Three policies set what resolves without a human, how fast, and how peaks are covered.
Address changes, employment letters, payroll queries and time corrections resolve on policy. Everything touching variable pay routes to a named owner.
Applies to all channels. Cases that miss the window escalate to the duty lead with the full process trace attached.
Payroll cut-off weeks and open-enrolment run at three times baseline volume. Cover is drawn from policy capacity, not from a staffing plan.