Upcoming User Groups/Webinars/Conferences:

• Quest PeopleSoft RECONNECT Deep Dive- VIRTUAL – October 24-26, 2023
• Oracle Public Sector HCM Meeting – November 7, 2023
• Payroll for NA SIG Meeting – November 14, 2023
• PeopleSoft India SIG 2024 – February 8-9, 2024, Bangalore

Strategy Spotlight – Please join us for RECONNECT October 23 – 26 to catch up on all things PeopleSoft.  RECONNECT is the only nationwide conference that is completely focused on PeopleSoft.  The conference is 100% virtual and offers reasonable registration options, including an enterprise pass that allows you to send an unlimited number of employees for just one low price.  The entire PeopleSoft Product team will be attending and presenting up to 40 deep dive sessions.  RECONNECT sessions are intended to focus more on the setup, configuration options, and best practices for available features so that attendees are empowered to deploy delivered PeopleSoft features straight away.  Hope to see you there next week.

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

Congratulations to this month’s Expansion Innovators:

• Congratulations to Harvard University for deploying Real-Time Indexing
• Congratulations to State of Montana for deploying Real-Time Indexing and Remote Worker Insights
• Congratulations to Omaha Public Power District for deploying Recruiting Dashboard

• Congratulations to Abercrombie & Fitch Co for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.60
• Congratulations to Alaska Airlines for deploying Gender Identity
• Congratulations to Children’s Hospital Colorado for deploying Manager Self Service
• Congratulations to City of Calgary, CAN for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.60
• Congratulations to City of Eugene, OR for deploying Fluid Job Data
• Congratulations to City of Raleigh, NC for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.60
• Congratulations to County of Ramsey, MN for deploying Gender Identity and Preferred Name
• Congratulations to Evergreen Health for deploying Fluid Job Data
• Congratulations to Government of the Northwest Territories, CAN for deploying ELM
• Congratulations to Harvard University for deploying Team Calendar, Absence Insights and HR Notifications
• Congratulations to Los Rios Community College for deploying Vaccination Tracking and deploying OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure)
• Congratulations to North Carolina (NC)State University for deploying Fluid Job Data
• Congratulations to Port of Seattle, WA for deploying Fluid Job Data
• Congratulations to Seminole State College of Florida for deploying Quick Calc
• Congratulations to State of North Dakota for deploying Oracle Guided Learning (OGL)
• Congratulations to State of Tennessee for deploying Fluid Job Data
• Congratulations to Texas Christian University (TCU) for deploying Fluid Position Management and upgrading to PeopleTools 8.60

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

• Human Resources – Focus group meet to see a preview and provide feedback on Preferred Name (Middle & Last) and the Form I-9 proposed enhancements.
• Recruiting – Focus group met to discuss the roadmap features anticipated in the next few images. Based on great feedback we are expanding some of these features.
• Benefits – Focus group met to discuss new roadmap features anticipated in future images. We also touched on SECURE 2.0 enhancements planned for 2024.
• Insights – Workgroup had a discussion about new features coming in PeopleTools 8.61 and soliciting feedback for PeopleTools 8.62 enhancements as they relate to OpenSearch and PeopleSoft Insights.
• Performance – Focus group met and discussed the upcoming recognition feature – we also discussed integration points. Our next call will be in January 2024.
• Tuition Reimbursement– Focus group will meet on November 16th. We will be reviewing preliminary requirements that came out of the CAB before we begin the design phase.
• Enterprise Learning Management (ELM) – We didn’t have a focus group meeting this month and we will be meeting the first Thursday in November. We will be reviewing the ideas space requests during our call and will have open time for discussion. This is the last call of the year so don’t miss it.

 ***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
  • United States – Posted new Form I-9
  • Brazil – eSocial Simplified version S-1.2

PeopleSoft Update – Click here for schedule of release dates

• HCM Image 48 – posting January 19, 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– 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)
• Image 47 Highlights Video – 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
• The PeopleSoft Page and Field Configurator Video Feature Overview – Video
• The PeopleSoft HCM Lockdown Framework Video Feature Overview – Video
• PeopleSoft Spotlight Series: Working With PeopleSoft Insights Using PeopleTools 8.60 – Video
• PeopleSoft HCM Image 47 Highlights – Blog
• Get notified and feel empowered with PeopleSoft Notification Composer – Blog
• Clean Up those Open Life Events Using the Multiple User Activity Guide Configuration  – Blog
• Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions to PeopleSoft about SECURE 2.0 – Blog

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