PeopleSoft HCM Newsletter January 2024

Posted by Luke Hodges
Last updated 3/23/24
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Upcoming PeopleSoft HCM 2024 User Groups/Webinars/Conferences:

PeopleSoft Week 2024: Game Changers – February 26 – March 1, 2024
Oracle Public Sector HCM Meeting – February 27, 2024
Oracle PeopleSoft Executive New York Event – April 17 (invite only – reach out to your Oracle PeopleSoft Account Representative)
Oracle Federal Forum – April 25; Washington D.C.
PeopleSoft RECONNECT Live! at BLUEPRINT 4D – May 7-10, Dallas, TX
Pacific Northwest RUG – June 5-6; Seattle, WA

Customer Corner – Highlights customers who have implemented, upgraded or deployed new HCM Features

Congratulations to BAE Systems for upgrading to 9.2
Congratulations to City of San Jose, CA for deploying Fluid Open Enrollment
Congratulations to County of Palm Beach, FL for deploying ELM and upgrading to PeopleTools 8.60
Congratulations to HAYS Recruiting for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.60
Congratulations to Long Island University for deploying Onboarding
Congratulations to North Carolina (NC)State University deploying Performance Management Insights

Focus Group Updates: Click on the link to find a focus group to join

Insights – Focus Group met in January with The School District of Lee County, FL who shared their latest deployment of Insights.
Recruiting – Focus Group saw a demo of the new Manage Job Opening configurations delivered in Image 48 and customers gave feedback for upcoming enhancements that are on the roadmap.
Accessibility -Focus Group will meet in March to see a demo of Accessibility Assistant in PT 8.61 and future enhancements for PT 8.62
Absence Management – Focus Group will meet on February 22^nd to discuss and vote on possible roadmap items
Time and Labor – Focus Group will meet on February 21^st to discuss and vote on possible roadmap items.
US Federal – In the focus group meeting on Jan 25^th, we discussed the new OPM Project Management and Teleworker data tracking fields and how the delivered Remote Worker feature in PeopleSoft HR can help Federal customers track agency teleworkers. There was also a special, in person meeting of the Oracle PeopleSoft Federal SIG in Rosslyn, VA on Jan 30^th where we discussed strategic initiatives including PeopleSoft on OCI and the roadmap for PeopleSoft HCM for Federal customers.

***Important Note*** Focus Groups are open to all customers, calls are typically once a month for an hour or as needed. Your organization needs to have a current CPCA (customer participation confidentiality agreement) since Oracle discloses future design and prototypes.

USA/Global Legislative Updates –https://blogs.oracle.com/PsftLegUpdates/

United States – On December 29, 2022 the SECURE 2.0 Act was signed into law by President Biden as part of the Consolidate Appropriations Act of 2023 (HR 2617). It contains 92 provisions affecting United States retirement savings plans. Here is a link to the current Position Statement and the Planned Features and Enhancement Page which outlines our current roadmap.
United States – IRS Announces an Administrative Transition Period for Section 603 of the SECURE 2.0 Act
New Zealand – The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has published the new rates for Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) Levy and Student Loan Threshold changes for the year 2024/25, effective 1st April 2024
India – The Central Government of India presented an Interim budget in the Parliament on 01 Feb 2024
Singapore – The Provident and Tax (PAT) – IRAS Service has published a new version of IRAS file specifications 15.0, effective from 2024 submissions

PeopleSoft Update – Click here for schedule of release dates