Standard employment information or employment defaults represent the employment information that is applicable for different levels in the enterprise. For example, you can set employment defaults for shift type, employee type, and payroll period, to name a few.

You can enter employment defaults at various organization levels depending on your enterprise's requirements or at the level to which the defaults most apply. For example, if the employment defaults apply to most of the people working for a legal employer, you can enter the information against the legal employer and make the relevant changes at the appropriate lower organization levels. The employment defaults entered at a lower organization level, such as assignment, override any information entered at a higher level, such as business group. It is recommended that you set the employment defaults at the highest level to which they most apply to minimize the maintenance of this information.

You can enter the employment defaults at the following organization levels:

• Business Group You enter the employment defaults at the business group level if this information is applicable to most people in your country. For example, if a majority of the people in your country work in the day shift, you can enter the shift information at the business group level.

• HR Organization You enter the employment defaults at the HR organization level if this information is applicable at the enterprise level. For example, if a majority of your employees are blue collar workers, you can enter the employee type information at the HR organization level.

• Legal Employer You enter the employment defaults at the legal employer level if this information is applicable to most of the employees working for that legal employer. For example, if most of the employees working for a legal employer are paid on a monthly basis, you can enter the payroll period information at the legal employer level.

• Local Unit You enter the employment defaults at the local unit level if this information is applicable to most of the employees working in that local unit. For example, if most of the employees working in a local unit are permanent employees, you can enter the employment type information at the local unit level.

  For Norwegian, Finnish, and Swedish users only: The local unit level is only available to Norwegian, Finnish, and Swedish users.

• Assignment You enter the employment defaults at the assignment level for various reporting purposes. For example, if there are five employees who have been assigned different shift timings from the rest of the employees, you can change the shift timing information for these five employees at the assignment level.