On this screen you can set up the controls for handling leave-related functions on the Leave module. Use it to control the method of calculating months of service, to select the method of posting leave deferrals. You can also specify a default leave period and assign leave statement line number descriptions.
Enter, or click 
to select, a default leave cycle if your company has only one leave period. If your company has only one leave period, set up the leave cycle on the Manage Leave Periods screen. If your company has more than one leave cycle, for example, bi-weekly and monthly accrual schedules, leave this field blank. You can also use this default leave cycle if you are setting up employees for a specific leave cycle.
Use the options in this group box to determine the method for calculating months of service. Months of service determine the employee's leave accrual rates.
Select this option to calculate the months of service completed by the interval between the hire-date (or leave-hire-date) and the date for the start of the leave period.
Select this option to calculate the months of service completed by the interval between the hire-date (or leave-hire-date) and the date of the end of the leave period.
Select this button to require the final leave period accrual before paying out leave balances for a terminated employee.
Select this button display a warning when you pay out leave balances to a terminated employee if final leave accrual is not computed.
Select this button to apply no validation of the final accrual when paying out leave balances to a terminated employee. You can use this option for clients that do not process accruals for the final leave period of a terminated employee.
Use the options in this group box to define the posting of leave deferrals and leave expenses.
Use the options in this group box to control the method of recording leave deferrals. Leave deferrals are leave credits that are accrued by an employee but that the employee is not entitled to take until after a certain number of days. For example, some companies allow employees to earn leave during the first 90 days of employment, but they cannot take the leave until the 91st day. Two methods support the recording of the deferrals, accrued and available.
Select this option to record the deferral in the General Ledger (G/L) when the leave is accrued, in accordance with the leave period accrual schedule.
Select this option to record the deferral in the General Ledger when the leave becomes available to the employee. This method puts off recording the deferral until the employee completes the deferral time period. At that time, the entire deferral is recorded in the General Ledger as an accrual, in accordance with the leave period accrual schedule.
Use the options in this group box to select posting leave expense.
Select this option to post leave expenses to the General Ledger at the home organization level and leave accruals to the General Ledger at the balance sheet level.
Select this option to post the leave accruals and expenses in the General Ledger at the home organization level.
Select this option to post the leave accruals and expenses in the General Ledger at the balance sheet level.
Use the fields in this group box to designate up to eight leave statement line number descriptions. You can assign each leave type to a leave statement line number (one through eight) on the Configure Leave Types screen. The long description appears on reports, if spacing allows.
Enter a maximum of four alphanumeric characters for a short description of the leave type that prints on the leave statements.
Enter a maximum of ten alphanumeric characters to describe the leave type associated with the leave statement line number description.