RELEASE NOTES

Release Number:   2020.01.02 (Year.Quarter.Month)

Development Periods: 25th January to 18th February 2020

Release Closed:   18th February 2020

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 FEATURES

25th January to 18th February 2020

POWERpay Payroll

HR575 Cycle Pay Register Detail

The format of the report was modified so that there is no longer wide spacing between individual earnings.

• POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Register Reports>>Cycle Pay Register Detail>>Archived
  

HR737 Payroll Variances

The report was improved so that the Non-Cash Allowances are now showing accurate values.

• POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Variances – Compares Current and Archive Cycle:
  

HR855 Dot Matrix Employee Cheque

The cheque amount in words was added to the report.

• POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payment Reports>>(Dot Matrix) Employee Cheques – Option 5
  

HR773 Salary Transfers Multi-Currency

The Payroll Reports menu was improved so that the above report name is no longer being displayed in duplicate.

• POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payment Reports>>Salary Transfers Multi-Currency:
  

British Virgin Islands

HR401 BVI Payroll Tax

The following modifications were made:

1. The 1st page (Summary) was added to the report.  The report now prints successfully according to the government template.  
   
2. Cosmetic modifications were made to the second page so that it matched the template more closely. 
   
3. The calculations on the report were fixed so that the report now shows the correct figures for the cycle generated. 
   
4. The 3rd allowance option was removed from the interface so that the allowances shown on the report are accurate.
   

• POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>British Virgin Islands Reports>>Payroll Tax:
  

HR403 BVI Social Security Report

The Company Name was added to the report and the incorrect employer number and employees’ registration number were fixed:

• POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>British Virgin Islands Reports>>Social Security Board Monthly Remittance Form:
  

Guyana

HR837 Guyana PAYE Monthly

The NIS and Statutory Deductions fields were added to the report.

• POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Guyana Statutory Reports>>P.A.Y.E. Monthly
  

Personnel

HR967 Salary Grades

The following modifications were made:  (1) the Salary Grade Import was fixed so that it is working successfully, and (2) records can now be deleted successfully.

• Personnel>>Setup>>Organization>>Structure>>Salary Grades
  

BUG FIXES

25th January to 18th February 2020

POWERpay Payroll

HR1053 PAYE Monthly Upload

The upload was fixed so that the correct cycles are pulled for the month selected on the interface.

• POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Barbados Statutory Reports>>PAYE Monthly Upload Form:
  

HR1075 Permissions Denied

The error message, "Permission denied: you do not have permission to delete from payslip_status" that occurred when the user tried to email the Option 15 Pay Slip, was fixed:

• POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Pay Slips>>Option 15 – Standard Pay Slip:
  

HR737 Payroll Variances

Non-cash allowances variances that were being displayed as 0 were fixed and are now being displayed accurately:

• POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Register Reports>>Payroll Variances – Compares Current and Archived Cycle:
  
• POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Register Reports>>Payroll Variances by Employee – Compares Current and Archived Cycle:
  

Leave

HR451 Vacation and Other Cumulative Leave Rules

The error indicating that Employee Status cannot be linked to Staff Type only was fixed:

• Benefits>>Leave>>Leave Setup>>Vacation and Other Cumulative Leave Rules:
  

HRplus Time Workflow

HR1003 Timekeeper Workflow

The workflow error, that prevented records from being posted as the final level timekeeper, was resolved. 

• Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Timesheets>>Unapproved after Post:
  

BUG FIXES DUE TO NEW RELEASE OF ALPHA

A new release of the Alpha Anywhere® Application Server for IIS that was needed to overcome the change in the way Google Chrome® handled cookies, early this year, introduced bugs which caused several reports/screens/functions to ‘break’ in the HRplus Everywhere application.  These faults were fixed as follows.

Security

HR945 HRplus Users

Users are able to successfully create new single users and batch users without any errors.

• Security>>New User>>Create Single User
  
• Security>>New User>>Create Batch Users
  

Personnel

HR1035 Company Transfer

Company Transfers can successfully be performed without any errors.

• Personnel>>Personnel>>Transactions>>Company Transfer:
  

User Self Service:  Timekeeper

HR933 Employee Transfer

Users can successfully transfer an employee into a Schedule and Shift. 

• Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Scheduling>>Employee Transfer:
  

HRplus Reports

Multiple HRplus reports were fixed so that no errors are being displayed and the reports are generating successfully.  These reports were fixed under the following Item Numbers and some of the categories of reports that were fixed are listed below:

HR871 HR887 HR895 HR897 HR939 HR941 HR943 HR935

Absenteeism Reports (Project) Absenteeism Reports (Shift) Actual Hours Reports Allowances Reports Anguilla Reports Antigua and Barbuda Reports  Audit Reports Barbados Statutory Reports Belize Statutory Reports  Benefit Reports Benefits Reports BVI Reports Company Assets Reports Compensation Reports Cycle Change Import Reports Deduction Reports Device Listing Reports Dominica Statutory Reports Early Departure Early Departure Reports Education Support Reports Employee Mapping Reports Extended Breaks Reports Forecast Reports Future Non-Work Reports General Ledger Reports Grenada Statutory Reports  Guyana Statutory Reports

Health Plan Reports Health Plan Reports Jamaica Reports Late Reports Leave Reports Medical Reports Medical Reports Missing Punches Reports Multiple Payroll Reports Omitted Punches Reports Payee Accounts Payment Rules Reports Pension Admin Reports Period Total Reports Personnel Reports Project Costing Reports Recruitment Reports Scheduled Reports St. Kitts and Nevis Statutory Reports  St. Lucia Statutory Reports  St. Vincent Statutory Reports  Turks and Caicos Statutory Reports  Tax/NIS/HS Data Reports  Timekeeper Reports Timesheet Reports Trinidad Statutory Reports Variance Reports Who Is In Reports