Está particionando datos usando fldconfirmdate, que es parte de su PK, pero no es parte de su CLAVE ÚNICA fld_id.
Esto se extrae de Manual de MySQL :
Lo que significa que hacer que fldconfirmdate sea parte de su CLAVE ÚNICA 'fld_id' resolverá el problema.
CREATE TABLE `tbl_emp_confirmation` (
`fld_id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`fldemp_id` varchar(100) DEFAULT NULL,
`fldempname` varchar(100) DEFAULT NULL,
`fldjoindate` varchar(100) DEFAULT NULL,
`fldconfirmdate` Date NOT NULL,
`fldresigndate` varchar(100) DEFAULT NULL,
`fldstatus` varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL,
`fldcon_status` varchar(100) DEFAULT NULL,
UNIQUE KEY `fld_id` (`fld_id`, `fldconfirmdate`),
KEY `in_empconfirmation` (`fldemp_id`,`fldempname`,`fldjoindate`,`fldconfirmdate`)
) PARTITION BY RANGE ( Month(fldconfirmdate))
(PARTITION p_JAN VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DAYS('2011-01-01')),
PARTITION p_FEB VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DAYS('2011-02-01')),
PARTITION p_MAR VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DAYS('2011-03-01')),
PARTITION p_APR VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DAYS('2011-04-01')),
PARTITION p_MAY VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DAYS('2011-05-01')),
PARTITION p_MAX VALUES LESS THAN MAXVALUE );