The HR Partner reviews and approves a request, created by the staff member in the portal, to change the marital status.
- Login in Umoja Employee Self-Service (ESS) using your account credentials.
- On the Home screen, click on the Work Center link. .
For a recently married staff member who would like to claim a spouse as a dependent, the staff member must:
- present the original marriage certificate to the HR Partner (offline) and submit a request to change marital status in ESS;
- submit a request in ESS to add the spouse as a dependent.
The request to change marital status must be submitted and approved first.
- On the “Approver Work Center” screen, click on the Pending Items
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tab .
tab .- Click on the Pending Items
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tab to select the appropriate staff member request.
tab to select the appropriate staff member request.
- Click on the Approve
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button to open and review the request.
button to open and review the request.
- Notice that the request submitted is to update the staff member’s marital status.
All information should be verified based on the attached documentation. Before reviewing the form, ensure that the appropriate documents are attached. Download and open each document and ensure the copies have been dated and marked as seen and verified by an HR Administrator or HR Partner. If they are not or you find there are missing or illegible documents, the application should be rejected and the staff member should be instructed to resubmit with the right attachments.
Double-click on the Marriage Certificate 
link to open.
- Verify the New Marital Status and New Marital Status Effective Date based on the marriage certificate submitted by the staff member.
- Click on the Expand
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arrow to see the lower portion of the screen.
arrow to see the lower portion of the screen.
- Carefully review the information on the form, and enter HR Comments. Scenario: Original marriage certificate seen and verified
Click. on the Approve 
button
If rejecting the request, a brief statement in HR Comments for the staff member detailing why the request was rejected and what steps need to be taken to have the request approved. Advise the staff member to resubmit the request for approval once the reason for rejection has been addressed.
- The staff member’s request to change their marital status has been approved.
As best practice, you should execute a T-code PA20 in Enterprise Central Component (ECC) and review the following infotypes:
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