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

• HCM Image 49 – posting May 24, 2024*
• ELM Image 23 – posting July 19, 2024*
• CRM Image 21 – posting July 26, 2024*

*Tentative Dates – Oracle Safe Harbor Statement applies.

“Popular &  New” HCM Ideas – Check out and VOTE for your favorite Idea, click here to see all the PeopleSoft Ideas

• Health & Safety – Enable End Date field on the Vaccine Details Grid on the EE Health Card – New Idea
• HR – Allow for Multiple attachments download in one click in Fluid Job Data– Popular Idea
• HR – Fluid Job Data – Include History/Correction mode at bottom of page – Popular Idea
• HR – OnBoarding – Activity Guide Group/Parent Step – Mark Complete Configuration – Popular Idea
• Time and Labor – Add Active/Inactive Employee filter on MSS Manager Search Options – New Idea
• Time and Labor – Time & Labor Security Group Pages to FLUID – New Idea
• Time and Labor – Allow departments to create quick-fills for time reporters only in that department/group id – New Idea
• Time and Labor – Weekly Fluid TimeSheet – Need Ability to select the time period to copy from – Hot Idea
• Absence Management – Absence Request History – allow to be downloaded to Excel – Hot Idea
• Absence Management – Create a new variable to determine total requested hours for all Takes – New Idea

PeopleSoft General Update

• Oracle Extends Support for PeopleSoft to 2034 – Blog (Important)
• The PeopleSoft Page and Field Configurator Video Feature Overview – Video
• Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions to PeopleSoft about SECURE 2.0 – Blog
• PeopleSoft Personal Data Modernization Overview – Video
• PeopleSoft Now! Getting the most from your PeopleSoft System – Video (check out these friendly PS faces)
• Image Highlights, PeopleSoft HCM Update Image 48 – Video
• PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8 61 Highlights – Video
• What PeopleSoft events should you start planning for in 2024? – Blog
• The Top 5 most-watched PeopleSoft Video Feature Overviews (VFOs) of 2023 – Blog
• Top 10 most popular PeopleSoft blog posts of 2023 – Blog
• PeopleSoft HCM Image 48 Highlights – Blog
• PeopleSoft Language Translations Update (2023) – Blog
• How many Recruiting Solution Ideas Lab request can you fit into one enhancement?  – Blog
• Oracle releases PeopleTools 8.61 on OCI – Blog

Federal SIG Meeting – Washington D.C. (Oracle and HCM Customers)

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