How To Fix HRPAYDEATZ005 - Reoccupant is equivalent to semiretired employee

HRPAYDEATZ005 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRPAYDEATZ - PY-DE: Semiretirement Germany

• Message number: 005

• Message text: Reoccupant is equivalent to semiretired employee

What causes this issue?

The personnel number of the rehired employee is the same as the
personnel number in semiretirement (SR). It is not possible that the
employee in SR can be rehired to his or her own work center.

System Response

Error.

How to fix this error?

Enter a rehired employee that is not in SR.

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.

HRPAYDEATZ005 - Details

• The SAP error message HRPAYDEATZ005, which states "Reoccupant is equivalent to semiretired employee," typically occurs in the context of personnel administration and payroll processing within the SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) module. This error is related to the handling of employee statuses, particularly when dealing with reoccupants (employees who are returning to work after a period of absence) and their classification as semi-retired employees.
  
  Cause:
  
  Employee Status Conflict: The error arises when the system detects that the employee being processed (the reoccupant) has a status that is equivalent to a semi-retired employee. This could be due to the employee's current status in the system, which may not align with the expected status for a reoccupant.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration settings in the SAP system that define how reoccupants and semi-retired employees are treated, leading to conflicts when processing payroll or personnel actions.
  Data Entry Errors: Incorrect data entry during the employee's status