PeopleSoft HCM Newsletter September 2022

Posted by Luke Hodges
Last updated 10/25/22
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Upcoming 2022 User Groups/Webinars/Conferences:

Oracle Public Sector HCM Meeting – November 1^st
Payroll for NA SIG Meeting – November 8^th
HEUG’s Canada Alliance – November 7-8^th, University of Waterloo, Ontario
Northwest Regional User Group – November 16, Portland, Oregon
OHUG’s PeopleSoft Monthly Meetup – November 17^th
Breakthrough’22 : December 1-2, 2022, Birmingham, England

Strategy Spotlight

HCM Image 44 is now available for download. Some of the highlights of Image 44 include: schedule and shift change requests through employee self-service, processed absences analytics for administrators, life events analytics for benefits administrators, remote worker eligibility analytics, extended configuration options for payroll direct deposit, a program funding framework that allows for faster rules deployment of state-funded programs like Paid Family Leave, configurable benefits statements, enhancements to the benefit plan compare, and much more.

In case you missed it, the virtual Quest PeopleSoft RECONNECT 2022 user conference was held Oct 10 – 13. With over 2,000 customer attendees and 160+ sessions, customers took full advantage of this PeopleSoft-specific, deep dive conference to catch up on all the latest development initiatives. Thank you to everyone who took time out of their busy schedules to attend. If you missed the conference and would like to learn more about what you should do for conference attendance in 2023, feel free to reach out to [email protected].

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

Congratulations to this month’s PeopleSoft Innovators

Congratulations to Cape Cod Healthcare for implementing vaccination tracking in Health & Safety

Congratulations to Belgian Defense for implementing Oracle Guided Learning

Congratulations to Harvard University for deploying Gender Identity and Expression

Congratulations to Big Lots! for deploying Gender Identity and Expression

- Congratulations to Australian National University for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.59
- Congratulations to City of Indianapolis & Marion County for deploying Guided Self Service and Fluid Manager Self Service and Benefits Enrollment Statement
- Congratulations to City of Plano, TX for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.59 and deploying Guided Self Service and Job Offer Notifications
- Congratulations to Community Healthcare System for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.59 and HR, Payroll & Benefits Kibana Analytics and Payroll Quick Calculation
- Congratulations to County of Chelan, WA P.U.D. for deploying Fluid Position Management
- Congratulations to County of Hennepin, MN for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.59
- Congratulations to County of Santa Clara, CA for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.59
- Congratulations to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.59
- Congratulations to Edward Jones for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.59
- Congratulations to Hackensack Meridian for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.59 and deploying Gender Identity
- Congratulations to Med Star for deploying Fluid Self-Service
- Congratulations to National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for deploying Fluid Timesheet
- Congratulations to Norwegian Cruise Lines for deploying ePerformance
- Congratulations to Public Health Institute (PHI) for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.59
- Congratulations to State of North Dakota for deploying Recruiting Kibana analytics
- Congratulations to State of Tennessee for deploying Fluid Open Enrollment
- Congratulations to The Marcus Corporation for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.59 and Fluid Job Data and Team Calendar and Payroll Workcenter
- Congratulations to University of Pretoria for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.59
- Congratulations to University of Utah for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.59

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

Job Data Working Group – There was no workgroup meeting in September, our next scheduled meeting is October 26.
Human Resource – The focus group met to review mockups and provide feedback on the new Personal Data Search Match feature.
Time and Labor – There was no focus group meeting in September. We are planning on scheduling the next meeting either late October or early November to review the enhancements planned to the fluid timesheet as well as to gather requirements for the fields you want to see in the configurable multiple job selector.
Absence Management – There was no focus group meeting in September. We are planning on scheduling the next meeting either late October or early November to review the new design for the Absence Self-Service pages.
Visualization Working Group – In the workgroup’s September meeting, Harvard University provided a demo of their Payroll, Absence, and T&L dashboards. They have 15 years of data in their Absence Dashboard so Managers can view year-over-year data if necessary.
Accessibility Focus Group – In the October meeting, the focus group received an update on: speech recognition software support in PeopleSoft, W-2 and 1095-C accessibility, and proposed PeopleTools 8.61 accessibility enhancements. There will be no more scheduled meetings for this focus group until 2023.

***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 – Form I-9 is expiring this October, Dept of Homeland Security has announced significant changes to the form, but has yet to release a finalized new form (TBD). They did announce that organizations should continue to use the expired form until a new form is released.
Malaysia – The Ministry of Human Resources through the Social Security Organization (SOCSO) implemented new salary ceilings for contributions from RM4,000 to RM5,000 per month starting 1^st September 2022.
Australia – A Mental Health Levy is added to payroll taxes for larger employers starting Jan 1, 2023, to fund mental health services. The levy will only apply to the portion of the wages above the relevant threshold.
United Kingdom – multiple updates due to the Mini Budget
Japan – “The National Tax Agency (NTA)” has published new templates for deduction reports for the year ending 2022. Employees need to submit these reports every year to claim certain deductions.

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