08. HRplus Release Note 21 June to 22 July 2019

08. HRplus Release Note 21 June to 22 July 2019

Release Notes

Release Number:        2019.02.06 (Year.Quarter.Month)

Development Period:  21st June 2019 to 22nd July 2019

Release Closed:          22nd July 2019


NOTE:  The numeric ID that is used to identify each item is of no significance to the client and is for the use of HRplus Software personnel only.


NEW AND IMPROVED

Security

HV5-I338       Security

Ø  Security

The Empty String error is no longer being displayed.

 

POWERpay

HV5-I347       Standard Pay Slip

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Pay Slips>>Standard Pay Slip

A new option that allows you to print Year to Date Unit Amounts (Yes/No) was added to the reporting requirements.  A new column, Year to Date, was added to the pay slip to facilitate this.  

 

HV5-I364       Banco Popular Dominicano ACH

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payment Reports>>Banco Popular Dominicano ACH Download

An interface was created for the above report.  The Setup Instructions are as follows:

1.     Create a mapping table for Head Offices.

2.     Link the Company to  Banco Popular Dominicano via POWERpay>>Maintenance>>Download/Uploads>>Bank Download Setup where the fields are populated as follows:

(i)              Bank Field 1 = Company Tax ID Card Number (Header)

(ii)            Bank Field 2 = Header Sequence (Number)

(iii)          Bank Field 3 = Service Type (Header)

(iv)          Bank Field 4 = Email (Header)

(v)            Bank Field 5 = Headoffice Mapping Table Code (Detail)

(vi)          Bank Field 6 = Description (Detail).  

 

The report was subsequently renamed to Banco Popular Dominicano ACH Download – Option 2 and the download was modified so that the trailing blanks are in the download file.

 

Personnel

HV5-I337       Letter Templates

Ø  Personnel>>Letter Templates

The following changes were made:  (1) the Annual Rate was added to the field list, and (2) the Font and Font Size were added to the setup.  


 

HV5-I331       Immigration

Ø  Personnel>>Setup>>Organisation>>Immigration Codes>>Work Permit Types

Ø  Personnel>>Setup>>Organisation>>Immigration Codes>>Work Permit Status

Ø  Personnel>>Setup>>Organisation>>Immigration Codes>>Dependent Types

Ø  Personnel>>Setup>>Organisation>>Immigration Codes>>CSME Certificate Status

Ø  Personnel>>Setup>>Organisation>>Immigration Codes>>CSME Certificate Categories

Ø  Personnel>>Setup>>Organisation>>Immigration Codes>>Travel Document Types

The above screens were fixed so that users can successfully add/view records without the 500 - Internal Server Error message being displayed.

Ø  Personnel>>Personnel>>Pivots

The following fields were added to the pivot query for Work Permit:  Immigration Category, Nationality Description, Permit Duration, Next Fee Payment Reminder, Term Limit Reminder, and Document Type Description.

 

Leave

HV5-I336       Scheduler

Ø  Benefits>>Leave>>Leave Setup>>Scheduler

The screen was fixed so that users can delete records and the User to Mail To can be changed.

 

Training

HV5-I322       Training Staff/Maximum Class Size

Ø  Talent Management>>Training>>Training Agencies>>[expand Agency]>>Agency Courses>>[expand Course]>>Course Details

Ø  Talent Management>>Training>>Setup>>Training Staff

The following changes were made:

1.     HR will receive a notification once the Maximum Class Size is reached.

2.     A new screen, Training Staff, was added.  This screen allows you to define employees involved in the Training process.  These employees will receive notifications and external mail when employees have been enrolled in courses and the maximum class size is reached.

 

HV5-I327       Training Requests

Ø  User Self Service>>Talent>>Training/Development>>Training Requests>>Job Gap Analysis>>Training Requests

The alert message text was changed and Company access privileges added.

 


 

Company Assets

HV5-I339       Audit

Ø  Company Assets>>Asset Items>>[expand record]>>Item Details>>Serial Numbers

The following modifications were made (1) the ability to Audit the screen, (2) a new field, Purchase Date, was added, and (3)  Serial Numbers can now be edited once they are not linked to transactions. 

 

HV5-I342       Asset Managers

Ø  Company Assets>>Asset Managers

The above new screen was added to allow users to define the employee(s) who are authorized to manage the assets of specific companies.    

 

HV5-I343       Company Assets

Ø  Home>>My Benefits>>Company Assets

The following modifications were made:  (1)  the screen’s format was changed to make it consistent with the Leave screen, (2)  a new field, Requisition #, was added to all screens, and (3) Asset Managers and Supervisors can now receive notifications.

 

HV5-I351       Asset Groups

Ø  Company Assets>>Asset Setup>>Asset Groups

Asset Managers are linked to Asset Groups and receive notifications based on the asset group linking.

 

HV5-I355       Manager

Ø  User Self Service>>Manager>>Company Assets

The following modifications were made:  (1)  the screen’s format was changed to make it consistent with the Employee Self Service Company Assets screen, (2)  a new field, Requisition #, was added to all screens.

 

HV5-I357       Department Administrators

Ø  User Self Service>>Dept Administrators>>Company Assets

Department Administrators can request Company Assets on behalf of employees.

 


 

HRplus Time

HV5-I314       Timekeeping Workflow

Ø  System Configurations>>Workflow

The timekeeping workflow was standardized.

 

HV5-I348       Employee Mapping

Ø  HRplus Time>>Employees>>Employee Mapping

Users can now assign Clock Ids to multiple employees simultaneously via an Excel® file template.

 

Geofencing

HV5-I210       Geofencing

Ø  HRplus Time>>Setup>>Devices>>Device List

A new device type, Kiosk, that is required for the mobile setup, was added to the Device List.  The physical timekeeping device that is used to accept employee punches is linked to Device Type:  Kiosk.

Ø  HRplus Time>>Geofencing>>Geofence Logs

The following modifications were made:  (1)  the Search feature was added, and (2) a Post As Valid button, that gives the user flexibility in posting punches that may be invalid, was added.

Ø  HRplus Time>>Geofencing>>Employee Pin Mapping

The above screen was modified so that users can only view employees to whom they have access.

 

Self-Service

HV5-I354       Timekeeping Report

Ø  Self-Service>>Timekeepers>>Reports>>Timekeeper Reports>>Employee Timecard with Overtime

A new report, Employee Timecard with Overtime Hours, was added to the above menu.  An update was subsequently applied to resolve the issue where the overtime values displayed ‘Error” on the report fields.


 

BUG FIXES

POWERpay

HV5-I325       N.I.S. 184 Report

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Tax/N.I.S./H.S. Data/N.I.S. 184 Report

The report was modified so that employees with salaries but no contributions are not excluded.

 

HV5-I330       Payee/Head Office Cheques – Option 5

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Dot Matrix Reports>>(Dot Matrix) Payee/Head Office Cheques – Option 5

The archived report was fixed so that the figures for each Payee/Head Office correctly reflect the totals for all selected cycles, and not only the amounts from the first selected cycle.

 

HV5-I349       Employee Listing – Option 2

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Employee Reports>>Employee Listing – Option 2

The report was modified to display the correct dates of birth for all employees.

 

HV5-I365       Adjustment Transactions

Ø  POWERpay>>Year End Close>>Payroll Adjustments>>Adjustment Transactions

The above screen was modified so that Payroll Adjustments for Out of Cycles are being saved and executed successfully.

Barbados

HV5-I341       Barbados FCIB ACH

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payment Reports>>FCIB Barbados ACH

The following changes were made to the above report:

1.     The word "Expression" was removed from the top of the download file.

2.     The quotation marks around each row of data in the download file were removed.

3.     The duplicates in the data generated for archived cycles were removed.

4.     The issue on the Out of Cycle screens where the grid always returned no data when any out of cycle date was selected was fixed.

5.     The source of data for the drop-downs on the All Banks tabs was fixed.

6.     The name of the download file on the All Banks tabs was changed to FCIB ACH.

7.     An FCIB Head Offices dropdown was added to the All Banks screens to allow users to choose FCIB Head Offices and Other Head Offices separately to resolve the issue with duplicates on the All Banks screens.

8.     The Payee dropdown was removed from the All Banks screens.

9.     The Unarchived>>All Banks screen was adjusted so that data can be generated for unarchived out of cycles.

10.  The Head Office dropdown was changed to a multi-select on the FCIB Only and FCIB to Other screens.

11.  The date format was changed from DDMMYYYY to DDMMYY.

 

Personnel

HV5-I345       Separations by Reason

Ø  Personnel>>Personnel>>Reports>>Separation Reports>>Separations by Reason

The report no longer displays a blank report but successfully loads the existing separation records for the selected time period.

 

Leave

HV5-I346       Leave Workflow

Ø  Home>>Intranet>>My Message Inbox

Ø  Home>>All Messages

Users in a leave workflow are now able to successfully approve/deny leave requests, via the link in their Inbox, as the error message "No records in query" is no longer being displayed. 

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