Optionally, you can enter additional information for people in the tabbed regions of the People window described in the following steps.

   To enter office information for a new hire, an existing employee, or contingent worker:

1. Choose the Office Details tabbed region.

2. Enter the office number for this office.

3. Enter the internal location of this office.

4. Enter the office identifier for internal mail.

5. Enter the person's email address.

6. In the Mail To field, select Home or Office to indicate the person's preferred mail destination.

   To enter information for an applicant:

1. Choose the Applicant tabbed region.

2. If the applicant's resume is on file, check the Exists check box.

3. If the applicant's resume is on file, select the date indicating when the resume was last updated.

4. Select a final date a file is to be maintained for this applicant.

   To enter information concerning the background check for a person:

1. Choose the Background tabbed region.

2. Check whether the employee's background check has been performed.

3. Select the date the background check was performed.

   To enter rehire recommendation information for an applicant who was a former employee or contingent worker:

1. Choose the Rehire tabbed region.

2. Check whether the former manager has recommended the applicant for rehire.

3. Select the reason for this recommendation.

   To enter further name information:

1. Choose the Further Name tabbed region.

2. Enter one or more honors/degrees (BA, MBA or JD, for example) that the person has earned.

3. Enter the name (perhaps a nickname) by which the person prefers to be known.

4. If applicable, enter a hereditary title for the person.

5. You can use the Suffix field to hold part of the person's last name, such as Junior or II.

6. If the person was previously known by a different name, enter the previous last name.

7. If the person previously used a name prefix, enter the previous prefix.

   To enter medical information for a person:

1. Choose the Medical tabbed region.

2. Select the person's blood type.

3. Select the date of this person's last medical test.

4. Enter the name of the physician who performed this test.

   To enter other information for a person:

1. Choose the Other tabbed region.

2. Select the type of schedule in the Availability/Schedule field; for example, the days of the week your employee works.

3. Enter the person's current full time/part time availability to work with your company.

4. Select the language the person prefers for correspondence. For example, select German if the person prefers to correspond or receive company information such as terms of pension plan in German.

   Note: The Correspondence Language list includes languages in the FND_LANGUAGES table. This table contains the languages that Oracle National Language Support Runtime Library (Oracle NLSRTL) supports. Check with your System Administrator for information on NLSRTL supported languages.

5. If the person has died, enter the date of death.

   If you enter the termination reason of deceased and the actual termination date on the Terminate window and date of death has not been entered, it is set to the employee's termination date.

6. If the employee has a social insurance number from a different EU member state, enter the social insurance number.

   Note: The employee will have an EU social insurance number if he or she was born in a different EU state. You must enter this number even if the employee is now living and working in Germany.

7. Select the current status of the student, if your employee is a student.

8. In the Date Last Verified field, you can enter the date the person last checked this personal information for accuracy.

9. Check the Second Passport Exists check box if the person possesses multiple passports.

   To enter personal information:

1. Choose the Personal tabbed region.

2. Select the marital status.

3. Enter the date of marriage.

4. Select the nationality.

   To enter benefits information:

1. Choose the Benefits tabbed region.

   Note: If necessary, you can add the Benefits Tab to the People window. Query the BEN_MANAGER menu in the Menus window and add the HR View Benefits function to the menu.

2. Enter a benefit group for your employee or applicant. Benefit groups are used to determine a person's eligibility for a plan or for setting benefit rates. For example, benefit groups can be used for mergers and acquisitions where eligibility is complicated. They can also be used where a person is grandfathered into a very old plan.

3. Enter what kind of tobacco your employee uses, if any. For example, cigarettes, pipe, cigar or chewing. This is used within benefits to determine the eligibility and rates for particular plans.

4. Enter a medical plan number. This is the policy or group plan number of an externally provided medical plan. This is used to determine eligibility to participate in some plans.

5. Enter the adoption date, if the employee whose record you are updating has adopted a child. This information, with the child's date of birth, is used to determine whether a dependant is covered by a plan. You can only enter the adoption date if you have entered a date of birth for the person. The adoption date must be greater or equal to the date of birth.

6. Enter the date you received the death certificate, if your employee has died. You can only enter this once you have entered the date of death in the Other Information region. The receipt of the death certificate must be after or equal to the date of death.

7. Enter an adjusted service date for your employee. This date is used within benefits, in place of the date first hired, to determine the length of service for eligibility, enrollment and rates. The adjusted service date may be used to credit service for former employers, grand-fathered benefits or in the case of mergers and acquisitions.

8. Change the date first hired for your employee. For employees who have previously worked for your enterprise, the Date First Hired field displays the start date of your employee's earliest, previous period of service. This date must be on or before the start date of the earliest period of service.

9. Check the Other Coverage checkbox, if your employee or applicant has externally provided coverage. This determines a person eligibility for certain plans.

10. Check the Voluntary Service checkbox, if your employee or applicant is volunteering, for example as a missionary. This determines eligibility to continue or receive coverage from certain plans.