Symptom
- During the Onboarding process, HR receives an email with the subject: “The Employment for {FullName} has been suspended.”
- The message may be received by multiple recipients (assignees and payroll) depending on notification setup.
Environment
SAP Successfactors Onboarding 1.0
Cause
- This behavior occurs when the HR user selects the option “Suspend the New Hire’s Employment” within the
I9OutOfCompliancepanel during the Orientation step of the Onboarding process. - Selecting this option indicates the new hire is out of I‑9 compliance and triggers the suspension workflow and related notifications.
Resolution
This behavior happens when your HR person chooses the option "Suspend the New Hire’s Employment" in the panel I9OutOfCompliance in Orientation step. The following notifications are triggered due the value:
- (OB) Susp - Assignee - The Employment for {FullName} has been suspended
- (OB) Susp - Payroll - The Employment for {FullName} has been suspended
- (3-Step I-9) Susp - Assignee - The Employment for {FullName} has been suspended
- (3-Step I-9) Susp - Payroll - The Employment for {FullName} has been suspended
This is expected system behavior when “Suspend the New Hire’s Employment” is chosen in the I9OutOfCompliance panel.
The following notifications are triggered by this selection:
- (OB) Susp - Assignee - The Employment for {FullName} has been suspended
- (OB) Susp - Payroll - The Employment for {FullName} has been suspended
- (3-Step I-9) Susp - Assignee - The Employment for {FullName} has been suspended
- (3-Step I-9) Susp - Payroll - The Employment for {FullName} has been suspended
What you can do
- If the suspension was selected in error:
- Review the candidate’s I‑9 documentation and compliance status.
- If permissible by your internal process, reverse the suspension by updating the onboarding step per your organization’s procedure, or restart the onboarding process as needed.
- Update communication to stakeholders to clarify the erroneous notification.
- If the suspension is intentional:
- No action is required regarding the email; it serves as an alert to assignees and payroll.
Keywords
Onboarding 1.0, I‑9, I9OutOfCompliance, Suspend the New Hire’s Employment, employment suspended email, suspension notification, Orientation step, out of compliance, OB Susp, 3-Step I‑9 notification , KBA , LOD-SF-OBD , Onboarding , How To
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