A Work Pattern represents the ratio of work time spent in the host country and is calculated using two values - Work Time in Host Country / Work Time in Home Country, both of which can be captures on an Individual or Group WICE.
Examples of this include:
Loaned Labor scenarios (Oil Industry has workers that follow a work arrangement - eg 2 Months on Site, 1 Month off Site
Commuter Assignment scenarios in which individuals are not required to be in the host country to complete their work
These values can be in days, weeks, months or form a percentage. Note, it is important that the values in both fields represent the same unit of time. What-If Cost Estimates will then derive a '% of time in Host Country' value which is included in the 'Months in Host' calculation
Here is how the '% of time in Host Country' value is calculated:
Work Time Total Pattern = Work Time in Host + Work Time in Home
'% of time in Host Country'= Work time Total pattern÷Work Time in Host.
Things to Note
The '% of time in Host Country' value will be used by the Tax Engine for the “Include Home Work-time Cost” calculation.
You can only able enter whole numbers greater than 0 in Work Time in Host Country / Work Time in Home Country fields.
By default, the values for the Work time in Host and Work time in Home are populated to 100 and 0, respectively. This indicates that 100% of the time is in the host country
The sum of the Work-time in Host and Work-time in Home needs to be greater than 0 or estimate will return 0 values.
If the Work-time in Home value = 0, and the Work-time in Host >0, the Host % will always = 100%.