Upcoming 2025 User Groups/Webinars/Conferences:

• Payroll for North America SIG Meeting – Virtual, August 2, 2025
• OHUG PeopleSoft Community Meetup – Virtual; August 21, 2025
• PeopleSoft Public Sector HCM Meet-Up – Virtual; August 26, 2025
• Oracle PeopleSoft Forum– Sydney, Australia; September 3, 2025
• Payroll for North America SIG Meeting – Virtual; September 9, 2025
• OHUG PeopleSoft Community Meetup – Virtual; September 18, 2025
• PeopleSoft Public Sector Meetup – Virtual; September 23, 2025
• Southeast RUG – Orlando, FL; September 25, 2025
• Peoplesoft Executive Leadership Event – Austin, TX; October 2, 2025
• Payroll for North America Tax Update 25-C Advisor Webcast– Thursday, October 9, 2025 (Tax Update 25-B Recording available on My Oracle Support Doc ID 3080309.1)
• RECONNECT Dive Deep – Virtual, October 27 – 30, 2025

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

• Congratulations to Allen & Overy LLP for deploying Onboarding
• Congratulations to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama for deploying Open Search and upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
• Congratulations to Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) for deploying Total Rewards and upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
• Congratulations to California State University, Chico for upgrading to 9.2
• Congratulations to California State University, Sacramento for upgrading to 9.2
• Congratulations to California State University, San Bernadino for upgrading to 9.2
• Congratulations to City of Boston, MA for deploying Self-Service Fluid and upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
• Congratulations to City of Calgary, CAN for deploying Notification Composer, Fluid Approvals, Fluid Delegations, Configurable Page Headers, Configurable Benefit Statement, Applicant ability to print, and HCM Lockdown Framework for timesheets
• Congratulations to City of North Vancouver, CAN for deploying Payroll for NA and Human Resources Insights
• Congratulations to County of Broward, FL for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
• Congratulations to County of Ramsey, MN for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
• Congratulations to County of Ventura, CA for deploying Component Lockdown and upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
• Congratulations to CRU Global for deploying Fluid Personal Data
• Congratulations to Hackensack Meridian for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
• Congratulations to Harkin Builders for deploying Guided Self Service, On & Off boarding and Benefits enrollment
• Congratulations to HAYS Recruiting for deploying PeopleSoft in OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) and upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
• Congratulations to Independence Blue Cross – Philadelphia for deploying Fluid Performance and upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
• Congratulations to K&L Gates LLP for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
• Congratulations to North Dakota Univ System for deploying Recruiting, Workforce, Benefits, and Payroll Year End Insights
• Congratulations to Northern Illinois University for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
• Congratulations to Omaha Public Power District for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
• Congratulations to Powers Health for deploying Fluid Personal Data
• Congratulations to Princeton University for deploying Payroll for NA Insights
• Congratulations to Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
• Congratulations to Scentre Group for deploying GP’s Rapid Calculation and upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
• Congratulations to School District of Clark County, NV for PeopleSoft in OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure)
• Congratulations to U.S Marine Corp – Community Services for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
• Congratulations to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
• Congratulations to University of Pretoria for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
• Congratulations to University of Southern Mississippi for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
• Congratulations to Ville de Lausanne for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61

USA/Global Legislative Updates

• United States – Section 101 of the SECURE 2.0 Act
• United States (Federal) – Return to In-person Office and Deferred Resignation Program Updates
• Singapore – Increase in CPF Contribution Rates from 1st January 2026
• Brazil – Web Service Integration for Payroll Loans Program (patch now posted)
• Australia – The ACT Government handed down its 2025–26 Budget on 24 June 2025, which includes several measures concerning payroll tax. Notably, changes to payroll tax rates have been announced, set to take effect from 1 July 2026.

PeopleSoft HCM Image Posting Dates –

• HCM Image 53 – posting October 17, 2025*
• HCM Image 54 – posting January 30, 2026*
• ELM Image 25 – posting October 17, 2025*
• CRM Image 23 – posting October 24, 2025*

*Tentative Dates – Oracle Safe Harbor Statement applies.

“Popular &  New” HCM Ideas – Check out and VOTE for your favorite 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 – 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 – 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
• Ability for Admins to easily make several Fluid Job Data changes in Single Action – Hot Idea

PeopleSoft General Update

• Oracle extends support for PeopleSoft, maintains 10-Year rolling support – Blog (IMPORTANT)
• The PeopleSoft Page and Field Configurator Video Feature Overview – Video
• 2025 PeopleSoft Innovator Announcement: Inspiring transformation through innovation – PeopleSoft NOW! Episode 5.4 – Video   
• PeopleTools Image Highlights – 8.62 – Video
• Advisor Webcast : PeopleSoft – PeopleTools 8.62 : Upgrades, Patch Strategy and Best Practices –Video   
• PeopleSoft HCM Highlights – Image 52 – Video   
• Discover the Power of PeopleSoft HCM Image 52 – Blog
• Reconnect Live @ BluePrint 4D 2025: A Resounding Success for PeopleSoft – Blog
• U.S.Federal HR – Return to In-person Office and Deferred Resignation Program Updates – Blog
• Elevate your reviews: The PeopleSoft Performance Management revolution – Blog
• Simplify and streamline tracking of Fluid Approval Requests in PeopleSoft – Blog
• 3 Content Reference Administration improvements in PeopleTools 8.62 you should know about! – Blog
• PeopleTools 8.62 is available for on-premise installation – Blog
• Unlocking Cost Savings with Customization Insights – Blog
• Evolving productivity: The PeopleSoft WorkCenter framework journey to 3.0 – Blog

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