Enter, or click to select, a parameter ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters for your parameter ID that help identify the type of selections you made on the screen, such as PERIOD or QUARTERLY.

When you save your record, all the selections made on the screen are stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameter using Query.

You can use the parameter to run the process more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections. After the default selections display on the screen, you can override the defaults.

Enter, or click to select, a parameter description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

From the drop-down list select the type of Taxable Entity range to be included in the processing. You can select one of the standard range types (All, Range, One, From Beginning, and To End). This field is disabled and displays All if you select the Taxable Entity Non-Contiguous Range check box.

Enter, or click to select, the starting value for the Taxable Entity range.

Enter, or click to select, the ending value for the Taxable Entity range.

Select this check box to select a non-contiguous range for Taxable Entity selection. Use the Taxable Entity Non-Contiguous Range subtask to select the range of items you would like to include in the processing.

From the drop-down list select the type of employee range to be included in the processing. You can select one of the standard range types (All, Range, One, From Beginning, and To End). This field is disabled and displays All if you select the Employee Non-Contiguous Range check box.

Enter, or click to select, the starting value for the employee range.

Enter, or click to select, the ending value for the employee range.

Select this check box to select a non-contiguous range for employee selection. Use the Employee Non-Contiguous Range subtask to select the range of items you would like to include in the processing.

Select this option to populate the screen Start Date and End Date fields with the first day of the calendar month prior to the system date and the last day of the calendar month prior to the system date. For example, if the system date is 03/18/2015, then the Start Date would be set to 02/01/2015 and the End Date would be set to 02/28/2015.

If you select this option, you can manually enter a range of dates to be processed.  The dates must be within the same calendar year.

This field is disabled and always displays Range as the field value.

Enter, or click to select, the start date which will be used to select employees for processing. Employees that have measurement period end dates within the screen date parameters will be analyzed for full-time status eligibility. Employees whose total hours worked during the measurement period result in monthly average hours greater than the government specified threshold will be flagged as full-time.  You may approve or reject the employee’s full-time status in the Manage Full-Time Equivalent Eligibility screen.

This field is disabled and populated with the first day of the prior calendar month if the Date Method is Select employees with measurement periods ending in the prior calendar month.

Enter, or use Date Lookup to select, the end date which will be used to select employees for processing.  Employees that have measurement period end dates within the screen date parameters will be analyzed for full-time status eligibility.  Employees whose total hours worked during the measurement period result in monthly average hours greater than the government specified threshold will be flagged as full-time. You may approve or reject the employee’s full-time status in the Manage Full-Time Equivalent Eligibility screen.

This field is disabled and populated with the last day of the prior calendar month if the  Date Method is Select employees with measurement periods ending in the prior calendar month.

Enter the benefit year that you will use for retrieving measurement, administrative, enrollment, and coverage period dates and methods. The Benefit Year and employee’s Taxable Entity must exist in the Full-Time Equivalent Measurement Rules subtask in the Manage Benefit Years by Taxable Entity screen.

Select this check box to include Part-Time employees in the data selection. Any employees flagged as Part-Time as of the measurement period end date will have their hours-worked analyzed to determine whether their monthly average hours make them eligible for full-time status (in terms of benefits coverage) during the coverage period.

Select this check box to include Variable Hours employees in the data selection. Any employees flagged as a Variable Hours Employee as of the measurement period end date will have their hours-worked analyzed to determine whether their monthly average hours make them eligible for full-time status (in terms of benefits coverage) during the coverage period.

Select this check box to include Seasonal employees in the data selection. Any employees flagged as a Seasonal Employee as of the measurement period end date will have their hours-worked analyzed to determine whether their monthly average hours make them eligible for full-time status (in terms of benefits coverage) during the coverage period.

If an employee’s hours-worked during the measurement period make him/her eligible for full-time status during the benefit coverage period, you will have the ability to approve or reject that full-time status on the Manage Full-Time Equivalent Eligibility screen. If you would like to automatically approve any employees deemed full-time during the measurement period, select this check box.

Select this check box to overwrite any existing Full-Time Equivalent Eligibility and Employee Life Event records. The following items discuss how the process handles the corresponding records depending on your selection of this check box:

• Full-Time Equivalent Eligibility: When a full-time equivalent eligibility is identified for an employee, this application automatically generates a Full-Time Equivalent Eligibility record for the Employee/Taxable Entity/Measurement Period Start Date combination.

  If you select this check box and the application identifies a full-time equivalent employee and the Employee/Taxable Entity/Measurement Period Start Date already exists in the Full-Time Equivalent table, the application will overwrite that record with a new one.

  If you do not select this check box and a record already exists for the Employee/Taxable Entity/Measurement Period Start Date combination, this application will not overwrite those existing records and an error message will be generated on the Error/Warning report.

• Employee Life Events: When an initial (New) full-time equivalent employee is identified, this application automatically generates an Employee Life Event record where the Life Event is the one linked on the Full-Time Equivalent Measurement Rules subtask of the Manage Benefit Years by Taxable Entity screen and the Life Event Date is the Measurement Period End Date. A life event record may also be generated for an ongoing employee if the Enrollment Method is Life Event on the Full-Time Equivalent Measurement Rules subtask of the Manage Benefit Years by Taxable Entity screen.

  If you select this check box and the application identifies a full-time equivalent employee that is set up to have a Life Event record set up, but an Employee Life Event record already exists for the Employee/Life Event/Life Event Date and you want that record overwritten with a new one.

  If you do not select this check box and a record already exists for the Employee/Life Event/Life Event Date combination, this application will not overwrite those existing records and an error message will be generated on the Error/Warning report.