An employee can take a leave of absence from work for various reasons such as illness, vacation, injury, medical appointments, professional duties, and so on. In each case, absence can either be paid or unpaid. An employee on vacation will mostly be on paid absence, whereas, if an employee is on a long term study leave, then the employee will mostly be on unpaid leave. This means the employee will not be paid for the duration he/she is on leave.

Maintaining information on employee absences for reporting and analysis is an important aspect of Oracle HRMS. Here, accruals come into the picture (about which you will learn in the next section).

Let's say you are working for an organization that allows you 12 days of sick leave per year. Therefore, the organization has laid out a rule for your sick leave.

When I say 12 days per year, then various question arise, such as which year needs to...