How To Fix HRGB_PAE537 - PAE Transitional Period Applied: Automatic Enrolment on &1 into AES &2

HRGB_PAE537 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRGB_PAE - HR: Messages for pension auto enrolment

• Message number: 537

• Message text: PAE Transitional Period Applied: Automatic Enrolment on &1 into AES &2

What causes this issue?

1) The worker has had the <ZH>Transitional Period for DB/Hybrid Schemes
</> applied and all PAE duties were delayed until <ZH>30.09.2017</>,
which was the end of the Transitional Period for DB/Hybrid Schemes.
2) The worker was <ZH>not an EJH on their first assessment date on or
after 01.10.2017</> and so was <ZH>not </>automatically enrolled on that
date (or assessed as an EJH in a QPS). So, they are continually assessed
at the start of every Pay Reference Period from that point onwards.
(N.B. If the worker was an EJH on their first assessment date on or
after 01.10.2017, then a different warning message would be issued - not
this one.)
3) They have now <ZH>become an EJH, they are not currently in a QPS and
there is no applicable exclusion or exception </>that implies that the
do not need to be auto-enrolled, but instead they must be auto-enrolled.
HOWEVER, as the Transitional Period for DB/Hybrid Schemes was applied
the AE duties are modified. The AE date is not the date they become an
EJH, but 01.10.2017. If this was some time ago (years perhaps!) the
manual workload involved in their auto-enrolment is significant.

System Response

The payroll (and pre-payroll report) will auto-enrol the employee from
the <ZH>assessment date</> when they become an EJH, but the post payroll
report will attempt to create the auto-enrolment record from
<ZH>01.10.2017</> - to comply with legislation.

How to fix this error?

The auto-enrolment will be retrospective.
This implies action must be taken by the employer to retrospectively put
them into an auto-enrolment pension scheme and retrospectively take
deductions! The deductions must be calculated accurately - which the
payroll may not do automatically. The employee also has the right to pay
the retrospective deductions in instalments - rather than a lump sum
which could be a huge burden (or encourage them to opt out).
If the retrospective change to master data is too far back (as Master
Data update is not allowed that far back) the post payroll report will
error during the update of the Pensions infotype (0071).

Procedure for System Administrators

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

HRGB_PAE537 - Details

• The SAP error message HRGB_PAE537 indicates that there is an issue related to the automatic enrolment of an employee into the Automatic Enrolment Scheme (AES) during a transitional period. This error typically arises in the context of payroll processing and employee benefits management, particularly in the UK where automatic enrolment into pension schemes is mandated by law.
  
  Cause:
  The error message HRGB_PAE537 can occur due to several reasons, including:
  
  Incorrect Configuration: The system may not be properly configured to handle the transitional period for automatic enrolment.
  Employee Data Issues: There may be missing or incorrect data in the employee's master record that prevents the automatic enrolment process from completing successfully.
  Eligibility Criteria: The employee may not meet the eligibility criteria for automatic enrolment, or there may be a mismatch in the expected enrolment dates.
  Pension Scheme Setup: The pension scheme may not be correctly set up in the system, or there may be issues with the