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The Banksia ’21 release for 2cloudnine Payroll has a number of exciting enhancements that are designed to improve your payroll experience. Below is an outline of the new features and updates that are included in the release.

Create and Allocate Work Schedules Efficiently

Managing schedules and rosters can be a complex and time-consuming process. With the introduction of Work Schedules functionality, users will be provided with advanced tools to greatly assist in reducing the workload normally involved in creating and applying Work Schedules for employees. With this new feature, users will be able to easily identify and create shift patterns detailing essential information such as Start Time, End Times, Breaks and Total Hours that will apply to a Work Schedule . These patterns can then be automatically replicated for an extended period of time resulting in a Work Schedule that details all shifts that will apply within a defined period. The Work Schedules, once all shift details are correct, can then be easily allocated against one or more Assignment records. Further, provided their time periods do not overlap, an Assignment can have multiple Work Schedules applied to it. For ease in management over shift days and shift times, users will be able to view, from the Assignment, all allocated Work Schedules and the individual shifts held within the schedule.
This feature was released as a beta version in the Lilly Pilly ‘21 release. The non-beta version is now available.
Configuration Requirement : Optional
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-22924 (SC-31296, SC-31302, SC-31537, SC-31538, SC-31539, SC-31540, SC-31541, SC-31542, SC-31778, SC-31961, SC-32019, SC-32030, SC-32067, SC-32068, SC-32071, SC-32110)
Related Documentation
The above related documentation also applies to the other Work Schedule related items listed within these Release Notes.

Apply Work Schedule Information to Payroll

Building on the functionality to effectively create and manage Work Schedules, existing payroll functions have also been updated to extend this feature right through to payroll. Now, where a Work Schedule is applied to an Assignment, key information held within the schedule will be used to enhance the payroll experience. Employees that use Timesheets will benefit from the information held within their allocated Work Schedule being carried forward to provide default values on their Timesheets. This change is aimed at facilitating more accurate reporting of actual hours worked, while making the submission and approval of Timesheets an improved and timely experience for both the employee and Timesheet approvers. Further, a new Auto Pay Type has been introduced for those employees not using Timesheets . Users will now have the additional option of calculating pay based on the scheduled hours. When applied during payroll, this autopay function will take information held on the Work Schedule and generate Pay Transactions based on the employee’s scheduled shift. Also, the auto pay functionality now has inbuilt tools to handle when a scheduled shift falls on a public holiday. Where this occurs, depending on the shift settings, the payment of the public holiday will automatically be transacted as either a paid day off or at the working public holiday rate.
This feature was released as a beta version in the Lilly Pilly ‘21 release. The non-beta version is now available.
Configuration Requirement : Optional
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-22924 (SC-30740, SC-31904, SC-31905, SC-31906, SC-31907, SC-31909)

Introduction of the Work Schedule Manager

To simplify the Work Schedule functionality introduced as a beta version in the Lilly Pilly ‘21 Release, a new Work Schedule Manager has been provided. With the addition of this new tool, the complexities in managing Work Schedules, and their associated records which fall across multiple objects / record types, will be minimised. Along with simplifying the creation or modification of Work Schedule related records, the Work Schedule Manager will additionally provide an improved capability that enables users to search for existing Work Schedules and bulk allocate shifts to records. Configuration Requirement : Conditionally Compulsory Overall this item is optional, however, it is required when the Work Schedules functionality is in use User Story Reference Number(s): SC-22924 (SC-31770, SC-32397)

Extend Work Schedules to Handle Part Day Leave Events

There have been further improvements to the Work Schedule functionality in relation to how Autopay employees have their Payee Leave Events calculated. Initially, in the beta version of Work Schedules, when an Assignment is using both Work Schedules and Autopay, the number of hours applied to associated Payee Leave Events were automatically determined based on the hours of the Work Schedule Entry that applied to the same date. This did not cater for employees that were only taking leave for part of the shift. The ability to override the automatically determined hours has been introduced which will allow employees / users to define a Part Day Leave Event . When the override applies, the leave will be determined based on the hours defined on the Payee Leave Event . The balance of the Work Schedule Item hours less the Payee Leave Event hours will be paid as per the Work Schedule Item . This improvement has no impact on Assignments that are not using the Autopay and Work schedules functionality. Configuration Requirement: Conditionally Compulsory Overall this item is optional, however, it is required when the Work Schedules functionality is in use. User Story Reference Number(s): SC-22924 (SC- 32192)

Improvements for Publishing and Unpublishing Work Schedules

Once a Work Schedule has been published, there may be instances where users need to make changes to the record. To enable this, a new feature has been introduced to improve the beta version of Work Schedules and allow a user to unpublish a Work Schedule that has not already been related to an Assignment Schedule . This will allow users to then easily edit, or even delete, Work Schedule related records before republishing them for use. To prevent data corruption, in the event that the Work Schedule has been related to an Assignment Schedule, the unpublished function will not be available. Further to the above, new validation has been introduced to ensure that correct information is collected during the process of publishing a Work Schedule . Configuration Requirement : Conditionally Compulsory Overall this item is optional, however, it is required when the Work Schedules functionality is in use. User Story Reference Number(s): SC-22924 (SC-32093, SC-32192)

Populate Default Values on Existing Timesheets From Work Schedules

As part of the beta version of the Work Schedule functionality included in the Lilly Pilly ‘21 Release, there were changes introduced to help improve Payroll related processes based on the information held within a Work Schedule . One of these changes applied to generating pre-populated Timesheets based on the Work Schedule Items defined. Further improvements have been made to extend this functionality so now, if an Assignment Schedule relating an Assignment to a Work Schedule was created or updated, any existing unedited Timesheets with a Status of New will have their default values updated. Furthermore, if the Public Holiday defined on an Assignment is updated, the value held within any related Assignment Schedules will also be updated to match. This will in turn trigger an update of related Timesheets based on the Work Schedule / Public Holiday information. Configuration Requirement : Conditionally Compulsory Overall this item is optional, however, it is required when the Work Schedules functionality is in use for Timesheeting. User Story Reference Number(s): SC-22924 (SC-32126, SC-32443, SC-32353, SC-32075)

Updates to Pay Batch Manager to Support Work Schedules

To extend the Work Schedules functionality included in the Lilly Pilly ‘21 Release, the Pay Batch Manager Manual Adjustment functionality has been enhanced to also include a visual representation of any Work Schedules that apply for the Payee Pay Batch / Pay Calendar Period . This update means that for any Payee that has an Assignment(s) with related Assignment Schedule(s), the user will be able to view the scheduled hours of work, for that Pay Calendar Period, in a calendar format. This Work Schedule Calendar will provide ease in verifying Pay Batch calculation and adjustment details. Configuration Requirement : Not Required User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32314 (SC-32091)

Meet Stapled Superannuation Legislative Requirements New

New functionality has been introduced to assist in meeting the new Stapled Superannuation legislative requirements that come into effect on the 1st November 2021. A new Super Stapling button has been introduced to the Payee object. In the event that the Employee’s Stapled Super information needs to be retrieved from the ATO Online Services, this button can be used to determine if additional details need to be sent, via the Single Touch Payroll (STP) functionality, to allow the Employer access to the Employee’s Stapled Super information. If required, any required details will be sent in the form of a zero value STP Update. From there, the User can complete the normal STP Validation via the STP Manager and send the required update to the ATO. Once successfully received by the ATO, Users will be able to login to the ATO Online Services and lookup the Employee’s Stapled Super information. Configuration Requirement : Optional User Story Reference Number(s): SC-33022 Related Documentation

New Deduction Calculation Type

Improvements to the Payee Deduction functionality have been made to extend the Deduction Rate Types available. A new option, Percentage of Taxable Gross, has been introduced which will consider the total of all Payment and Allowance P ay Transactions, where the Pay Code is not exempt from withholdings (PAYG/GST) when performing the calculation to determine the deduction amount. Configuration Requirement : Compulsory User Story Reference Number(s): SC-31688

Apply One-Off Allowances and Deductions Directly During Payroll Update

Enhancements to the Pay Batch Manager’s Manual Adjustment functionality in relation to one-off Allowances and Deductions have been made. Previously the users would have to create the respective Allowance Records and/or Deduction Records prior to processing them through the Pay Batch . Now, users will be able to save time by eliminating the need for Allowance Records and Deduction Records for one-off transactions and instead they will be able to create them through the Manual Adjustment page. To support this functionality, validation on the Payee Deduction Record that ensures the Super Contribution Type field is populated has been removed. Instead, the field will automatically populate as either Salary Sacrifice or Voluntary Additional based on if the defined Pay Code has a Deduction Type of Pre-tax Deduction or Post-tax Deduction respectively. Further to the above, the Manual Adjustment functionality has been extended to also allow for the definition of Project Codes against adjustments raised. Configuration Requirement : Conditionally Compulsory (Organisations that have 2cloudnine Payroll Australia Extension package installed must update to the latest version) User Story Reference Number(s): SC-31162, SC-31783, SC-32728

Customise the Payee Pay Batch’s Total Quantity Calculation

Previously, the calculation of the Payee Pay Batch’s Total Quantity incorporated all Pay Transactions using Payments Pay Codes . To allow organisations to have more control over what is included in the Total Quantity, new functionality has been introduced to give them the ability to customise which Pay Transactions will be applied to the value. This functionality will allow users to determine, at a Payment or Allowance Pay Code level, if Pay Transactions that use the Pay Code will be added to the calculation. Configuration Requirement : Compulsory User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32094

Improved Overnight Interpretation Capability

To support Modern Award adherence, the Time Interpretation logic that is used for situations where a shift occurs overnight has been extended. In addition to the existing overnight logic, users will be able to define if an overnight shift should be paid at the following day’s rate based on when the shift starts, or if it will be paid based on the breakpoint that the majority of the hours fall within. These new overnight options can be defined on a per-day basis via the Interpretation Builders . Configuration Requirement : Optional User Story Reference Number(s): SC-31915, SC-32351

Define Alternative Pay Code for Saturday Frequency Breakpoints

Further to the above mentioned changes, the Interpretation Builders have also been updated to cater for specifying different Pay Codes that will allow when Frequency Breakpoints are applied to Saturdays. This improvement means users can specify the standard Pay Codes to use plus optional alternative Pay Codes for Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays. If the user chooses not to populate the optional Pay Codes, the standard Pay Code will be used for all days the Frequency Breakpoint applies. Configuration Requirement : Optional User Story Reference Number(s): SC-31682

Ability to Override the ATO Income Classification Application New

To ensure all Payee Aggregates are prepared with the correct ATO Income Classification, and to prevent errors in lodgments for Single Touch Payroll (STP), an update has been made to how ATO Income Classification information is determined and used during Pay Batch processing. The initial identification of the ATO Income Classification applied to a Payee Pay Batch will continue to originate from the relevant Payee’s Withholding Record. This value will then be copied down to the relevant Payee Opening Balance and Pay Transaction records. Users will be able to apply an override to the ATO Income Classification directly on Opening Balance and Pay Transaction records if required. With the introduction of these overrides, and to prevent conflicting ATO Income Classification details being provided for STP reporting, the ATO Income Classification held on the Pay Code will no longer be used. Furthermore, to ensure an ATO Income Classification is always provided within STP reporting, in the event that the record applies to a GST contractor, or the value is blank at the time of Pay Batch Finalisation, a default value of Not Reportable will be applied. Configuration Requirement : Compulsory This configuration is to be completed by a 2cloudine Payroll consultant as scheduled. User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32521

Define Opening Balances as Employer Additional Superannuation New

New functionality has been introduced to allow Users to indicate on a Superannuation Withholding Payee Opening Balance if the value should be applied as Employer Additional Superannuation . When indicated, any corresponding Payee Aggregates, and in turn, Single Touch Payroll (STP) reports will identify the values as Employer Additional Superannuation . Configuration Requirement : Compulsory This configuration is to be completed by a 2cloudine Payroll consultant as scheduled. User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32685

View Key Information Directly From Payee Aggregate Records New

New formula fields have been introduced to the Payee Aggregate records to display key information from related records so that it can be viewed from within one location. This will assist in reviewing Payee Aggregate results if the need arises. Configuration Requirement : Compulsory This configuration is to be completed by a 2cloudine Payroll consultant as scheduled. User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32968

General Updates to the Interpretation Builder Pages and Functionality

There have been multiple improvements to the Interpretation Builders implemented to support ease in creating Interpretation Rules . These modifications extend the capability of the Interpretation Builders to ensure the functionality required for defining the various Interpretation Breakpoints and Variations is available. Configuration Requirement : Compulsory User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32264, SC-32311, SC-31617, SC-31680

Custom Set the Owner of Pay Transaction Records

Record ownership is an essential part of the Sharing Settings functionality, however, ensuring the Owner is defined correctly on each record to meet an organisation’s Sharing Setting requirements can be time-consuming. To assist in facilitating the efficient use of Sharing Settings, new controls have been introduced that allows System Administrators to define from where the owner of Timesheet related Pay Transactions (including Timesheet Allowances and Timesheet Expenses ), is derived. System Administrators will now be able to default the Owner as the user who created the record, the Owner of the related Client record or the Owner of the related Assignment record. Configuration Requirement : Optional User Story Reference Number(s) : SC-31525 An update has been made so that if a Payee Leave Event is related to a Timesheet Entry when the Pay Transaction(s) are created during Timesheet Interpretation, the Payee Leave Event field on the Pay Transaction is populated with the value on the related Timesheet Entry. Configuration Requirement : Compulsory User Story Reference Number(s) : SC-32157

Provide Greater Detail on Pay Advice Documents

To allow for the creation of Pay Advice documents that have loading values separated from an employee’s ordinary hourly rate, improvements have been made to allow defining of different Pay Codes and Assignment Rates to be used for each loading component. Previously, only Assignments using the AutoPay option could specify their Assignment Rates at the level of detail to generate the necessary Pay Transactions to allow the higher level of detail on the Pay Advice . Enhancements have now been made to also cater for Assignments that use Timesheets / Interpretation Rules to determine the Pay Transactions created. The Interpretation Builders have been updated to allow for separate Pay Codes to be defined for the ordinary hours, casual loading and penalty loading. Where separate Pay Codes are defined, the Time Interpretation logic has been updated to create the necessary Pay Transaction to cater for the Pay Advice requirement. The logic will continue to use the Pay Code / Assignment Rates combination to determine the rates to be applied to the Pay Transactions so when in use, additional Assignment Rates will need to be created for the loading components. Configuration Requirement : Compulsory User Story Reference Number(s) : SC-30519

Provide Greater Detail on Invoice Documents

In addition to the above detailed changes that will allow for Pay Advice documents to reflect the broken down rates of pay, the updates made can also allow for Invoices to be generated with the same level of detail. By default, only Pay Transactions generated for the Pay Codes specified for the ordinary hours will have Invoice Rates populated on them. Those generated for loading will have no Invoice Rate applied and will be set to not be invoiced. This means that Invoices will continue to generate with the same level of detail that they already have. If a higher level of detail is required, an additional setting on the Invoice Setting has been introduced to specify that related Invoices should provide the broken down level of detail. Where this is used, the Pay Transactions created for the loading components will have the Invoice Rate populated based on the defined value on the associated Assignment Rate and they will be set to be invoiced. Configuration Requirement : Optional User Story Reference Number(s) : SC-30519

Provide Greater Detail on a Timesheet’s Invoice Backing Sheet

To provide more meaningful details to the Invoice recipients, there have been several improvements made to the existing package version of the Invoice Backing Sheet. Now, the Employee Notes that are included have been extended to not only cover comments made at the Timesheet level, but also those made at the Timesheet Entry level. Further, information about any Timesheet Allowances invoiced will also be provided on the Backing Sheet. In addition to the above, an option to extend the Approval History displayed on the Backing Sheet has also been introduced. Previously only the details on the final submission and approval for each Timesheet were included, however, there may be instances where a client requires the complete Approval History. To support this, a new option has been introduced to allow users to define, at an Invoice Setting level, if the Backing Sheet will include the full Approval History or only the final submission details. Configuration Requirement : Optional User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32389, SC-31929, SC-31902, SC-31660

Improved Invoice Creation Experience

To provide users with improved functionality and time efficiencies while creating Invoices, updates have been made to the Invoice Generation Manager that will allow users to generate Invoices for multiple Invoice Entities at a time. Where previously Invoices were created on a per Invoice Schedule, per Invoice Entity basis, now users will be able to select the required Invoice Schedule then view, and multi-select from a full list of Invoice Entities that have items ready for invoicing. This update applies to both the Standard Invoice Filters and Transaction Filters invoicing methods. In addition to the above, to accommodate situations where the Purchase Order Number that is on the Assignment varies from the one of the Pay Transaction, updates have been made to the results table shown when Transaction Filters are used. Now the Purchase Order Number that is displayed will be derived from the Pay Transaction and not the Assignment. Configuration Requirement : Not Required User Story Reference Number(s): SC-31691, SC-32400

Greater Control Over Transactions included for Re-invoicing

An enhancement has been made to the Credit Re-invoice page to assist users in working with the transaction lines that will be included within the new Invoice . The Remove Transactions feature allows users to select and Remove Transactions ( Pay Transactions or Invoiceable Fees ) from the list of transactions that are included when completing the Re-Invoice activities. As they are visually removed from the list, this will assist them in ensuring only the transaction lines required for the resulting invoice are handled. Where required, these removed transactions can then be picked up and handled separately in subsequent Re-invoice activities for the Credit Note. Configuration Requirement : Not Required User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32167

Automatically Update the Interpretation Rule on Timesheets

New automation to streamline the process of updating the Interpretation Rule assigned to Timesheets has been provided. Now, when the Interpretation Rule defined on an Assignment is updated, all unprocessed Timesheets will also be updated to reflect the same Interpretation Rule . Configuration Requirement : Not required User Story Reference Number(s): SC-31076

Enable Bulk Delete of Timesheets

A new feature to allow the bulk deletion of Timesheets that are not related to Pay Transactions has been introduced to the Assignment . When used, Timesheets related to the Assignment with a status of New and Rejected will be deleted along with any associated Timesheet Entries, Payee Leave Events, Timesheet Items ( Timesheet Allowances ) and Expense records. Additionally, there is the option to also include Timesheets with the status of Submitted and/or Approved in the bulk delete. Whether the Submitted and Approved Timesheets should be included in the deletion is defined on a per Assignment basis. To ensure data integrity, Timesheets that have related Pay Transactions will not be deleted with the bulk delete functionality. Configuration Requirement : Optional User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32125

Further Streamline Payee Allowance and Assignment Rate Updates

The automation for creating Payee Allowance Records and Assignment Rates that was introduced in the Lilly Pilly ‘21 Release has been extended to provide further improvements in updating records based on changes to rate information. Improved functionality has been introduced to automatically identify Assignments, Assignment Rates and Payee Allowance Records that require updating based on changes to Minimum Pay Rates and Template Group . Updates will then be performed on an ongoing / scheduled basis. Further enhancements have also been included to allow the quicker update of records related to an individual Assignment for instances where waiting for the scheduled update to be performed is not suitable. These will also provide improved visual aids to allow the User to determine the progress of the update process while it is being performed. Configuration Requirement : Optional User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32255, SC-32257, SC-32265, SC-32266

Update to Terminology Customisation of Experience (Communities) Update

An improvement to the custom label functionality that was introduced to allow the customisation of the terminology used within the standard Experience (Communities) components has been made. Previously, the same custom label related to the Hours values for both Timesheets and Payee Leave Events . Now, these have been separated to allow different overrides to be applied to Timesheets and Payee Leave Events . This update applies to both the Employee and Approver Experience (Communities) . Configuration Requirement : Optional User Story Reference Number(s) : SC-32334, SC-32674, SC-32754

Control if Leave Credits Are Available in Experience (Communities) New

To provide more control over what Leave functionality is available within Experience (Communities), an update has been made to define if Leave Credits are available. Now, a controlling field set on the Leave Rule will determine if an Employee can create, view and edit Leave Credits through the Employee Experience (Communities) . Likewise, the same field is used to determine if Approvers can view and approve / reject Leave Credits through the Approver Experience (Communities) . Configuration Requirement : Compulsory User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32560, CI-217796

Leave Capabilities Within Employee Experience (Communities) New

General updates to the Leave functionality within Employee Experience (Communities) have been made to provide a better user experience when creating, editing and submitting Leave Events. Now, Employees have the ability to edit a newly created Leave Event without the need to re-enter / reload the page. Further, enhancements have been made to allow Employees to submit Leave Events for an Assignment that does not have an End Date. Additional updates have also been provided to improve how validation errors are handled within the page and the resulting impact on the Employee . Configuration Requirement: Not Required User Story Reference Number(s): SC-31488, SC-32348, SC-32565, SC-32239

Define Experience (Communities) Access to Future Dated Timesheets New

The existing behaviour within Experience (Communities) is to only show Timesheets for the current calendar period and earlier. Now, new functionality has been introduced to allow Users to define, at a Timesheet Calendar level, if Employees will be able to view / edit / submit Timesheets for a future period. Likewise, Approvers will be able to view / approve / reject them. By default, Experience will continue to only show current and earlier Timesheets. If future dated timesheets are defined as visible on the Timesheet Calendar, only current or earlier Timesheets, plus those that fall within the time period defined, will be available. Configuration Requirement : Optional User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32996

Automatically Update the Primary Payee on the Contact Records

To streamline the ongoing maintenance of the Primary Payee lookup field on the Contact record, new automation has been provided that will automatically update the selected record based on which Payee record is identified as the Primary Payee. This is particularly relevant when a Contact is related to multiple Payee records. Configuration Requirement : Optional User Story Reference Number(s): SC-31700

General Page Layout Updates to Payment Details and Pay Code

Standard page layouts on the Payment Detail and Pay Code objects have been updated to add additional fields that were included in earlier releases, modify page layout level required field settings and remove fields that are no longer in use. Configuration Requirement : Compulsory User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32076, SC-31489, SC-31367

Minor Updates

Minor updates in the following areas have also been provided. There are no configuration requirements, and these items will become available on the installation of the package.

Contact, Payees and Assignments

  • A new validation has been introduced to prevent the deletion of a Contact record that is New related to one or more Payees
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32101
  • A new validation has been introduced to prevent the deletion of a Payee record that is related New to one or more Pay Transactions
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32089
  • Improvements to the triggers held on the Assignment object have been made to lower the New risk of hitting Salesforce governor limits when creating / updating Assignments
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32345
  • The error message for the mandatory field validation on Perm Assignment has been updated New to include all current mandatory fields
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32408
  • New lookup filtering on the Interpretation Rule Template Group lookup field on the New Assignment has been introduced so that only Template Group records with the record type of Interpretation Rules will be available
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32663
  • Changes have been made to the Assignment Rate / Minimum Pay Rate functionality to New ensure it will also trigger when an update to an Assignment is made via custom code within the organisation ie workflows, process builders etc
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32887
  • Updates have been made to the Scheduled Job for updating Minimum Pay Rates to ensure New that all records that require updating are selected to be updated
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32886
  • Updates have been made to the Assignment Rate / Minimum Pay Rate functionality to New ensure that when changes to the Assignment Rates are made by the automated process, the Assignments are flagged as Timesheets Pending Creation so the Create / Update Timesheets Scheduled Job can make relevant changes to any Timesheets required
User Story Reference Number(s): CI-21797

Payroll Calendars

  • The Create Payroll Calendars functionality has been updated to lower the risk of hitting New Salesforce governor limits when extending existing Payroll Calendars
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-31956

Timesheets

  • The Create Timesheet functionality has been extended to cater for integrations requiring New Timesheets to be created without related Timesheet Entries
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32416
  • The validations on Timesheet Allowances have been improved to ensure that Maximum New Quantities defined on the related Payee Allowance Record are adhered to
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-31901
  • Updates to the Approver Notification functionality have been carried out to ensure that when a rejected Timesheet is resubmitted, the Approver receives another notification advising of the resubmission
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-31952
  • Enhancements to the Timesheet Import Tool have been made so that the Skip Manager New Approval field on a Leave Request (Payee Leave Event) is automatically populated based on the same field on the related Payee Leave Rule
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-31913

Time Interpretation

  • The Pay Code Cap functionality has been extended to cater for Allowance Pay Codes New
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32102
  • Updates have been made to the Interpretation Rule Calculation Logic to provide for Overtime New Allowances
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32083, SC-31928,
  • The logic used when identifying the Assignment Rate to apply to a Pay Transaction has been New enhanced so that, in the event, there are multiple Assignment Rates identified, the one with the highest Sort Order will be applied
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-31935
  • The Interpretation Rule Calculation Logic has been updated to ensure the correct New interpretation for Break Loading is applied
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32429
  • Improvements to the Interpretation Rule Calculation Logic have been carried out to handle New variations outside Frequency Hours
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32407
  • Enhancements have been made to the Interpretation Rule Calculation Logic to allow for New partial payment of Hourly Allowances based on partial hours worked
User Story Reference Number(s), SC-31337
  • The Interpretation Rule Calculation Logic has been updated to cater for additional Daily and New Frequency Hours scenario
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32331
  • Timesheet Interpretation related Debug Logs have been enhanced to improve details New provided when errors occur
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32230, SC-32228

Payee Exit

  • Updates have been made to the Payee Exit Interface to ensure the Pay Rate is displayed as a New number with 6 decimal places
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32434

Leave

  • Improvements to the Leave Balance Transfer functionality have been made to cater for New where the Payee Leave Rule that balance is transferring from is Assignment Specific
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32503
  • Updates have been made to the Leave Balance Transfer functionality so that where multiple New Payee Aggregate records have been created at the same date/time, the record for the latest Calendar Period is selected when determining the balance available to transfer
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32955
  • To accommodate Employees working split shifts, changes have been made to the validation New on Payee Leave Events to allow multiple Payee Leave Events with the same Leave Type to be created for the same day
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32962

Pay Advice

  • Refinements to the Create Pay Advice functionality have been provided to prevent the New creation of duplicate Pay Advice Lines where the Leave Rate Multiplier field on the Pay Transaction is blank
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32613

Payment Files

  • The Pay Batch Manager’s Print Payment File PDF capability has been extended so that the New PDF file can be generated irrespective of the Approval Status of the Payment File
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32159

Payee Aggregates

  • To ensure their relevant Payee Aggregates are calculated correctly, updates have been made New to accommodate Employees who move from being a Working Holiday Maker to any other ATO Income Classification within a financial year
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32617
  • Improvements have been made to ensure when a Payee changes their Superannuation New Fund mid financial year, that the Payee Aggregates associated with both the new and previous fund are maintained and Month to Date, Quarter to Date and Year to Date values are calculated correctly
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32518, SC-32677
  • Updates have been made to ensure that when a Payee Pay Batch is related to a combination New of Superannuation Guarantee and Employer Additional Superannuation Pay Transactions, the corresponding Payee Aggregates that are created during finalisation, reflect the correct superannuation type
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32519
  • Improvements have been made to ensure that in the event of multiple Payee Leave Rules New applying to a Payee Pay Batch, during Pay Batch Finalisation, there is a Payee Aggregate record created for each Payee Leave Rule
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32683

Single Touch Payroll

  • To prevent ATO validation errors, Single Touch Payroll extracts have been updated so that New negative Year To Date Allowance or Deduction values will be replaced with zero
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32763

Invoiceable Fees

  • The Create Transaction functionality on the Invoiceable Fee has been updated to ensure the New correct Invoice Setting is applied to the new Pay Transaction
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32116, SC-32104

Invoicing

  • The Compose Invoice Email functionality has been updated to determine who the email is New sent from based on the Send Invoice Email Setting value
  • The Invoice Email functionality has been made to cater for sending Expense receipts / evidence as attachments with emails
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-31563
  • The Re-Invoice functionality has been updated to ensure users can edit the Pay Code on New transactions
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32505, SC-32340
  • Updates have been made to the Invoice Batch Manager so that, when Transaction Filters are New used to generate Invoices, the Pay Codes that apply to the Pay Transactions displayed within the table are provided.
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32928

Employee Experience and Approver Experience (previously Communities)

  • Updates to improve the general usability on mobile devices New
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32820, SC-32831, SC-32832, SC-32833, SC-32834, SC-32836

Employee Experience (previously Communities)

  • General updates have been made to the Timesheet functionality available on mobile devices New to improve the Employee’s experience when scrolling through and interacting with Timesheets
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32558, SC-32337
  • Updates to ensure that only enabled Timesheet Allowances records are available for use New within the Employee Experience
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32794
  • Updates to the Submit and Recall functionalities to ensure Timesheet Allowances are locked / New unlocked for editing as required
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32621, CI-218086

Approver Experience (previously Communities)

  • The Approver Timesheet functionality available on mobile devices has been enhanced New through the introduction of the same Timesheet filtering options available for desktop users
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32565
  • Enhancements have been made so that Alternative Leave Approver will now be able to view New and approve / reject Leave Events
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32359
  • The date range that controls which Timesheets are available to view and approve / reject has New been extended to now show Timesheets that have been submitted with an End Date up to 366 days in the future
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32286
  • Approvers that are authenticated users, now have the ability to enter notes against individual New Timesheet Entries which in turn will be visible to Employees within Employee Experience (Communities)
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-31782
  • The functionality to sort Timesheets by the Hours column on the Timesheet landing page has New been updated to ensure they are sorted correctly
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32720
  • To meet Salesforce Winter21 security of guest users requirements, the Approver Notes New functionality has been disabled for Approvers that access the Approver Experience as a Guest user (those that use a link token). The functionality remains available for authenticated Approvers (those that log in with a username and password).
User Story Reference Number(s): SC-32711
Take advantage of these new features and improvements now. Talk to your Partner Provider or System Administrator about upgrading so you can experience the benefits of the Banksia ‘21 Release for yourself.
Refer to the Upgrade Guide for the Banksia ‘21 Release for further information on installation requirements, including pre and post-installation checklists, installation links and configuration instructions.