ESTABLISH BENEFIT SCHEDULES#

Benefit Schedules (IBSC) define the plan and coverage options available to an entity, unit, group or individual, and are based on the employment status.

Establish Benefits Schedules data is stored on the P2K_BE_BENEFIT_SCHEDULES table.

Entity

Entity identifies the organization to which the schedule is applied. Entity_Code is an optional 16-character alphanumeric field you may either manually enter or use the LOV (F9).

Unit_UNIT_CODE

Unit identifies the organization to which the schedule is applied. Unit_Code is an optional 16-character alphanumeric field you may either manually enter or use the LOV (F9).

Group

Group identifies the organization to which the schedule is applied. Group_Code is an optional 16-character alphanumeric field you may either manually enter or use the LOV (F9).

Plan

This identifies the benefit plan to which the schedule belongs. Plan_Code is a mandatory 16-character alphanumeric field you must either manually enter or use the LOV (F9).

Person

Person is the name of the employee to whom the schedule is applied. Use this field if an employee is to receive a different policy than others in his/her group. If used, the Entity, Unit and Group fields should be blank. Name is a 50-character alphanumeric optional field you may either manually enter or use the LOV (F9).

Coverage

This field identifies the coverage the schedule allows. Coverage_Code is an optional 16-character alphanumeric field you may either manually enter or use the LOV (F9).

Default Coverage

This field is used only for the Forecasting and Costing module.

Frequency

This field identifies the overriding frequency for the coverage. This field only needs to be entered if the frequency is different than the one established on the coverage. Frequency_Code is an optional 16-character alphanumeric field you may either manually enter or use the LOV (F9).

Status

This indicates the employment status of qualified employees on the schedule. Status_Code is an optional 16-character alphanumeric field you may either manually enter or use the LOV (F9).

Start Date

This is the date from which the schedule is applicable. Start_Date is a mandatory date field.

Participation

Participation Rule indicates whether participation in a benefit plan or coverage is mandatory or optional. The participation rule on the plan definition is used as a default entry to the benefit schedule. Only the participation rule from the benefit schedule is enforced. Participation_Rule is an optional fixed lexicon (X_PARTICIPATION_RULE) that you may use to look up the value.