How To Fix HRPAYDESV081 - At least one WCA/HPS entry must be defined in the table

HRPAYDESV081 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRPAYDESV - Error Messages Germany Payroll, Social Insurance

• Message number: 081

• Message text: At least one WCA/HPS entry must be defined in the table

What causes this issue?

The employee is WCA liable, because no entry was in the field
<ZK>Feature</>. Therefore, you have to create at least one line for a
hazard pay scale of a workers' compensation association when you create
the infotype.
If no infotype is created for the employee, the corresponding workers'
compensation association and hazard pay scale for the employee are
determined from subapplication
<DS:HRDS.DSYSLO_ECDAPPL_BG02AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA01_1VVV>BG02</> in payroll
accounting.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

HRPAYDESV081 - Details

• The SAP error message HRPAYDESV081 indicates that there is a missing entry in the Worker's Compensation Account (WCA) or Health and Pension Scheme (HPS) table. This error typically arises in the context of payroll processing when the system expects to find at least one valid entry for WCA or HPS for an employee, but none is defined.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Configuration: The most common cause is that the necessary configuration for WCA or HPS has not been set up in the system.
  Employee Master Data: The employee's master data may not have the required entries for WCA or HPS.
  Incorrect Payroll Area: The payroll area assigned to the employee may not have the necessary WCA/HPS entries defined.
  Data Migration Issues: If data was migrated from another system, there may have been issues that resulted in missing entries.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Configuration:
  
  Go to the relevant configuration settings in the SAP system (usually in the IMG under Payroll).
  Ensure that the WCA