Product Update March 2024

It’s March already, which means one thing – we’re back with another edition of the Employment Hero product update. With 2024 in full swing, we’re sharing all the product updates we’ve been hard at work on this year.

Over the last month, we’ve created a new build your own chart feature, added a setting for annual policy acknowledgement, enhanced performance review management, made rostering available for HR platinum customers and lots more. It’s all here and ready for you to use in-platform – let’s get to it!

You can now access the Build Your Own Chart feature in the new Build Your Own Report experience

We know you love our Custom Reports feature, which is why we’ve been making it more useful for your business operations.

That’s why we’re excited to announce a brand new Build Your Own Chart feature in the new Build Your Own Report experience. Now you can level up your insights with customisable charts, improved data fields, and a dynamic visual experience, available now on Platinum and Premium subscriptions.

Learn more about Custom Reports.

Set induction content and policies to be acknowledged annually

Compliance is on every business leader’s mind right now. That’s we’re making it easier to stay one step ahead with the launch of our new setting, allowing induction content and policies to be renewed and acknowledged once-off or once a year.

When set to yearly, the induction content or policy will be marked as required, and employees will be notified via email to acknowledge the document one year from the existing acknowledgement date.

Learn more about managing workplace policies. 

Enhanced performance review management

Say hello to new custom security groups to help you view and manage performance reviews better. These enhanced settings allow you to provide those who need to be informed with greater flexibility and transparency when managing performance.

Performance review management

This custom security setting allows users to manage questions, templates, and review periods. This group will not be able to view review responses.

Performance review responses

This custom security setting allows users to review responses both in the platform and in the downloaded reports.

Learn more about setting up performance reviews. 

Rostering now available for HR Platinum customers

We’ve unveiled a new rostering tool for HR Platinum customers. This feature will allow admins and owners to tap into a whole new range of capabilities, including:

• Create, edit, publish and unpublish shifts
• Enable custom security settings to allow employees and managers to view, modify and delete shifts within the roster
• Automatically notify employees of published or unpublished shifts via email and Swag
• View assigned shifts via the Swag app
• Create rostering templates

New updates to EPF adjustments for Bonus/ Commission (not paid monthly)

Additional EPF contribution for any payment that is not paid monthly (e.g. Bonus, Commission) is now calculated automatically. This function is to support employers or employees who want to contribute more than the EPF statutory rate.

Learn more about setting up additional statutory contributions.

The new format for CP8D text file for the assessment year of 2023 is now available with new fields including Employee Status and Date of Retirement/End of Contract

The new format for the CP8D text file is now available, and it will include the following additional fields:

1. Employee status – This will default to:

• “2” if the employee type is Full-time
• “4” if the employee type is Part-time

2. Date of retirement/ End of contract 

If the employee is active, this field will be populated with “00-00-0000” as per the guideline from LHDN.

CP8D contains all employee’s remuneration data and needs to be submitted together with Form e-E. From the year of assessment 2023, all employers including non-company must submit Form e-E & CP8D via the e-filing system.

E-filing system for Form e-E will be available from 1 March 2024. The due date for submission is 31 March 2024, with a grace period of 1 month.

Introducing the ability to set timesheet period in a pay run

Admins can now specify a timesheet period different from the salary period when creating a new pay run. This update also allows you to:

1. Import all approved and unprocessed timesheets within the stated timesheet period into the pay run.
2. Adjust the timesheet period after the pay run is created and re-import timesheets for the new period.
3. Auto-move the timesheet period of the following month based on the start and end date of the timesheet period in the previous pay run.

Say hello to the JobsDB and JobStreet Integration

You can now post seamlessly to leading job boards like JobStreet & JobDB with our new SEEK integration.

Create job ads and automatically post to JobStreet & JobsDB with optimised targeting and data insights, all from Employment Hero’s Applicant Tracking System.

Access everything you need to select and post high quality job ads on JobStreet and JobsDB right from the ATS including:

• View the cost of your ad at the point of posting
• Use the Salary currency relevant to the country you are posting in
• And more!

What’s more? Creating a new account and connecting with SEEK is now free!

Get started by connecting Employment Hero and SEEK.

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We want our customers to get the most out of our platform. Whether it’s HR, payroll or benefits, you can expect to find new updates here – all designed to make your world at work easier. If you’d like to stay up to date with all of our content, you can visit our resource hub or follow us on LinkedIn.