Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is the most significant compliance challenge facing qualifying organizations in 2015. PPACA, also known as the Affordable Card Act, ACA, and Obamacare, is a new regulation that defines whether employees are qualified for employer paid health insurance. It requires larger employers (50+ full-time employees, including full time equivalents) to provide affordable health coverage to all employees working full time.

PPACA Phase III
Title Type Description
PPACA Monthly Hours Report PPACA Monthly Hours report renders pay designation hours in an annual period for selected employees, which assumes 12 month period is used.
PPACA Weekly Hours Report PPACA Weekly Hours report renders pay designation hours in a week by week summarization for selected employees.
Large Employer Designation (LED) Worksheet Salaried Employees Service Hours can be included or excluded in the LED worksheet. The Total w/Seasonal column is added for listing hours exclude seasonal employees.
Comparing the LED Worksheet and the Monthly Hours Report The LED Worksheet and the Monthly Hours Report are compared.
Employee Status As Of Monthly Report PPACA Employee Status As Of Monthly report renders matching date effective employee status values as of their status within calendar months.
PPACA Personal Information Sheet The PPACA related information can be displayed in the Personal Information (PI) sheet.
PPACA Time Card Data Section The Measurement Period Activity time card data section renders a single row of select fields relating to employee Measurement Period activity.


PPACA Phase II
Title Type Description
PPACA FTEs Calculation Describes how to determine larger employers based on the Full-Time employees and Full-Time Equivalents calculation.
PPACA Terminologies Describes the PPACA terminologies, such as Control Group, Measurement Period, and so on.
Employee PPACA Properties Employees have properties for PPACA calcuation purpose, for example, the Start of Service date.
PPACA Tab Describes the PPACA tab on the Employee Personal Info. page, for example, time bar.
Full Time Status Tab Describes the Full Time Status tab on the Employee Personal Info. page, for example, Full Time or Non Full Time.
LED Worksheet Describes the Large Employer Designation (LED) worksheet in its Detail view and Summary view.
PPACA Gauge The PPACA gauge lists the count of employees whose current active Measurement Period is earlier than the date presented and the Measurement Period has not yet been addressed.
PPACA Section in Payroll Monitor Introduced the view used by payroll managers to review critical employee issues before submitting payroll.
PPACA PI Sheet The PPACA Personal Information (PI) Sheet lists employee personal information, Service Date, Measurement Period source, and so on.
PPACA Monthly/Weekly Views Employee activity measures employee service hours within the selected PPACA period on the employee History page.
PPACA Report A PPACA report includes information related to PPACA, such as the control group category, measurement period, and so on.
PPACA Operation in Configuration Tool PPACA database initialization and default employee operations can be executed in the Configuration Tool.
Calculate Employee Period Activity Operation The Calculate Employee Period Activity operation can be used for creating a PPACA process to calculate the Period Activity for all employees. This operation builds weekly and monthly Period Activity for the current Measurement Period.
Determine PPACA Full Time Designations Operation The Determine PPACA Full Time Designations operation can be used for locating unaddressed expired Measurement Periods and address employees in these periods using default recommendations for employees who are allowed to receive automatic recommendations.
Importing PPACA Information PPACA information can be imported in the system.


PPACA Phase I
Title Type Description
PPACA FTEs Calculation Describes how to determine larger employers based on the Full-Time employees and Full-Time Equivalents calculation.
Viewing Worked Hours Summary Sheet The Hours History menu item provides a summary view with both employee count data and the data for assisting PPACA compliance requirement.
Viewing Employees Average Monthly Working Hours Depending on your configuration, you can view monthly PPACA (Patient Protection Affordable Care Act) Work Averages table on the Hourly Status tab of the employee Personal Info. page.
Viewing Employees Average Weekly Working Hours The employee’s average weekly hours within the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Measurement period is displayed in the Average Weekly Hours field on the employee’s Personal Information page.
PPACA Report A PPACA report includes information related to PPACA, such as the control group category, measurement period, and so on.