Glossary

availability

Time period that the employee has specified that the employee is able to work.

borrow location

The location to which an employee is temporarily assigned for scheduling in the ELaB process.

borrow period

The period of time that an employee is loaned or borrowed.

borrowed employee

The employee with a temporary team assignment to the current location.

eligible

Refers to whether or not an employee is able to be assigned shifts on a schedule. Employees are considered eligible when they meet these conditions:

  1. The employee is assigned to a team that is associated with the schedule location.

  2. The employee is eligible to do a job that is required by the location.

home location

The location from which an employee is loaned for scheduling at another location in the ELaB process.

home team

The team to which an employee permanently belongs. An employee can only belong to one home team at any given time.

ICS

Acronym for Infor Consulting Services. This service replaces Infor's WFM Professional Services.

Infor Consulting Services

A service organization within Infor that provides consulting services to Workforce Management (WFM) customers. See your Infor WFM representative for more information.

loaned employee

The employee belonging to the current location with a temporary team assignment to another location.

team

A group of employees in the team security level. All the employees of one team have the same users performing employee roles. For example, the employees of one team have the same supervisor who approves timesheets.

temporary team

The team to which an employee is temporarily loaned for scheduling purposes.

unavailable

The time period that the employee has specified that the employee is not able to work.