Upcoming User Groups/Webinars/Conferences:

• Customer Advisor Board (CAB) – August 22 – 24, Virtual
• Oracle Public Sector HCM Meeting – September 5, 2023
• Payroll for NA SIG Meeting – October 10, 2023
• Oracle Cloud World – September 18-21, 2023; Las Vegas
• Quest PeopleSoft RECONNECT Deep Dive- VIRTUAL – October 24-26, 2023

Strategy Spotlight – We are happy to announce the general availability of PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Management (ELM) image 23 and HR Help Desk image 21, both of which are delivered on PeopleTools 8.60.  ELM image 23 features Learning Insights Dashboards, Fluid Learner Manager Self Service, and Fluid Learning Plans and Objectives.  There are 4 new Learning Insights Dashboards that allow managers and administrators to gain better visibility into employees’ learning progress and history for mandatory learning, voluntary learning, certifications, and upcoming expiration dates.  HR Help Desk image 21 includes a Solutions Management Insights Dashboard which allows HR Specialists to gain insights into how effective their posted solutions have been for frequently asked questions.  Image 21 also includes the approval workflow engine that allows customers to define an approval flow for any solutions to be posted.

Customers should also note that the image delivery schedule for next year is now available here.  For HCM we are expecting to deliver 3 releases:  January, May, and September 2024.

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

• Congratulations to Arizona Public Service Company (APS) for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.59
• Congratulations to Bremer Bank for deploying Fluid Job Data
• Congratulations to County of King, WA for deploying Fluid Job Data
• Congratulations to County of San Diego, CA for deploying Fluid Self Service and upgrading to PeopleTools 8.59
• Congratulations to Digital Intelligence Systems LLC for deploying Onboarding
• Congratulations to Encompass Health for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.60
• Congratulations to Edward Jones for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.60
• Congratulations to Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN for upgrading to 9.2 and Fluid Self Service and upgrading to PeopleTools 8.59
• Congratulations to Hackensack Meridian for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.60
• Congratulations to Ingram Content for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.60
• Congratulations to Kentucky Community & Technical College System for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.59
• Congratulations to Princeton University for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.60
• Congratulations to Southwestern Illinois College for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.59
• Congratulations to State of New Mexico for deploying Gender Identity

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

• Human Resources – Focus group saw a demo of the Fluid Personal Data (soon to be released)
• Benefits – Focus Group met in July to continue more conversations about SECURE 2.0 and especially Section 603 compliance. A Quest Webinar has been scheduled for all interested customers on SECURE 2.0 for August 15^th at 2:00 pm Eastern. The session will be recorded. Please use this link to register
• PeopleSoft Insights Workgroup – Customers saw a cool Insights demo from GATX and Andersen Corporation
• Performance Management –  the focus group will meet again on August 9th and will be looking at the new recognition features that is currently in development. We will also be reviewing any questions the group has about fluid performance and fluid business objectives.
• Enterprise Learning Management (ELM) – ELM Image 23 was released on July 28^th.   With this release comes much anticipated features such as fluidizing of manager self-service, learning insights, and the completion of fluid plans and objectives for learner self-service. The ELM focus group continues to meet monthly and has started reviewing requirements for mandatory programs.
• Absence Management – Focus group meeting on August 31^st to discuss the Team Calendars for Administrators, Delegates, and Matrix Teams.
• Time & Labor – Focus group is meeting on August 30^th to review the Direct Reports Fluid Time Pages and discuss future enhancements
• Tuition Reimbursement – The inaugural meeting of this focus group happened in May. We will be bringing this working group together quarterly with the next scheduled meeting occurring on August 10^th.  We will review high level requirements and get feedback regarding approvals.  If you would like to be a part of this group, please let Jeremy Pelley know at [email protected]
• Accessibility – Shared with the focus group updates we made in PTools 8.61 for accessibility and future accessibility enhancements in PTools 8.62.
• HR Help Desk – The next focus group meeting will be August 24. We plan to review the high priority enhancements like Case Questionnaire and Post Case Survey for finalizing the scope for these features.

 ***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 –The Department of Homeland Security just released the new version of the Form I-9, which organization have to use by October 31, 2023.  We will be posting a position statement soon with the changes and estimated delivery of the update.
• 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.
• Singapore – The CPF board has published revised CPF rates and OW ceiling tables effective from 1^st January 2024.

PeopleSoft Update – Click here for schedule of release dates

• HCM Image 47 – posting September 15, 2023*
• ELM Image 24 – posting July 19, 2024*
• CRM Image 22 – 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– New Idea
• HR – Create Tuition Request/Approval/Reimbursement Module – Popular Idea
• HR – Manager Dashboard for Dotted Line Reports – New Idea
• HR – OnBoarding – Activity Guide Group/Parent Step – Mark Complete Configuration – Popular Idea
• Time and Labor – Additional Quick Fill Management Options – New Idea
• Time and Labor – Add Active/Inactive Employee filter on MSS Manager Search Options – New Idea
• Time and Labor – Make the exception icon red (again) on the timesheet! – Hot Idea
• Absence Management – Make the Approval Chain visible in View Requests tile after Absence Request is submitted from TS – New Idea
• Absence Management – Absence Request History – allow to be downloaded to Excel – Hot Idea

PeopleSoft General Update

• PeopleSoft Now! Rebekah talks with Paco Aubrejuan on the Investment Update for 2023 – https://youtu.be/DhPxslytsPw – Video
• Oracle announces the extension of support for PeopleSoft to 2033, once again reaffirming its commitment to support PeopleSoft for a rolling 10 years. – Blog (Important)
• HCM Image 46 – More than a pretty face! – Blog
• Image Highlights, PeopleSoft HCM Update Image 46 – Video
• Episode 3.7. Rebekah shares the annual announcement of the PeopleSoft Innovator awards for 2023. – Video
• OpenSearch is generally available with PeopleTools 8.60.07– Blog
• New fields to enhance your Company Directory search – Blog
• Configuring your page header in Time and Labor– Blog
• How can a Delegate access Fluid Approvals in HCM? – Blog
• PeopleSoft HR Helpdesk Image 21 empowers Administrators to deliver superior Employee Satisfaction – Blog
• There is so much to learn about PeopleSoft ELM Image 23 – Blog

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