You hired an employee on January 1, 2015.

Full Detailed In-Depth Explanation:

In Oracle Global Human Resources Cloud, the "effective start date" for an employee typically refers to the start date of their person record or a specific change, depending on context. Here, the question involves a name change backdated to the marriage date, and we need the effective start date displayed as of August 15, 2015.

Option A: July 11, 2015, is the date the change was requested and processed. However, the name change was applied retroactively to the marriage date, not this transaction date.

Option B: Correct. June 12, 2015, is the marriage date, and the request was to update the last name effective from that date. In Oracle HCM, when you update a person’s name with an effective date (via Manage Person or a similar task), the system records this as the effective start date of the name change. As of August 15, 2015, the system displays the name change effective from June 12, 2015, reflecting the backdated update.

Option C: January 1, 2015, is the hire date and the initial effective start date of the person record. However, the name change overrides this for the specific attribute (last name), and the question implies the effective date tied to the update.

Option D: August 15, 2015, is the "as of" date, not an effective start date for any change or the employee’s record.

The correct answer isB, as the effective start date of the name change is June 12, 2015, per "Using Global Human Resources" on managing person data with effective dating.