SAP ABAP IMG Activity OHBEN0103 (Assign COBRA Events to Personnel Actions)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_HRRXX (Software Component) Sub component SAP_HRRXX of SAP_HR
   ⤷ PA-BN (Application Component) Benefits
     ⤷ PBEC (Package) Benefits - Customizing
IMG Activity
ID OHBEN0103 Assign COBRA Events to Personnel Actions  
Transaction Code S_AHR_61002194   IMG-Aktivität: OHBEN0103 
Created on 19981221    
Customizing Attributes BEN_00_CN_1_2_I0101   COBRA notification - mandatory - non-critical - US 
Customizing Activity BEN_00_T5UDE   View V_T5UDE 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name OHBEN0103    

In this step, you define how the system recognizes certain COBRA qualifying events from employee Actions records (infotype 0000). You do this by creating a link between the two.

The only COBRA-qualifying event types that you can assign to personnel actions are:

  • Termination of employment
  • Reduction in working hours
  • Death of employee

All other event types are determined from other employee master data. In addition, Reduction in working hours may be triggered by the master data underlying the minimum working time criteria of the eligibility rules associated with the employee's COBRA-relevant benefit plans.

The above event types are the only ones that are determined from personnel actions, for example, death of employee, retirement, notice of termination by employer, change from short-term to long-term leave. You need to create a link between actions and the above event types since actions are based on customizable entries in your HR master data, and the link therefore cannot be preset as standard.

When the system collects COBRA events, it examines employee records as follows:

  1. Checks for employee Actions records (infotype 0000) and collects COBRA-qualifying event types assigned to the personnel actions that are found
  2. Checks other employee master data for information that is predefined as indicating a COBRA event

The following table gives you an overview of the HR master data that is checked during event collection:

COBRA Event    Personnel Action Checked?    Other Infotype Checks

Termination    Yes     -

Death of employee    Yes    -

Reduction in working hours    Yes    Changes to 0007

Employee's entitlement to Medicare     No    New 0077 w/Medicare indicator set

Divorce    No    New 0021 w/subtype 10

Legal separation    No    New 0021 w/separation date

Child's loss of dependent status    No    Changes on 0021, over age limit *

Bankruptcy of employer    No    0000, status 2 = retiree

* You specify the age limits and life events (military service, financial independence, marriage) that can trigger this COBRA event in the step Flexible Administration -> Dependent/Beneficiary Eligibility -> Define Dependent Eligibility Rules. You then assign this rule to the relevant COBRA plans.

Note

The events leading to COBRA eligibility depend, beyond the legal minimum, on your company policy. This will determine to which personnel actions you assign which COBRA event types. For example, your company may allow retiring employees to continue participation in a health plan just as any other active employee. In this case, you would not assign the event type Termination of employment to the action Retirement.

For more information regarding the master data that is checked for each event type, see the SAP Library (Human Resources -> Personnel Administration -> Benefits Administration (PA-BN) -> US Specifics -> COBRA Administration -> COBRA Event Collection -> Criteria for Qualifying Events).

Requirements

Personnel actions have been set up in the Personnel Administration IMG in the steps Customizing Procedures -> Actions -> Set up Personnel Actions and Create Reasons for Personnel Actions.

Standard settings

Activities

Example

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 203   Establish Master Data 
Mandatory / Optional 1   Mandatory activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 2   Non-critical 
Country-Dependency I   Valid for countries specified 
Assigned Application Components
Documentation Object Class Documentation Object Name Current line number Application Component Application Component Name
SIMG OHBEN0103 0 HLA0100334 Initial Notification 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
V_T5UDE V - View SM30  
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20000114 
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