How To Fix HRPAYDESV665 - Both maternity protection period fields must be filled or both empty

HRPAYDESV665 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

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

• Message number: 665

• Message text: Both maternity protection period fields must be filled or both empty

What causes this issue?

The <LS>Protection Period from</> and <LS>Protection Period to</> fields
must be either both filled or both left blank.

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?

Either enter values into both fields or delete your entries from both
fields.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

HRPAYDESV665 - Details

• The SAP error message HRPAYDESV665 indicates that there is an issue with the maternity protection period fields in the employee's data. Specifically, it means that both fields related to the maternity protection period must either be filled out or left empty. This error typically arises in the context of payroll processing or when maintaining employee master data in the Human Resources (HR) module.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when there is an inconsistency in the data entry for the maternity protection period. For example:
  
  One field is filled while the other is left empty.
  The fields in question are likely related to the start and end dates of the maternity protection period.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to ensure that both fields are either filled out with appropriate values or both are left empty. Here are the steps to follow:
  
  
  Access Employee Data:
  
  Go to the relevant transaction in SAP (e.g., PA30 for maintaining HR master data).
  
  
  
  Locate