At RECONNECT 20, Tammy Boyles, PeopleSoft Product Management Director, provided a PeopleSoft Benefits roadmap and update.

We will be starting the Focus Group again for this year in February.  Thank you to all those who participated last year. PeopleSoft Focus Group allows our customers a voice on our roadmap, design, and often a preview of enhancements. All you need to participate in a focus is an Oracle Customer Participation Confidentiality Agreement (CPCA) completed. Once you have a CPCA on file with Oracle, your organization may participate in other focus groups.

Oracle provides a community platform for our customers to help each other and express what they would like to happen in our products.  If it has been a while since you have visited, it may be a good time to get reacquainted.

Paid Family and Medical Leave and Program Funding Configuration

In 2002, California became the first state to pass Paid Family Medical Leave legislation; in the resulting years other states followed. Initially, there was only one new state every few years. However, in the last few years, states introduced and passed legislation for Paid Family Medical Leave more frequently.

Making the changes every time to our system was a difficult process for our customers and us. Our team brainstormed, consulted with the PNA focus group, and decided the best long-term approach is to introduce a configurable framework that allows Oracle to build rules for each new state that enacts legislation for Paid Family and Medical Leave and Long-Term Care programs.

The result of that effort is our Program Funding Configuration, which dynamically updates pages based on configuration and calculates the employer and employee portion of the contribution based on rules. PeopleSoft will deliver data scripts to update the tax tables and rules. We no longer need to deliver massive online and batch changes every time a state enacts a new program.

HCM 9.2 Image 40 is scheduled to post on October 18, and Tax Update 21-D for Releases 9.1, 9.0, and 8.9 is scheduled to post on October 19.  Watch the Tax Update Information Center for links to the posted documents once they become available.

PeopleSoft Payroll for North America Newsletter – November/December 2021 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Tax Update 21-E for Releases 9.1, 9.0, and 8.9 was posted on December 1, 2021.  Release 9.2 Tax Update 21-E part of the Legislative PRP 33541699 was posted on December 2, 2021.   For notes review Tax Update Information Center. Payroll for North America Tax Update…

What an experience attending Quest Blueprint 4D as my first in-person conference since 2019. Honestly, I had nerves right before, but in the end, I was happy I chose to present in person. We have adapted well to video conferencing tools, but I miss the personable interactions. The energy felt in a room also can’t be experienced without being there in person. When presenting to the audience, their expressions helped me know if what I was talking about was well received. I especially loved seeing the smiles and excitement when demoing Payroll for North America roadmap items.

Beginning January 1, 2023, the PeopleSoft FSCM, HCM, and Campus Solutions applications will adopt a delivery schedule of 3 Images per year instead of 4.  

Payroll for North America will deliver 4 tax updates per year instead of 5. Tax updates will continue to be included with the PeopleSoft HCM Images except for the end-of-the-year tax update, which is delivered using a PRP.