Creating disability severities

Disability severity is used to describe the level of a person's disability. It is also displayed on some employee-related forms for resources with India payroll.

  1. Select Administrator > Set Up > Resource Components > Personal Information > Disability Severities.
  2. Click Create.
  3. Specify this information:
    Effective Date

    This field is required. Specify the first date that this severity is available for selection when creating disability types.

    Disability Severity

    This field is required. Specify the severity name that users will see. For example, MILD, MODERATE, INTERMITTENT

    Description

    Specify a description for the disability severity. If this field is left blank, the disability-severity name defaults.

    Summary

    Provide an extended definition of the severity so that others can understand its intent. For example, Significant disability but self-sufficient and up and about for about 12 hours a day. Able to walk without aid or rest for 500m.

    Impairment Rating

    Use the rating scale that has been selected by your organization to assign a numerical value to the disability severity. You can type whole numbers only. For example, 6.

    Active

    Select this check box to make the disability type active. The disability type is active by default. Clear the check box to inactivate it.

  4. Click Save.