Service Level Agreement BPO English
Service Level Agreement BPO English
Service Level Agreement BPO English
Agreement
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Change Control
Emission
Version Responsible / Title Change Description
Date
Stephane Mathieu /
2.1 07/28/2014 Draft Release
CTO
Jonathan Domínguez /
Updated Appendix A BPO Service Level (percent at risk
2.3 20/06/2016 Operations &
included), changed name of document.
Processes
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Contents
1 Introduction ______________________________________________________________ 3
1.1 Purpose _____________________________________________________________________ 3
1.2 Objectives of Service Level Agreements ___________________________________________ 3
2 Scope____________________________________________________________________ 3
2.1 In-scope Services______________________________________________________________ 3
2.2 ADAM Products Covered (v.5.3.2.1 and later) ______________________________________ 4
2.3 ADAM’s Service Does Not Include ________________________________________________ 4
7 References ______________________________________________________________ 10
8 Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations _____________________________________ 11
9 Appendix A BPO Service Level _______________________________________________ 12
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1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose
Subject to any other agreements between ADAM Human Capital Management (“ADAM”) and its
Customers, this document specifies the acceptable Levels of Service to be provided by ADAM and the
responsibilities of Customers to ADAM if ADAM is to meet the Levels of Service specified. As well, this
document specifies service objectives and how those objectives will be measured. The intent of this
Service Level Agreement (“SLA”) is to ensure the proper understanding and commitments are in place
for effective support, measurement and resource planning for the provision of the Payroll BPO Services.
2 Scope
The service to be provided is the provision of Payroll BPO Service for a Customer in accordance with a
Customer’s BPO Services Design Document.
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2.2 ADAM Products Covered (v.5.3.2.1 and later)
Talent Acquisition
Performance Management
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All additional services detailed in the table below:
ADAM will seek 100% availability during working hours for all the interfaces combined (telephone, e-
mail or Web) to report or request, that means Customer will always have at least one means available to
report an Incident or request a service during business hours. Availability of each interface alone is
provided below:
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3.3 Scheduled Processing
The processes involved in the service will run according to the schedule specified by the Customer in the
Customer’s BPO Services Design Document. There should be a schedule of processes for each legal
entity in which the frequency of execution of each process for each month during the year indicated.
4 Service Assumptions
The ADAM BPO Services and metrics are based on the assumptions below. Changes to assumptions will
be handled in accordance with the Service Change Control Procedure described in this Agreement.
a) Customer will deliver a Global Process Schedule before the service initiation;
b) Customer will use agreed system to deliver necessary data entry;
c) Customer will perform all necessary approval tasks on time;
d) Customer will deliver all necessary payroll and human resource data in the flat file format and
via the integration system specified by ADAM; and
e) Customer will comply with technical requirements detailed in the On Demand Service Level
Agreement.
5 Service Exclusions
ADAM shall not be liable for any non-compliance with any Level of Service, provided that this failure is
attributable directly to any of the following situations:
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c) The services are provided during the execution of the disaster recovery plan, the execution of
which is due to a disaster declared by the Customer or by ADAM.
d) Service downtime due to planned maintenance.
e) Interruptions due to causes beyond the direct control of ADAM, including but not limited to:
internal Customer’s connectivity/network issues, Internet or phone disasters, ISP and hosting
site disruptions.
f) ADAM shall maintain a business continuity plan (BCP) to respond to disasters that are beyond
the direct control of ADAM. When the BCP becomes operational, ADAM will adhere to deliver
the services as currently defined in the BCP.
g) Force Majeure: ADAM shall not be liable for any performance non-compliance or delay due to
reasons beyond its reasonable control, including acts of war, natural disasters, social unrest,
such as a revolution, riots/mutinies, seizure, sabotage or government action.
6 Contract Maintenance
A Request for Change (“RFC”) will be the exclusive vehicle for communicating any changes. The
RFC must describe the change, the reason for the change and the effect the change will have on
the services.
The designated contact of the requesting party will review the proposed change and determine
whether to submit the request to the other party.
The designated contact of receiving party will review the proposed change and approve it for
further investigation or reject it within three (3) business days. The investigation will determine
the effect that the implementation of the RFC will have on service targets, service changes and
service assumptions related to this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, ADAM shall have the right to modify the terms and conditions
herein, subject to Section 6.2.
Within the 30 days following the receipt of Customer's request for an addition or modification, ADAM
shall propose a commercially reasonable tool or methodology to measure the Level of Service and to
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evaluate any impact of that Level of Service on the ability of ADAM to provide the Services. In the event
an addition or modification in a Level of Service requires implementing a new tool, methodology or
additional resources to measure that Level of Service, ADAM shall implement such addition or
modification pursuant to the Service Level Agreement new requests at Customer’s expense. When
adding a new Level of Service, if ADAM previously implemented this new tool or methodology for
another Customer, Customer shall only pay the incremental costs associated with the tool or
methodology.
In the event of non-compliance with a Critical Service Level, ADAM shall grant Level of Service Credits as
defined below:
Appendix A – On Demand Service Levels Grid establishes the information required to calculate the
Service Level Credit in the event of non-compliance with a Critical Service Level. For each non-
compliance with a Critical Service Level, ADAM shall grant the Customer a Level of Service Credit, upon
Customer request, within 3 days of verification by ADAM, to be calculated using the following formula:
Where:
A= Monthly Billing Amount
B= Percentage Customer Amount at Risk
For example:
If ADAM fails to comply with the Minimum Level of Service for a Critical Service Level, and the invoice
amount for the month in which the Level of Service Non-compliance occurred is $1,000.00 and the
percentage of the Amount at Risk is 3%, the Performance Credit due to the Customer for said Critical
Service Level Non-compliance, shall be calculated as follows:
Multiplied by
If there has been more than one Critical Service Level Non-compliance within a month, the
corresponding sum of Level of Service Credits will be credited to the Customer up to 6%.
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IMPORTANT
The sum of all Weighting Factors for all Service Level not met in a month not to exceed the Weighting
Factor Limited specified on Appendix A – On Demand Service Levels Grid.
The Customer shall notify ADAM in writing within 3 business days of the end of the calendar month in
which Customer believes it is entitled to receive a Service Level Credit. ADAM shall have the right to
review the notification and determine, in its sole, reasonable discretion, if a Service Level Credit is due
to Customer.
The first-line support is the entry point defined for both process. Users can request service or report an
Incident by using one of the following:
All service requests will be served in accordance with the provisions of ADAM Support Policy (On
Demand Support Policy) and the appropriate licensing agreement between ADAM and the customer.
Coordinating Support Center activities and responsibilities to address any service request that
may arise.
Interfacing with the Customer for service issues and requests for changes.
With the Customer Service Contact, administer the Service Change Control Procedure described
in this Agreement.
Delivering service reports to the Customer Service Contact.
Maintain service communications and reviewing any service improvement actions and progress
with the customer Service Contact during execution of this Agreement on a regular basis.
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ADAM shall not be responsible for any Government Tax Agency fines, Government Social
Security Agencies Penalties and Local and State Tax Regulatory Forfeitures whatsoever.
ADAM shall not be responsible for labor disputes or any type of legal issue related to Customers
and/or related or unrelated to services described in this document.
For any Service Request, create a Ticket into ADAM’s Service Request Tool
(http://support.adamhcm.com)
For any Service Request of type “Incident” or “Problem”, provide detailed information about the
incident/problem.
Serving as the interface between ADAM and all Customer departments participating included in
the scope of this Agreement.
With the Support Center Manager, administering the Service Change Control Procedure as
described in Section 6.1 of this Agreement.
Attending service status meetings, if necessary.
Resolving deviations from service assumptions which may be caused by Customer.
Helping resolve service issues and escalating issues within Customer’s organization, as
necessary.
7 References
No Name Key Description
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8 Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
Term Definition
Access Management The process responsible for allowing users to make use of IT services,
data or other assets.
Agreement A document that describes a formal understanding between two or
more parties.
Availability Ability of an IT service or other configuration item to perform its
agreed function when required.
Escalation An activity that obtains additional resources when these are needed
to meet Service Level targets or Customer expectations.
Event Management The process responsible for managing events throughout their
lifecycle.
Failure Loss of ability to operate to specification, or to deliver the required
output.
First-Line Support The first level in a hierarchy of support groups involved in the
resolution of incidents.
Functional Escalation Transferring an incident, problem or change to a technical team with
a higher level of expertise.
Hierarchic Escalation Informing or involving more senior levels of management to assist in
an escalation.
Impact A measure of the effect of an incident, problem or change on
business processes.
Incident An unplanned interruption to an IT service or reduction in the quality
of an IT service.
Priority A category used to identify the relative importance of an incident,
problem or change.
Process A structured set of activities designed to accomplish a specific
objective.
Role A set of responsibilities, activities and authorities assigned to a
person or team.
Service Hours An agreed time period when a particular IT service should be
available.
Service Level Measured and reported achievement against one or more service
level targets.
Service Level Agreement An agreement between an IT service ADAM and a customer.
(SLA)
Service Level A customer requirement for an aspect of an IT service.
Requirement (SLR)
Service Level Target A commitment that is documented in a service level agreement.
Service Request A formal request from a user for something to be provided
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Appendix A BPO Service Level
Service
Start Expected Minimum
Percent At Measurement Window of
Service to Commit to Provide Indicator Type Date + Level of Level of
Risk Coverage Measurement
"X" Service Service
Months
BPO Service Performance
Data Entry Timeliness
(Data Entry was uploaded Key
3 99.00% 98.00% 2% Local Monthly
according to the opportunity Measurement
window)
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Payroll Outcomes Timeliness
(Payroll Outcomes was Produced Key
3 99.00% 98.00% 2% Local Monthly
according to the opportunity Measurement
window)
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