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As vaccination and testing tracking becomes essential for those customers allowing employees to come back to work sites, I am pleased to announce that our development team has delivered the new Health & Safety – Employee Wellness feature as a PeopleSoft Release Patch (PRP) earlier than originally planned.  We also expect to include it in HCM Image 40 next month.  Employee Wellness is an enhancement that provides the ability for employees to update their vaccination information via self-service, along with test results and important allergy and health information.  For more on how to access the PRP today or what this feature can do for your organizations’ return to work plans, see the following blogs à https://blogs.oracle.com/peoplesoft/post/tracking-employees-medical-tests-peoplesoft and https://blogs.oracle.com/peoplesoft/post/tracking-covid-vaccinations-peoplesoft

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HCM Image 40 and CRM Image 20 are now available for download.  The HCM image includes new functionality to support tracking remote working, employee wellness for vaccination and testing tracking, fluidized manager self-service for managing schedules in Time & Labor, among many others.  These features and more are shown in the recently published Image 40 highlights video.  CRM Image 20 includes uptake of PeopleTools 8.59 technology as well as new operational Kibana dashboards and analytics for call center agents and agent managers.

As you might already know, HCM Image 43 is now available for download.  Features available with this release include: Benefit Plans Comparisons, Payroll Trend Analytics and Insights, Payroll Quick Calculation feature, Absence Balance and Forecasting enhancements, Dependent Rules for Benefits Life Plan relationships, Fluid Candidate Gateway Accessibility improvements, among others.  Allowing your employees to compare benefit plans during open enrollment is a feature that many US-based customers will find interesting.  The PeopleSoft development team designed an easy-to-use, configurable interface that allows even novice employees to make the best decision possible by viewing a comprehensive, simplified, side-by-side comparison of various benefit plans offered by their organization.  There is still time for customers to deploy this feature for the upcoming benefits enrollment period. 

       Upcoming User Groups/Webinars/Conferences: Oracle Public Sector HCM Meeting – May 2, 2023 PeopleSoft RECONNECT Live! at BLUEPRINT 4D – May 8 – May 11, 2023; Dallas, TX Pacific Northwest Rug – June 1, 2023; Seattle, WA Payroll for NA SIG Meeting – June 13, 2023 HIUG (Healthcare) Interact User Group – June…

Upcoming PeopleSoft HCM 2024 User Groups/Webinars/Conferences: Oracle PartnerCast: April 2024 General PeopleSoft Partner Update – April 25 Oracle Federal Forum – April 25; Washington D.C. RECONNECT Live! at Blueprint 4D – May 7-10; Dallas, TX Payroll for North America SIG – May 14 OHUG - PeopleSoft Meetup: Data Privacy – May 16 Oracle Public Sector…

Upcoming PeopleSoft HCM 2024 User Groups/Webinars/Conferences: Oracle HCM User Group (OHUG) - Ascend Conference – June 17-20; Las Vegas, NV Oracle Public Sector User Group  - June 25 Payroll for North America SIG – July 9 PeopleSoft Southeast RUG - Atlanta – August 15, 2024 Customer Advisory Board  - August 27 – 29, 2024 RECONNECT Dive Deep Conference – October 28…

It was fantastic seeing many of you at the Quest BLUEPRINT 4D 2024 in Dallas last month.  FSCM Product teams presented at 13 sessions that included product roadmaps, customer success stories, and roundtable discussions.  We value all the feedback we got from the attendees – it was absolutely inspiring to hear your innovative ideas and suggestions on product enhancements.  You can review the content through the Quest Website.  A special Thank You to our customers who continue to deploy new features and functionality.

Effective January 1, 2023, regulatory and legislative support - including related product updates and fixes - for select PeopleSoft Global Payroll country extensions will move to market-driven support provided by Oracle Advanced Customer Services (ACS).

Happy August to all our Quest members! Here is some key information about your membership this month.