3746178 - PY-BE: Announcement on Relapse extension – Use of COVER cluster table in PCL1

Dear Customers and Partners,

On April 08, 2026 we communicated the fact that we are aware of an issue related to the extension of the relapse period from 2 to 8 weeks for the calculation of the guaranteed wage.

Adjustments were made to the Personal Calendar (RPTGENB0) and the Social Risk declaration. The adjustments made to the Social Risk declaration were not sufficient. In the social risk the guaranteed wage counter calculated in the Personal calender is used to determine when a new risk needs to be declared (when a new illness period is not a relapse of a previous illness period). One of the effects of the extension of the relapse period from 2 to 8 weeks for the calculation of the guaranteed wage, is that the relapse period for guaranteed wage no longer aligns with the relapse period for the assimilation of holiday rights and Invalidity benefit (this relapse period remains at 2 weeks). Unfortunately, the social risk declaration currently is using the guaranteed wage counter, where it should be using the Invalidity benefit / Holiday rights counter.

The Guaranteed wage counter is currently stored in the payroll cluster table NCALE in payroll cluster PCL1. For the reasons stated above, we will also need the new Invalidity benefit / Holiday rights counter that is calculated in the personal calendar. This counter will be stored retroactively as of January 2026. However, there is no additional space remaining in the NCALE to store this counter. This means we will intend to use a (in the SAP Belgian standard) previously unused cluster table COVER in the PCL1 cluster to store this counter.

UPDATE 05/05/2026: 
After reviewing feedback from several customers who have been utilizing the COVER table, it has been determined that the use of COVER will no longer be applicable in this context. Instead, the `NCALE table` will be exclusively utilized moving forward. 

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