Personal Data (Infotype 0002): National Features Great Britain 

Definition

In addition to the standard entry fields available on the Personal Data (infotype 0002) screen, there is an additional field Nat.Ins.No. for Great Britain.

Use

The National Insurance number (NI number) is used by the Contributions Agency (CA) to uniquely identify an employee.

It is also required in Payroll Accounting to facilitate legislative reporting.

The National Insurance number entered in infotype 002 will be set by default in the NI number field in the employee's National Insurance (infotype 0069) record. It cannot be entered or changed in the National Insurance infotype.

Structure

The Nat.Ins.No. field is available in the HR data group box.

The National Insurance number is nine characters long, starting with 2 alpha characters, followed by 6 numeric characters, and ending with 1 alpha character.

If an employee's National Insurance number is not known, you can use a temporary number until you receive the correct number. To do this, you can simply enter an * in the field and the system will generate a temporary number. This number has the form TNXXYYZZ%, where:

Male and Female radio buttons are available within the Gender group box for specifying the employee's gender.