Release Notes
Release Number: 2018.2.05 (Year.Quarter.Month)
Development Period: 16th May 2018 to 7th June 2018
Release Closed: 7th June 2018
The HRplus Everywhere Version 5.0 application is updated at intervals by (1) HRplus Software LLC. or (2) the Client. For both options, please ensure that:
Ø Users are logged out of the HRplus Everywhere Version 5.0 application and payrolls are in an archived state as the update process requires database shutdown and restart of the Alpha® application server.
(1) HRplus Software LLC.
Updates to the database and interface are applied, via remote access, once access is given by the client to their server. The process is as follows:
1. Clients are notified, via email, about updates that are ready to be applied and are requested to download the relevant update files from the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server. Instructions to do so are included in the email.
2. The updates are applied, at a mutually scheduled time, by HRplus Software personnel.
(2) Client
For clients whose IT Department can manage the update, HRplus Software will send the files to the relevant client personnel with instructions to apply the updates.
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.
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Deduction Reports>>Deduction by Type- Include Employer List>>Unarchived
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Deduction Reports>>Deduction by Type- Include Employer List>>Archived>>Normal
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Deduction Reports>>Deduction by Type- Include Employer List>>Archived>>Out of Cycle
The headers in the above reports were formatted.
U11000126 Cut-Off Date Parameters
Ø POWERpay>>Pay Cycles>>Cut-Off Date Parameters
A Payroll Reminder option was created to allow users to send payroll cut-off-date reminders to the required users responsible for performing payroll duties. The screen also displays only valid HRplus users with emails and filtered by access.
TPU11032344 Import Cycle Changes
Ø POWERpay>>Process Payroll>>Import Cycle Changes
A new option, Kronos Option 2, was added to the above including the ability to enter an Entry Type.
TPU11058098 Scotia Transfers – Other Deductions
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payment Reports>>Scotia ACH DBF Download>>Antigua>>Other Banks – Split Net Pay
The following modifications were made (1) the “could not get count of records in query” error message is no longer being displayed, (2) the transit number is now being pulled from POWERpay>>Maintenance>>Payroll Setup>>Banking and Other Payees.
U11176007 Pay Slips – Option 14
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Pay Slips>>Pay Slips – Option 14
An option to view leave balances was added to the above report.
U111217212 Cycle Pay Register
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Register Reports>>Cycle Pay Register Detail>>Unarchived
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Register Reports>>Cycle Pay Register Detail>>Archived>>Normal
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Register Reports>>Cycle Pay Register Detail>>Archived>>Out of Cycle
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Register Reports>>Cycle Pay Register>>Unarchived
The above reports were modified for Spanish.
U11371685 SO1
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Jamaica Statutory Reports>>Employer’s Monthly Statutory Remittance Payroll Deductions (SO1)
The report was created and placed on the menu for all Jamaican clients.
U11375950 Statutory Remittance Reports
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Antigua and Barbuda Statutory Reports
Modifications were made to the Social Security, Medical Benefits Scheme and Education Levy reports and they are all being generated successfully.
U10182 Pivots
Fields from the Contract screen were added to the Pivots in HRplus.
U11207111 Separation Types
Ø Personnel>>Transactions>>Separation Types
An option to map Separation Types to Separation Reasons was added.
U11220459 Organisation Entities
Ø Personnel>>Setup>>Organisation>>Structure>>Organisation Entities
The above screen was modified so that you
are not allowed to save a record without an Entity.
U11261863 Immigration Categories
Ø Personnel>>Setup>>Organisation>>Immigration Codes>>Immigration Categories
Validation was added to the above screen.
U11263956 Re-organisation
Ø Personnel>>Personnel>>Positions>>Positions Re-organisation
The screen was reformatted.
U11263985 New Employee Supervisor
Ø Personnel>>Personnel>>Positions>>Reporting Relationships>>New Employee Supervisor
The above screen was modified and employees can be assigned to supervisors successfully without any errors.
U11035711 Circulars
Ø Employee Relations>>IR Documents>>Circulars
The above screen was fixed so that the File Not Found error is no longer being displayed.
U11297335 Attendance Logs
Ø HRplus Time>>Timesheets>>Attendance Logs
The above screen was modified for improved performance.
U11422499 Timesheets
Ø HRplus Time (All timesheet screens)
Each timesheet record now shows the date and time for each punch. This applies to Scheduled, Actual and Adjusted Punches.
U11373126 Interviews
Ø Home>>Recruitment>>Interviews
The screen was modified to ensure that no records were being duplicated.
U11385463 Interviews
Ø Recruitment>>Recruitment Setup>>Interview Stages
Rating Scale was added to the above screen.
Ø Recruitment>>Interviews>>Setup Panelist Appraisal Form
Ø Recruitment>>Interviews>>Setup Panel Members
Ø Recruitment>>Interviews>>Setup Interview Schedule
The field label name Priority was changed to Order and the field, Grace Period, was hidden.
U11389304 Onboarding Tasks
Ø Recruitment>>Recruitment Setup>>Onboarding tasks
Text changes were made to the above screen.
U11389315 Actual Cost
Ø Recruitment>>Recruitment>>Staff Requests>>Approved Requests>>Actual Cost
The Budgeted Cost field was added to the above screen for comparison purposes.
U11393207 Applicant Score Details
Ø Recruitment>>Recruitment>>Interviews>>Applicant Appraisal Report>>Applicant Score Details
The screen was modified so that the Appraisal Score is calculated and displayed accurately.
U11402666 External Applicants
Ø Recruitment>>Applicants>>External Applicants>>New Applicants
Ø Recruitment>>Applicants>>External Applicants>>Applicant Details
Ø Recruitment>>Applicants>>Job Applied For
The layout of the above screen was changed to make it consistent with the Employee screen and the Job Interests tab was changed to Job Applied For.
U11407110 Benefits Link
Ø POWERpay>>Business Rules>>Business Rules>>Benefits Payroll Link
A general patch was applied.
U11407111 Statutory Reports
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>St. Kitts and Nevis Statutory Reports
A script was applied to the above statutory reports and download.
U11407112 Occupational Hazard Statutory Deduction
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Dominican Republic Statutory Reports
A general patch was applied.
B10903038 Company Totals
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Register Reports>>Company Totals
A required field was added back to the report and the report is running properly.
B10992525 Pay Profile
Ø POWERpay>>Pay Profile
The Unit Rate and Hours/Units Per Cycle fields were made uneditable.
B11109588 Kronos
Ø POWERpay>>Process Payroll>>Import Cycle Changes>>Kronos
An update was done to fix issues with the upload and the buttons were renamed to Kronos Options 2.
B11182747 Rehire Employee
Ø POWERpay>>Process Payroll>>Employee Transactions>>Rehire Employee
The above screen was changed to work on IIS.
B11306765 Employee Payroll History
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Register Reports>>Employee Payroll History
The report was modified so that the totals for both Earnings and Deductions match.
B11330688
Ø Security>>New User>>Create Batch Users
Email addresses are now required for batch user creation and the issue re the capturing of emails from the employee contact info was fixed. This was introduced in the new release of Alpha Software Server where emails are now a mandatory field for user creation.
B11387300
Ø POWERpay>>Employee>>Positions>>All Positions Filled and Vacant
The error occurring after saving a record, due to a corrupted file, was fixed and is no longer displayed.
B11389797 Split/Second Shift
Ø HRplus Time>>Schedules>>Scheduling>>Employee Shift Views>>Split/Second Shift
The issue where the employee drop-down did not return any results when attempting to schedule an employee for a split shift was fixed.
B11358817 Import Cycle Changes
Ø POWERpay>>Process Payroll>>Import Cycle Changes>>Fixed Data Imports
Validation was added to the above screen to prevent blank records from being inserted.
B11360056 Employee Cheques
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payment Reports>>Employee Cheques – Option 9
The report was fixed so the Permission Denied error is no longer being displayed.
B11361326 Salary Changes
Ø POWERpay>>Process Payroll>>Employee Transactions>>Salary Changes
The screen was fixed so that the Salary Changes are posted successfully.
B11217204 Pivots
The Pivots in HRplus were fixed for IIS.
B11353388 N.I.S. Return
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Guyana Statutory Reports>>N.I.S. Return
The calculations in the above report were fixed and all totals are correct.
B11035617 Statutory Reports
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Turks and Caicos Statutory Reports
The following modifications were done:
1. A new reporting group, Turks and Caicos Statutory Reports, was created for their statutory reports National Insurance (NIS 007) Form and NHIP Download.
2. The headings for part B of the National Insurance (NIS 007) Form were changed; the Totals are displayed on each page, and the currency format for Totals was changed.
B10932122 Timesheets
Ø HRplus Time>>Timesheets>>Current Timesheets
Ø Employee Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Timesheets>>Current
An extra validation field was added to the above field to accommodate multiple absences in one day (for example, an employee may be absent twice in one day – morning, came in and left again in the afternoon).
B11374584 Current Timesheets
Ø HRplus Time>>Timesheets>>Current Timesheets
The above screen was modified for improved performance.