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The personal details on this page are fictitious and cannot be edited. This is to ensure that real information is not stored in the system. Also this section only simulates some of the HR systems steps that need to be done in a leavers process, the record is not actually closed so you can practice as many times as you like. Hint: Use Resignation as the reason for leaving so that you can get a standard letter.
The system can produce a template letter if Resignation is selected as the reason for leaving.
When a person leaves it is necessary to check whether they are owed a payment in lieu of untaken annual leave or whether they have overtaken their leave. If you enter a negative figure in the appropriate box then the person will be notified of a pay recovery. If a positive number of days is entered then the person will be notified of a payment for leave outstanding. The resgnation letter will adjust itself accordingly.
When people leave it is quite useful to learn where they are going next. This can be quite important in cases when the organisation finds it has an undesirably high level of people leaving and there is a wish to take steps to understand what is happening and address it.
Error Checking
The last day at work must always be before or the same as the last day of service. If a mistake is made the system will issue an error message and refuse to proceed. This is just a simple way of helping protect against basic date logic errors being entered into the system.
Logic in Template Resignation Letter
The leavers letter adjusts itself depending on whether there be a deduction or a credit for annual leave in the final pay. This is just a bit of low level logic programmed into the letter generation module. Once the logic in letters is correct it can hopefully speed up tasks for administrators and reduce the amount of adjustment needed before the letters are sent.
Basic System Integration
The leaving work section gives an example of the value of an integrated system. When the person is leaving rather than having to look for such details as address and annual leave taken, these are all available on the screen for the administrator to view while processing the leaver.
Statistical Information
Entering the correct reason for leaving is actually very important. This will become clear later on when we look at reporting voluntary turnover (details of staff opting to leave the organisation). Also having an indication of where people go after they leave could help inform plans for retention, this is particularly important if it is noticed that a close competitor is luring staff away.
Access Management
Some organisations grant staff access to buildings with electronic id cards and access to business systems based on whether or not they are employed. With this in mind the last day of service entered in HR is a simple trigger to manage access control. If electronic systems are programmed correctly access can terminate automatically at the end of the last day of service at 23:59:59. In the digital age there really should not be a situation where administrators are preparing spreadsheets or lists of leavers and emailing them around. The information should really move between business systems electronically
The Employment Rights Act 1996 underpins contracts of employment in the United Kingdom.
The terminolgy to use is a written statement of particulars of employment. This summarises the main particulars of the employment relationship and must according to the legislation be given within two months of the person's first day of service.
Whilst the law states two months it would actually be poor form to encourage a person to give up an existing job or prior state of affairs without actually presenting them with the contractual terms of their new role until two months after it has started. The law is quite flexible but if we are truly focused on the quality of the engagement with the prospective member of staff the written statement of particulars really should be issued as soon as possible after the decision to appoint has been made.
Issuing the written statement of particulars at the earliest point means the person is aware of what they being contracted to and can clarify any uncertainties before accepting. Starting a relationship in this manner where possible helps ensure a more harmonious contract.
The key aspects of a written statement of particulars are as follows:
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Welcome to the free website for people who want to learn about the technology used for keeping staffing details in offices. Using this site you can learn as much from the comfort of your arm chair as you could in two years at work. Here is your chance to practice with systems that you may only have heard about. Get a behind the scenes view of what happens with your information and how it is stored.
This site is aimed at people from school leaving age and above who may be interested in working with what are known as Human Resources (HR) information systems.
If we can help even one person to secure a job in HR or specialise in HR systems as a result of using our free development site then the creators of HRMISolutions and Learning in Small Bites will have achieved what we set out to do.
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In this section we will look what happens when a person decides to leave an organisation. We will look at some record keeping used in the leaving process.
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