, and so on) in which they work, and the compensation and benefits for which they are eligible.
In Oracle HRMS, all activities related to HRMS such as vacancy management and budget planning are stored at assignment level and not in his/her person record.
In particular, all earnings, deductions, and other pay-related elements of the employee assignment are entered by you, rather than the employee. As payroll-related data is entered at assignment level, this makes it possible to give an employee two or more assignments, if needed.
Suppose the employee is working for more than one department and...
