Concurrent Employment Model
The concurrent employment model in mySAP ERP describes the relationship between the employee and the organization.The most important concepts are as follows:

* Each employee can have multiple personnel assignments. A permanent record of personal information, including the person's name and address, is kept independent of the individual assignments.
Each personnel assignment is linked to the person.
A personnel assignment describes the work that the person needs to do, when the work is to be done, and how that work is to be paid, among other characteristics. In mySAP ERP, each personnel assignment is given a unique personnel number for this purpose. For example, Donna has two personnel assignments: one at the pediatric clinic as a pediatric nurse and the other at Memorial Hospital as a cardiology nurse. Both assignments are under the umbrella of the same healthcare institution and are active simultaneously. Because each personnel assignment has a unique number, you can easily identify the characteristics of each assignment within mySAP ERP.
The concurrent employment model in mySAP ERP is flexible enough to be used for different kinds of concurrent employment situations. For example, the solution does not limit the number of personnel assignments that a person can have. Each personnel assignment refers to a person who might hold one or several positions at the same time; the solution can track which assignments are active or inactive. This concurrent employment model serves as the framework for the concurrent employment solution in mySAP ERP. The key functional areas have also been enhanced based on this model.

The time management capabilities of mySAP ERP, which are delivered in mySAP ERP HCM, support HR professionals in the planning, recording, and tracking of an employee's work history, the days worked, and the days missed due to illness, vacation,and so on. It is an efficient and effective time managementsystem that you can adapt to meet your specific needs.

Time management is subject to fundamental regulations that are rather complex in the case of employees in concurrentemployment situations. This is why SAP enhanced the time management capabilities of mySAP ERP to manage employees' working time across simultaneously active personnel assignments.

Work Schedules:The work schedule is an essential element of successful time management in concurrent employment scenarios. For example, Donna has two work schedules: one for the pediatric clinic for her early shift and break times and another at Memorial Hospital for her late shift and its break times. From her organization's perspective, it is important to verify that Donna works the hours she has been assigned in both jobs. With mySAP ERP, the time administrator at the healthcare institution can view Donna's work schedules in one simple report. Additionally, HR personnel at both the pediatric clinic and Memorial Hospital can monitor her work independently. Furthermore, mySAP ERP allows you to combine work schedules under different views. This allows time management administrators to catch any scheduling conflicts and prevent overstaffing. And this information empowers administrators to make the right staffing decisions on a case-by-case basis.
Time Evaluation:
The time evaluation capabilities of mySAP ERP valuate the time an employee has worked, along with time missed due to sickness, vacation, and so on. You can calculate overtime, manage time accounts, update time quotas, and check working times. In a concurrent employment environment, time evaluation is a critical tool for valuating the time an employee has worked and the days missed for different personnel assignments that are simultaneously active. Additionally, the time evaluation and payroll capabilities of mySAP ERP are completely integrated, which considerably simplifies the process of paying employees with multiple personnel assignments.

Payroll:
Because of the scope and complexity of tasks, payroll software requires a high degree of accuracy and flexibility. After all, employees expect to be paid the correct wage in a timely manner. A payroll system must also be flexible enough to support numerous legal and organization-specific regulations. Concurrent employment situations add even more complexity to the process.

Payroll Process Architecture:
In a concurrent employment environment, it is often necessary to run payroll simultaneously for each personnel assignment. This is now possible, thanks to a new payroll architecture. The parts of the payroll process that have to do with a personnel assignment are processed sequentially. The parts of the payroll process that are grouping-related are processed together in a synchronization point. For example, in the chart, the tax, net calculation, retroactive accounting calculation, and payment calculations are performed simultaneously at synchronization points. The payroll log displays payroll results both from the perspective of the person and from the perspective of that individual's personnel assignments.

Payroll Payment and Posting to Accounting:
A very important aspect of the payroll is the payment - informing the person about the payment and performing the actual payment by means of a check or a bank transfer. At the same time, it is important for the employer to record these payments accurately.

Payroll Payment:
Once the payroll has been run, it is necessary to pay wages and salaries to the person, taking into consideration bank requirements and payments to third parties. In concurrent employment, the person usually likes to have the payment and bank transfer combine the net amounts from the different personnel assignments. The mySAP ERP solution for concurrent employment makes this possible by defining a payment group.

Country Versions for Concurrent Employment Solution:
One of the greatest challenges for international enterprises is compliance with the laws and regulations of the country in which they operate. For example, the regulations for calculating taxes or garnishments may differ materially. Currently, mySAP ERP provides payroll capabilities for concurrent employment based on a country-specific solution for the United States and Canada only. The enhanced payroll architecture and other solution elements described in this document only pertain to the U.S. and Canadian country versions with others to follow.