Will the HIP system inform an employee they have excess vacation hours before year end?

No.  There will not be any notice to employees, but there are two (2) things that can address this so the employee can know how much leave they have before they forfeit.  1) They can use the forecasting feature in HIP to forecast how much vacation they have if they select the 12/31 date to forecast.  2) Leave Keepers have access to two (2) queries to proactively inform employees – HIP_TL_GREATER_THAN_300_VAC and HIP_TL_GREATER_THAN_600_VAC.  The first query shows employees who might be at risk of earning more than 336 hours.  The second query shows employees that might be at risk of earning more than 720 hours.  NOTE: It is recommended to add these helpful queries to your favorites list on your Query Viewer screen, so you do not have to search for them each time you want to run them.