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Build an Effective-Date Check

Design an HRIS validation rule that turns a repeated data-quality defect into prevention.

Job changes are being submitted with effective dates that payroll cannot process, creating manual corrections and delayed employee pay. Data quality prevention: validity, consistency, and timeliness checks at the point of entry The common trap is to patch returned records after payroll review and call it cleanup. That leaves the defect at the source, teaches managers nothing, and makes payroll the quality firewall instead of the HRIS workflow. Find the repeat pattern Group returned transactions by effective-date failure: before hire date, outside payroll period, or retroactive without payroll approval. A validation rule should target a recurring, knowable defect rather than…

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