Site Specific Parameters

Set up the following Site Specific Parameters (SPAR) that affect the processing of Employee Benefits in Advantage HRM:

Parameter	Description
BENEFITS SITE	The Yes/No Flag check box must be selected in order to process any employee benefits information.
DEPENDENT/SPOUSE SSN VALIDATION	This parameter setup indicates the following: If the Yes/No Flag is selected and Text Value is blank the system bypasses validation for Human Resource Administrator and Employee user roles. If the Yes/No Flag is selected and Text Value is set to ESS, the system bypasses validation for Employee user roles only. If the Yes/No Flag is selected and Text Value is set to HRM, the system bypasses validation for Human Resource Administrator roles only. If the Yes/No Flag is cleared then no validation is bypassed for any user roles.
ESS NEW HIRE ENROLLMENT	This parameter is used to specify the number of days an employee can have access to the New Hire enrollments, and to define whether exceptions or overrides to this setting should be based on the Title or Position. The Text Value can be set to one of the two valid values, TITLE or POSITION. The Numeric Value field should be set to the number of days the employee can have access to New Hire enrollments. Based on the value of the Text Value field, the Numeric Value will be overridden by the ESS New Hire Enrollment Days field specified on either the Title (TITL) page or the Position Status Maintenance (PSMT) transaction and Position Management (POSM) activity folder.
USE PROGRESS FOR BENEFITS FL	The Yes/No Flag check box must be selected in order to indicate that the Benefits Progression Start Date on Employment Status Maintenance (ESMT) is a required field for all employees. Clear the check box to indicate this field is not used and should remain optional.
VALIDATE DEDS WITH DDPL FLAG	The Yes/No Flag check box must be selected in order to indicate that benefits should be validated on Deduction Policy Type (DDPL) or Benefit Policy Type (BPLT) pages before being considered for Gross-to-Net process.

COBRA Parameters

Parameter	Description
COBRA AGE LIMIT FT STUDENT	Specifies the age at which a dependent who is a full-time student loses coverage under the employee’s health plan. The default value is 21.
COBRA AGE LIMIT NONSTUDENT	Specifies the age at which a dependent who is not a full-time student loses coverage under the employee’s health plan. The default value is 18.
COBRA BILLING DOCUMENT CODE	Specifies the two character code that should be used as the prefix in creating COBRA billing transactions.
COBRA BILLING PAYMENT FREQ	Identifies the default COBRA billing cycle frequency (W for weekly, B for biweekly, S for semi-monthly, M for monthly, and A for annual).
COBRA EXCLUDE DISABILITY CODE 01 through COBRA EXCLUDE DISABILITY CODE 05	Specifies disability codes that, when associated with a dependent, excludes the individual from the loss of benefit coverage due to age.
COBRA MAILING ADDR-1	Identifies the street address to be printed on the site’s COBRA reports.
COBRA MAILING ADDR-2	Identifies the remainder of the COBRA street address.
COBRA MAILING CITY	Identifies the city in which COBRA address is located.
COBRA MAILING NAME	Identifies the name of the person designated as the site’s COBRA contact.
COBRA MAILING STATE	Identifies the state in which the COBRA address is located.
COBRA MAILING ZIP	Identifies the zip code for the COBRA address.