Symptom
When using the new Transfer of Direct Reports based on Position Hierarchy on Termination of a Manager feature (ECT-111261).
The Direct Reports are correctly getting updated to the correct manager, but the higher-level position on the direct reports position is not updating.
Environment
Employee Central - Position Mangement
Reproducing the Issue
1. Set "Reassign Direct Reports According to Position Hierarchy on Termination Screen" to 'Yes - Always' or 'Yes - Optional'
2. Terminate a Manager with direct reports transferring the direct reports based on the Position hierarchy
3. Direct Reports manager is correctly updated based on the Position Hierarchy
4. The Direct Reports's Positions have not been updated with the new Higher-Level Position
Cause
This is Expected Behaviour
Resolution
The feature "Reassign Direct Reports According to Position Hierarchy on Termination Screen" does not change/adapt the Position hierarchy itself.
If position is leading hierarchy, we recommend to not individually move the employees to a new supervisor as the position are not moved below the newly assigned manager's position but we recommend to automatically assign the employees to a new supervisor according to the position hierarchy However, if companies still want to go ahead with the individual reassignment of employee in job information, this is purely a user-based reassignment in jobinfo but the positions of the employees are not getting transferred.
In other words, Terminating the Manager only transfer the Employee who are directly reporting the Manager. This action does not transfer the Positions under new manager. If you want these positions should also be moved, the action has to be manual for Position Movement.
See Also
Position Management Handbook -> Enhanced Setup -> Employee Termination
Keywords
ECT-111261, position, transfer, transfer direct report, Reassign Direct Reports According to Position Hierarchy on Termination Screen, ECT-118765, Separation, Higher Level Manager, Position Management, Manager Termination, behavior , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-POS , Position Management , LOD-SF-EC-JOB , Job Information , Bug Filed
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