If you have employees who work in multiple companies simultaneously, an Aggregated ALE Group will help you combine employee data across companies for the purposes of evaluating employee full-time status under the Affordable Care Act.

It is important to note that the employees must exist in databases within the same server for Dynamics Payroll Inspector to combine the data.

You can create an Aggregated ALE Group by navigating to the settings screen for the Affordable Care Act Full Time Status Tracker in Dynamics Payroll Inspector.

By selecting Create Aggregated ALE Group, a window will open allowing you to name the Aggregated ALE Group. Once named, you will need to add the Aggregated ALE Group by selecting the Add New Group.

You can create multiple Aggregated ALE Groups as needed.

For example, a client with locations across the country may set up an East Coast and a West Coast Aggregated ALE Group if they have employees that work in multiple locations on separate coasts.

After adding the new Aggregated ALE Group, the group name will appear in the drop down menu for the Define Aggregated ALE Group section. This section allows you to manage the newly created Aggregated ALE Group(s).

All of the companies within the same server will appear in the drop down, and you can select the companies in which you would like to combine the employee data and then save.

Once an Aggregated ALE Group is created, the Aggregated Group section will display the Aggregated ALE Group that the company selected is a part of and the option changes from Create Aggregated ALE Group to Manage Aggregated ALE Groups.

In the future, if you need to add/remove companies or even remove the Aggregated ALE Group altogether, you can select the Manage Aggregated ALE Groups to return to the Define Aggregated ALE Group section to manage the group(s).

Aggregated ALE Groups apply to both the Employee Full-Time Status tracker and the Employee Health Insurance Coverage tracker, and they will use aggregated data instead of individual company data.

Lastly, company settings are still a by company basis within the Aggregated ALE Group and if there is a company in the Aggregated ALE Group that does not have the company settings defined, a red notification will appear in the company settings section noting that settings still need to be setup for the specified company.

For more information on how to configure company settings, see Full Time Status Tracker (ACA) company settings configuration.