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  1. MAY MAINTENANCE PACK FOR 21D
  1. Revision History
  2. Overview
    1. Payroll for the United Kingdom
        1. Council Tax Attachment of Earnings Order Wales from April 2022
  1. APRIL MAINTENANCE PACK FOR 21D
  1. Revision History
  2. Overview
    1. Payroll for the United Kingdom
        1. Exclude Assignment from Apprenticeship Levy Calculation
  1. MARCH MAINTENANCE PACK FOR 21D
  1. Revision History
  2. Overview
    1. Payroll for the United Kingdom
        1. Legislative Changes for rUK, Scotland and Wales for Tax year 2022-23
        2. National Insurance for Veterans and Freeports
        3. Payroll of Benefits for Tax Year 2022-23
        4. Real Time Information Reporting for Tax Year 2022-23
        5. Scottish Earnings Arrestment - Tax Year 2022-23
        6. Statutory Payment Rates for rUK and Scotland - Tax Year 2022-23
        7. Student Loans - Tax year 2022-23
        8. Tax Year Reporting - P11D and P60 for 2021-22, and P46(Car) for 2022-23
  1. FEBRUARY MAINTENANCE PACK FOR 21D
  1. Revision History
  2. Overview
    1. Payroll for the United Kingdom
        1. Enhanced Gender Pay Gap Report
  1. JANUARY MAINTENANCE PACK FOR 21D
  1. Revision History
  2. Overview
    1. Payroll for Canada
        1. RRSP Employer Pension Contribution Overrides at Element Level
        2. Employment Equity Interface Legislative Changes
  1. NOVEMBER MAINTENANCE PACK FOR 21D
  1. Revision History
  2. Overview
    1. Global Payroll
        1. Inactive Bank Account Payment Process Validation
    2. Payroll for the United Kingdom
  1. Update 21D
  1. Revision History
  2. Overview
  3. HCM Common
    1. Applications Security
        1. Regeneration of Security Profiles to Support Document Types
        2. Support Removal of External Roles On Termination
    2. HCM Data Loader
        1. Import and Load Data User Interface Enhancements
        2. Business Object Enhancements
    3. HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader
        1. Enhanced Reporting
        2. Secured Business Objects Now Available to Business Users
        3. Generate Spreadsheet Templates for Element Entry with Costing
    4. HCM Extract
        1. Add Vendor Name or External System Name in Extracts Definitions
    5. HCM Common Architecture
        1. Enhancements to Approvals and Notifications
    6. HCM Common
        1. Lists of Values Configuration
        2. Workers List of Values Results Search Behavior Change
        3. Transaction Design Studio for HCM Experience Design Studio Enhancements
        4. New HCM Digital Assistant Skill Version - HCMV2
  4. Payroll
    1. Global Payroll
        1. Navigation to Loader Processes Results
        2. Records Counts
        3. Simplify Payroll Costing Information Entry for an Employee
        4. Access Payroll Costing Information for a Subledger Journal Entry
        5. Values Defined by Criteria: Extended Salary Rates Support
        6. Responsive Page for Payroll Relationships
        7. HCM Experience Design Studio for Run Results
        8. Control the Start Date of the Retroactive Payroll Period
        9. Changed Security for Year-End Documents Task
        10. Improved Page Performance for Statement of Earnings
        11. Added Guidance for Payment Method Creation
    2. Payroll for Bahrain
        1. Social Insurance Calculation
        2. Gratuity
        3. Statement of Earnings and Payslip
        4. Payment Transfer
        5. Social Allowances
    3. Payroll for Canada
        1. Attribute Visibility Changes
        2. Enhanced Support for CPP and QPP Exemptions During Unpaid Leave
        3. Generate Statutory Deduction Report for New Dimensions
        4. Option to Create Provincial Medical Employer Liability for BC and MB in Payroll Run
        5. Taxation of Retroactive Earnings After TRU Transfers
    4. Payroll for China
        1. Card Types Not Used in the China Localization Are Hidden
        2. Future Tax Reporting Unit Association Info Is Removed Or Not Copied In A Global Transfer Within A Legislative Data Group
        3. Process Retro Pay Under The Transfer-In Tax Reporting Unit After Transfer
    5. Payroll for Mexico
        1. Employer State Tax Age Exemption
        2. Social Security Reporting Updates
    6. Payroll for Saudi Arabia
        1. Social Insurance Customization
        2. Social Insurance for GCC Citizens Working in Saudi Arabia
    7. Payroll for the United Kingdom
        1. Benefits and Pension Integration
        2. Global Transfer for Student Loan and Postgraduate Loan Components
        3. LGPS Stakeholder Pension
        4. Teachers' Pension MCR Diagnostic Reports
    8. Payroll for the United States
        1. 457 (b) Special Catch-Up Enhancement
        2. Involuntary Deductions for the US Virgin Islands
        3. Tax Levy Involuntary Deduction Enhancement
        4. Support for Dynamic Payroll Relationship Groups
        5. Employee Transfer Enhancement for Overtime Balances
  5. Global Payroll Interface
        1. Global Payroll Interface Updated with Technical Enhancements
        2. Global Payroll Interface Template Enhanced with Additional Grade Attributes
        3. Use the Enhanced US ADP Workforce Now Payroll Interface V2
        4. Deleted Data Report Supports Additional Business Objects

May Maintenance Pack for 21D

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date Product Feature Notes
29 APR 2022     Created initial document.

Overview

HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this New Feature Summary:

  • Release Updates (22A, 22B, 22C, and 22D)
  • Optional Monthly Maintenance Packs to each update

It is important for you to know what Release Update your environment is on. You can find this in your Cloud Portal.

____________________

HAVE AN IDEA?

We’re here and we’re listening. If you have a suggestion on how to make our products better, please let us know. To enter an idea go to the Ideas Lab on Oracle Customer Connect. In this document wherever you see the light bulb icon after the feature name it means we delivered one of your ideas.

____________________

Suggested Reading for all HCM Products:

  • Human Resources What’s New – In the Global Human Resources section you will find features on the base application in which other application are built upon. 

NOTE: Not all Global Human Resource features are available for Talent and Compensation products.

DISCLAIMER

The information contained in this document may include statements about Oracle’s product development plans. Many factors can materially affect Oracle’s product development plans and the nature and timing of future product releases. Accordingly, this Information is provided to you solely for information only, is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

This information may not be incorporated into any contractual agreement with Oracle or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Oracle specifically disclaims any liability with respect to this information. Refer to the Legal Notices and Terms of Use for further information.

Payroll for the United Kingdom

Payroll for Oracle Human Capital Management for the United Kingdom supports country specific features and functions for the United Kingdom. It enables users to follow the United Kingdoms business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

Council Tax Attachment of Earnings Order Wales from April 2022

Use the new Council Tax Attachment of Earnings Order Wales element template and deduction rates to enable deduction of orders issued by a Welsh authority, on or after 01 April, 2022.

April Maintenance Pack for 21D

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date Product Feature Notes
25 MAR 2022     Created initial document.

Overview

HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this New Feature Summary:

  • Release Updates (22A, 22B, 22C, and 22D)
  • Optional Monthly Maintenance Packs to each update

It is important for you to know what Release Update your environment is on. You can find this in your Cloud Portal.

____________________

HAVE AN IDEA?

We’re here and we’re listening. If you have a suggestion on how to make our products better, please let us know. To enter an idea go to the Ideas Lab on Oracle Customer Connect. In this document wherever you see the light bulb icon after the feature name it means we delivered one of your ideas.

____________________

Suggested Reading for all HCM Products:

  • Human Resources What’s New – In the Global Human Resources section you will find features on the base application in which other application are built upon. 

NOTE: Not all Global Human Resource features are available for Talent and Compensation products.

DISCLAIMER

The information contained in this document may include statements about Oracle’s product development plans. Many factors can materially affect Oracle’s product development plans and the nature and timing of future product releases. Accordingly, this Information is provided to you solely for information only, is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

This information may not be incorporated into any contractual agreement with Oracle or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Oracle specifically disclaims any liability with respect to this information. Refer to the Legal Notices and Terms of Use for further information.

Payroll for the United Kingdom

Payroll for Oracle Human Capital Management for the United Kingdom supports country specific features and functions for the United Kingdom. It enables users to follow the United Kingdoms business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

Exclude Assignment from Apprenticeship Levy Calculation

Exclude an assignment from apprenticeship levy calculation by using the enhanced apprenticeship levy user-defined business unit exclusion fast formula.

March Maintenance Pack for 21D

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date Product Feature Notes
25 FEB 2022     Created initial document.

Overview

HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this New Feature Summary:

  • Release Updates (22A, 22B, 22C, and 22D)
  • Optional Monthly Maintenance Packs to each update

It is important for you to know what Release Update your environment is on. You can find this in your Cloud Portal.

____________________

HAVE AN IDEA?

We’re here and we’re listening. If you have a suggestion on how to make our products better, please let us know. To enter an idea go to the Ideas Lab on Oracle Customer Connect. In this document wherever you see the light bulb icon after the feature name it means we delivered one of your ideas.

____________________

Suggested Reading for all HCM Products:

  • Human Resources What’s New – In the Global Human Resources section you will find features on the base application in which other application are built upon. 

NOTE: Not all Global Human Resource features are available for Talent and Compensation products.

DISCLAIMER

The information contained in this document may include statements about Oracle’s product development plans. Many factors can materially affect Oracle’s product development plans and the nature and timing of future product releases. Accordingly, this Information is provided to you solely for information only, is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

This information may not be incorporated into any contractual agreement with Oracle or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Oracle specifically disclaims any liability with respect to this information. Refer to the Legal Notices and Terms of Use for further information.

Payroll for the United Kingdom

Payroll for Oracle Human Capital Management for the United Kingdom supports country specific features and functions for the United Kingdom. It enables users to follow the United Kingdoms business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

Legislative Changes for rUK, Scotland and Wales for Tax year 2022-23

Stay compliant with legislative changes introduced for the tax year 2022-23 with the prescribed changes to rates, thresholds and percentages for Income Tax, National Insurance deductions, and all other changes that will be effective for rUK, Scotland and Wales from 6 April 2022. 

National Insurance for Veterans and Freeports

Use the five new NI categories that come into effect from 6 April 2022 for Veterans and Freeports. These NI categories are 'V' for military veterans, and 'F', 'I', 'L' & 'S' for employees identified as primarily employed in a Freeport area. This ensures that the employer NI relief is applied for your organization.

Payroll of Benefits for Tax Year 2022-23

Be compliant when processing your employees' taxable benefits through payroll for the new tax year 2022-23 as the rates, percentages, and thresholds for the new tax year have all been updated to reflect the correct values. 

Real Time Information Reporting for Tax Year 2022-23

Comply with the Real Time Information reporting requirements to HMRC using the newly delivered processes for Full Payment Submission (FPS) and Employer Payment Summary (EPS) for the tax year ending April 2023. These processes are updated to reflect the reporting changes required for the new tax year.

Scottish Earnings Arrestment - Tax Year 2022-23

Ensure your Scotland based employees are charged the correct Scottish Earnings Arrestment deduction rates based on weekly or daily earnings for the tax year 2022-23. The revised rates for deduction, as published by HMRC, will apply during payroll calculations.  

Statutory Payment Rates for rUK and Scotland - Tax Year 2022-23

Remain compliant with legislative changes to the statutory payment rates effective for tax year 2022-23. This includes the changes introduced for England, Wales and Scotland effective from 06 April 2022.

Student Loans - Tax year 2022-23

Stay compliant with the new rates and thresholds for student loans for the tax year 2022-23 that is effective from 6 April 2022. Student loans thresholds have been updated for Plans 1 and Plan 4, although the rate of deduction remains unchanged as does the threshold for Plan 2. Postgraduate Loan threshold and rate remains unchanged.

Tax Year Reporting - P11D and P60 for 2021-22, and P46(Car) for 2022-23

Comply with your tax year-end reporting as well as in-year reporting to HMRC. Use the processes for P11D and P60 reporting, and the updated templates for the tax year 2022-2023. You can send employee car details using the process for P46(Car) with the updated template for the new tax year 2022-2023.

February Maintenance Pack for 21D

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date Product Feature Notes
25 FEB 2022     Created initial document.

Overview

HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this New Feature Summary:

  • Release Updates (22A, 22B, 22C, and 22D)
  • Optional Monthly Maintenance Packs to each update

It is important for you to know what Release Update your environment is on. You can find this in your Cloud Portal.

____________________

HAVE AN IDEA?

We’re here and we’re listening. If you have a suggestion on how to make our products better, please let us know. To enter an idea go to the Ideas Lab on Oracle Customer Connect. In this document wherever you see the light bulb icon after the feature name it means we delivered one of your ideas.

____________________

Suggested Reading for all HCM Products:

  • Human Resources What’s New – In the Global Human Resources section you will find features on the base application in which other application are built upon. 

NOTE: Not all Global Human Resource features are available for Talent and Compensation products.

DISCLAIMER

The information contained in this document may include statements about Oracle’s product development plans. Many factors can materially affect Oracle’s product development plans and the nature and timing of future product releases. Accordingly, this Information is provided to you solely for information only, is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

This information may not be incorporated into any contractual agreement with Oracle or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Oracle specifically disclaims any liability with respect to this information. Refer to the Legal Notices and Terms of Use for further information.

Payroll for the United Kingdom

Payroll for Oracle Human Capital Management for the United Kingdom supports country specific features and functions for the United Kingdom. It enables users to follow the United Kingdoms business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

Enhanced Gender Pay Gap Report

Use the additional data items in the Gender Pay Gap report to assess whether or not to exclude individual employees from the data extract prior to reporting. Also included are further details of bonus payments in the snapshot payroll period, to enable accurate calculation of the hourly rate of pay.

January Maintenance Pack for 21D

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date Product Feature Notes
25 FEB 2022 Payroll for Canada Employment Equity Interface Legislative Changes

Updated document. Revised feature information.

22 DEC 2021     Created initial document.

Overview

HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this New Feature Summary:

  • Release Updates (21A, 21B, 21C, and 21D)
  • Optional Monthly Maintenance Packs to each update

It is important for you to know what Release Update your environment is on. You can find this in your Cloud Portal.

____________________

HAVE AN IDEA?

We’re here and we’re listening. If you have a suggestion on how to make our products better, please let us know. To enter an idea go to the Ideas Lab on Oracle Customer Connect. In this document wherever you see the light bulb icon after the feature name it means we delivered one of your ideas.

____________________

Suggested Reading for all HCM Products:

  • Human Resources What’s New – In the Global Human Resources section you will find features on the base application in which other application are built upon. 

NOTE: Not all Global Human Resource features are available for Talent and Compensation products.

DISCLAIMER

The information contained in this document may include statements about Oracle’s product development plans. Many factors can materially affect Oracle’s product development plans and the nature and timing of future product releases. Accordingly, this Information is provided to you solely for information only, is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

This information may not be incorporated into any contractual agreement with Oracle or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Oracle specifically disclaims any liability with respect to this information. Refer to the Legal Notices and Terms of Use for further information.

Payroll for Canada

Payroll for Oracle Human Capital Management for Canada supports country specific features and functions for Canada. It enables users to follow Canada's business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

RRSP Employer Pension Contribution Overrides at Element Level

Override the RRSP Employer Pension Contributions setup at the PSU level.

Employment Equity Interface Legislative Changes

Support enhanced reporting requirements to address amendments to the Employment Equity Regulations.

November Maintenance Pack for 21D

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date Product Feature Notes
29 OCT 2021     Created initial document.

Overview

HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this New Feature Summary:

  • Release Updates (21A, 21B, 21C, and 21D)
  • Optional Monthly Maintenance Packs to each update

It is important for you to know what Release Update your environment is on. You can find this in your Cloud Portal.

____________________

HAVE AN IDEA?

We’re here and we’re listening. If you have a suggestion on how to make our products better, please let us know. To enter an idea go to the Ideas Lab on Oracle Customer Connect. In this document wherever you see the light bulb icon after the feature name it means we delivered one of your ideas.

____________________

Suggested Reading for all HCM Products:

  • Human Resources What’s New – In the Global Human Resources section you will find features on the base application in which other application are built upon. 

NOTE: Not all Global Human Resource features are available for Talent and Compensation products.

DISCLAIMER

The information contained in this document may include statements about Oracle’s product development plans. Many factors can materially affect Oracle’s product development plans and the nature and timing of future product releases. Accordingly, this Information is provided to you solely for information only, is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

This information may not be incorporated into any contractual agreement with Oracle or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Oracle specifically disclaims any liability with respect to this information. Refer to the Legal Notices and Terms of Use for further information.

Global Payroll

Oracle Global Payroll is a high-performance, graphical, rules-based payroll management application. It’s designed to keep pace with the changing needs of your enterprise and workforce in order to reduce setup costs, administration, and processing time. It operates globally and consistently in every country supported by Oracle. It uses a highly scalable processing engine that takes advantage of the features of the Oracle database for parallel processing, resulting in optimal performance. In countries with payroll extensions delivered and supported by Oracle, the application delivers the calculations, tax reporting, and regulatory rules required to accurately process payroll and remain in compliance.

Inactive Bank Account Payment Process Validation

Use the new inactive bank account payment process validation to stop payments to an inactive bank accounts.

Payroll for the United Kingdom

Payroll for Oracle Human Capital Management for the United Kingdom supports country specific features and functions for the United Kingdom. It enables users to follow the United Kingdoms business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

Update 21D

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date Product Feature Notes
29 OCT 2021

Payroll for the United States

Employee Transfer Enhancement for Overtime Balances

Updated document. Feature delivered in update 21D.

24 SEP 2021 Global Payroll Added Guidance for Payment Method Creation

Updated document. Feature delivered in update 21D.

03 SEP 2021     Created initial document.

Overview

HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this New Feature Summary:

  • Release Updates (21A, 21B, 21C, and 21D)
  • Optional Monthly Maintenance Packs to each update

It is important for you to know what Release Update your environment is on. You can find this in your Cloud Portal.

____________________

HAVE AN IDEA?

We’re here and we’re listening. If you have a suggestion on how to make our products better, please let us know. To enter an idea go to the Ideas Lab on Oracle Customer Connect. In this document wherever you see the light bulb icon after the feature name it means we delivered one of your ideas.

____________________

Suggested Reading for all HCM Products:

  • Human Resources What’s New – In the Global Human Resources section you will find features on the base application in which other application are built upon. 

NOTE: Not all Global Human Resource features are available for Talent and Compensation products.

DISCLAIMER

The information contained in this document may include statements about Oracle’s product development plans. Many factors can materially affect Oracle’s product development plans and the nature and timing of future product releases. Accordingly, this Information is provided to you solely for information only, is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

This information may not be incorporated into any contractual agreement with Oracle or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Oracle specifically disclaims any liability with respect to this information. Refer to the Legal Notices and Terms of Use for further information.

HCM Common

Applications Security

Oracle Applications Security provides a single console where IT Security Managers and Administrators can perform various functions including user lifecycle management, role definition, security policy management(both functional and data), role hierarchy maintenance, username and password policy administration, and certificate management. The console also enables users to simulate the effect of security changes, to run security reports, and download a connector for integration with Microsoft Active Directory.

Regeneration of Security Profiles to Support Document Types

Regenerate Document Type security profiles in bulk using the Regenerate Security Profiles process. 

Support Removal of External Roles On Termination

Enable support for removing external roles on termination.

HCM Data Loader

HCM Data Loader provides a flexible and efficient method of bulk loading business object data for data-migration and on-going incremental updates to Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud.

Import and Load Data User Interface Enhancements

Review and filter records in the Object Status page by the reconciliation data you provide in business object files.

Business Object Enhancements

Extend your data loading capabilities with new and enhanced business objects.

New Business Objects

Global Payroll

  • Payroll Event Notifications

Updated Business Objects

Benefits

  • Participant Enrollment

Global HR - Checklists

  • Allocated Checklist
  • Checklist Template
  • Task Library

Global HR - Work Structures

  • Location

Recruiting

  • Job Requisition
  • Job Requisition Template

HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader

HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader provides a flexible and efficient method of bulk loading business object data for data-migration and on-going incremental updates to Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud.

Enhanced Reporting

Extend your data set summary reports in OTBI for HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader. You can now include spreadsheet row counts in your reports.

Secured Business Objects Now Available to Business Users

Extend your business users' bulk-loading capabilities for an object. Spreadsheets based on these objects implement user's data security and can be shared with business users.

Global Payroll

  • Element Entry With Costing

Generate Spreadsheet Templates for Element Entry with Costing

Generate spreadsheet templates for the business object Element Entry with Costing. You can now submit a payroll flow to generate spreadsheet templates for an element or element group.

HCM Extract

HCM Extracts provide a method for extracting data from your HCM applications that can be used for interfacing data to another source or extracting data to integrate reporting across systems.

Add Vendor Name or External System Name in Extracts Definitions

Add name of the vendor or the external system to which the HCM Extracts generated data is being sent to or interfaced with. You can add additional details to capture names of the systems or vendors when extract definitions are created, copied, or imported.

HCM Common Architecture

This section covers features used across all HCM Applications.

Enhancements to Approvals and Notifications

See the enhancements that have been made to Approvals and Notifications:

  • You are now able to test approval rules without being required to recreate and submit any new transactions in the HCM Approval Rules page and Transaction Console.
  • Users can now be shown a warning message if a duplicate attachment is found in the transaction at the time of submission. Users are not allowed to submit transactions that have duplicate attachments.
  • The Transaction Console diagnostic log for failed transactions has been enhanced to list the approval rule conditions and to also highlight the specific rule condition that caused the transaction to fail.
  • You can now create rules in the Transaction Design Studio to configure the Save and the Save and Close buttons, and to configure whether an Error or Warning message appears if mandatory sections have not been visited.

HCM Common

This section covers features used across all HCM Applications.

Lists of Values Configuration

Configure these settings centrally for list of values used in HCM:

  • Which fields are searchable
  • Which fields are displayed as search results and in what order

Workers List of Values Results Search Behavior Change

See improved search performance of the workers list of values component, that's used throughout HCM, with these changes:

  1. No workers are displayed until some search terms are entered.
  2. Searching by business title is disabled out-of-the-box. You can enable it, if required.

Transaction Design Studio for HCM Experience Design Studio Enhancements

Increase your data quality and enhance the user experience using Transaction Design Studio for HCM Experience Design Studio. These are the new features added to the tool.

  • Increase your data quality by ensuring that your users complete the required fields before submitting the transaction. Out-of-the-box, your users are prompted with a warning message that they must complete the required information before Submitting the transaction. The user will not be able to submit transactions without first visiting the required regions, and once in the required region entering the required fields. For example, when hiring an employee, if a user submits the transaction before reaching the payroll region, a warning message lists the salary region and all the other mandatory regions to be visited before the transaction can be successfully submitted. The severity of the message can be changed, per action, from a Warning message to an error message. The feature is available for a selected list of actions in this release, but more transactions will subsequently be added to later releases.
  • Enhance the user experience by allowing your users to save their transactions at any point of time. For example, when a user is in the middle of a hiring process and needs to switch to another task, they can save their work, resume later where the user left off.  The two action buttons, ‘Save’ and ‘Save and Close’, can be simply set via checkboxes within the Transaction Design Studio. Out-of-the-box, the two buttons are hidden. This feature is available for a selected list of actions in this release, but more transactions will subsequently be added to later releases.

New HCM Digital Assistant Skill Version - HCMV2

Check out the new version of HCM Digital Assistant skill. HCMV2 helps employees and managers handle their actions and tasks through richer conversational experiences across 90+ intents.

The HCMV2 skill attributes recently added platform features and enhancements including:

  • More sophisticated natural language processing and natural language understanding models
  • Standardized extensibility, lending itself much easier to functional analysts
  • Native language support, paving the way for a multilingual implementation

Previously, all requests for each major feature area were fulfilled by one intent that used conversational chat to answer questions and retrieve information for that feature area.

With HCMV2, there are now separate intents for each business flow. For example, a user request to 'Find my coworker's phone number' is fulfilled by a different intent than 'Find my coworker's email.’ These discrete intents each support a specific business case, which makes the skill easier to manage and extend, especially for native language support.

Added to the improved intent classification accuracy, there is also new functionality like “Show me Ravi Chouhan's photo”.

All conversation flows in the new HCMV2 skill use resource bundle strings with named tokens, which makes the message strings easier to manage.

HCMV2 is delivered as part of the FADigitalAssistant.

Payroll

Global Payroll

Oracle Global Payroll is a high-performance, graphical, rules-based payroll management application. It’s designed to keep pace with the changing needs of your enterprise and workforce in order to reduce setup costs, administration, and processing time. It operates globally and consistently in every country supported by Oracle. It uses a highly scalable processing engine that takes advantage of the features of the Oracle database for parallel processing, resulting in optimal performance. In countries with payroll extensions delivered and supported by Oracle, the application delivers the calculations, tax reporting, and regulatory rules required to accurately process payroll and remain in compliance.

Navigation to Loader Processes Results

View your loader process results in the "Import and Load Data" page.

Records Counts

Review the status of records for a given process in the Process Results Details page.

Simplify Payroll Costing Information Entry for an Employee

Simplify costing information entry by using the new Person Costing page. Enter cost account details for payroll relationship and assignment records or for a specific element for the employee.

Access Payroll Costing Information for a Subledger Journal Entry

Verify the payroll costing results for a subledger journal entry from the Subledger Journal Lines page. Use the detailed payroll information for the transaction to help troubleshoot accounting discrepancies.

Values Defined by Criteria: Extended Salary Rates Support

Perform salary rate calculations before you submit assignment information for the employee on flows such as new hire. You can use the list of supported database items which have been extended to include assignment attributes such as union name, collective agreement and standard working hours when you’re defining a values by criteria to be used for Salary Rates.

Responsive Page for Payroll Relationships

Manage payroll relationships and payrolls on a new responsive page. For example, you can transfer a worker to a new payroll or update the overtime period and time card required fields on the assignment and payroll relationship. This enhanced page also displays worker assignment attributes captured on the New Hire or Add Assignment flows.

HCM Experience Design Studio for Run Results

Control visibility of fields on the Run Results page using HCM Experience Design Studio.

Control the Start Date of the Retroactive Payroll Period

Control the start date of the retroactive period for the Calculate Payroll for Retroactive Changes flow (retropay) as well as for an individual employee. You can change the duration of the predefined 12-month rolling period to meet your business requirement, such as set it to a 24-month period. And, you can enter an override date on a retroactive event notification to control the start date of the retroactive period for an employee.

Changed Security for Year-End Documents Task

Secure your year-end document tasks with the delivered new privilege.

Improved Page Performance for Statement of Earnings

Open the Statement of Earnings (SOE) page and view at a glance the Net Pay figure for an employee. The other balance group totals, such as the total earnings and deductions, loads after the SOE page opens and are displayed at the top of the page. You can navigate to other regions of the SOE while all balance group totals are loading on the page. With this enhancement, you can quickly access the SOE page and view the detailed payroll run information for an employee.

Added Guidance for Payment Method Creation

Use the new messages as guidance to create bank accounts and payment methods in self-service.

Payroll for Bahrain

Payroll for Oracle Human Capital Management for Bahrain supports country specific features and functions for Bahrain. It enables users to follow Bahrain's business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

Social Insurance Calculation

Calculate social insurance contributions accurately with the delivered legislative rules and information for citizens of Bahrain and the other GCC countries.

Gratuity

Estimate the calculation of gratuity with the delivered rules so that employers can estimate the cost of gratuity for eligible employees. Set the gratuity to be paid indicator to true at legal entity level to activate the monthly gratuity accrual process. The actual gratuity will be calculated and paid on the termination of an employee.

Statement of Earnings and Payslip

Use a fully operational Statement of Earnings and Payslip to meet your requirements. The online Statement of Earnings is a function used by payroll professionals to validate the results of the payroll run and pre-payments for an employee as part of the payroll lifecycle.

Payment Transfer

Transfer employee payments such as direct deposits to bank accounts (EFT). You can also print cheques, pay by cash, or process the international transfer.

You can use the provided templates for EFT (based on the Bahrain Electronic Fund Transfer System) or cheque to create templates for your own usage.

Social Allowances

Use the Bahrain specific element template and calculation rules for the following social and other allowances:

  • Social Allowance
  • Cost of Living Allowance
  • Housing Allowance
  • Transport Allowance
  • Phone Allowance
  • Supervision Allowance
  • Shift Allowance

Payroll for Canada

Payroll for Oracle Human Capital Management for Canada supports country specific features and functions for Canada. It enables users to follow Canada's business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

Attribute Visibility Changes

Create an improved user experience by leveraging changes to the display of these attributes.

Actions: Payroll Relationship

  • Hide “Overtime Period for Payroll”
  • Show “Time Card Required for Assignment”

These changes are delivered as Transaction Design Studio rules to make the data capture better aligned with local cultural expectations and legislative requirements.

Enhanced Support for CPP and QPP Exemptions During Unpaid Leave

Support processing of CPP and QPP exemptions when only taxable benefits are processed during an employee’s unpaid leave.

Generate Statutory Deduction Report for New Dimensions

Generate the Statutory Deduction Report to show payroll balances for Month-to-Date (MTD), Period-to-Date (PTD), and Inception-to-Date (ITD or Lifetime) balances.

Option to Create Provincial Medical Employer Liability for BC and MB in Payroll Run

Generate the provincial medical employer liability for British Columbia and Manitoba in the payroll run.

Taxation of Retroactive Earnings After TRU Transfers

Tax retroactive earnings based on either the source or the target Tax Reporting Unit (TRU) when a TRU transfer is processed for the same assignment.

Payroll for China

Payroll for Oracle Human Capital Management for China supports country specific features and functions for China. It enables users to follow China's business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

Card Types Not Used in the China Localization Are Hidden

Take advantage of a simplified user interface. The following card types that are not used in the China localization are now hidden:

  • Involuntary Deductions
  • Benefits and Pensions
  • Obligatory Deductions

Future Tax Reporting Unit Association Info Is Removed Or Not Copied In A Global Transfer Within A Legislative Data Group

Transfer employees from one legal employer to another within a China legislative data group. When this happens the future tax reporting unit association change often will not hold valid.

  • If both legal employers share a payroll statutory unit, the existing Deduction Information card continues to be used, but the future tax reporting unit association change will be removed.
  • If the two legal employers have different payroll statutory units, the future tax reporting unit association change will not be copied over for the newly created Deduction Information card under the transfer-in payroll relationship. The same will apply to the future change of the Use Annual Exemption in Monthly Calculation, Tax Reporting Unit Hire Date and Tax Reporting Unit Termination Date attributes.

Process Retro Pay Under The Transfer-In Tax Reporting Unit After Transfer

Note in the following transfer cases, when there are retropays made against the original assignment, the retro element entries are processed under the transfer-in tax reporting unit for calculating tax and social security contributions.

  • An employee is transferred within a legal employer, resulting in tax reporting unit update from one to another.
  • An employee is transferred cross legal employers within a China legislative data group resulting in tax reporting unit update from one to another. Both legal employers share a payroll statutory unit.

Payroll for Mexico

Payroll for Oracle Human Capital Management for Mexico supports country specific features and functions for Mexico. It enables users to follow Mexico's business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

Employer State Tax Age Exemption

Comply with legislative requirements that determine employees that are exempt from Employer State Tax based on their age.

Social Security Reporting Updates

Comply with the Mexico Social Security program Sistema Único de Autodeterminación de Cuotas del IMSS (SUA) reporting as the Worker Data file now includes:

  • Pension Type
  • Municipality Code

The SUA Disabilities file includes the reporting of the new disability category for "Permit caused by medical care for children with cancer".

The Social Security Affiliation Report will include the Municipality Code if you have entered it.

Payroll for Saudi Arabia

Payroll for Oracle Human Capital Management for Saudi Arabia supports country specific features and functions for Saudi Arabia. It enables users to follow Saudi Arabia's business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

Social Insurance Customization

Support the ability to override delivered calculation value definitions used to calculate social insurance deductions, after you've had agreement from your social insurance office.

Social Insurance for GCC Citizens Working in Saudi Arabia

Comply with legislative requirements that the contributory salary for certain GCC nationalities is different when calculating the social insurance contributions between employees and employers, when working in Saudi Arabia. Additional balances are provided to manage the contributory salary used to calculate social insurance contributions as described by the General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI).

Payroll for the United Kingdom

Payroll for Oracle Human Capital Management for the United Kingdom supports country specific features and functions for the United Kingdom. It enables users to follow the United Kingdoms business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

Benefits and Pension Integration

Leverage the new My Pension quick action under Employee Benefits to synchronize data between Benefits pension enrolments and Payroll calculation cards, and eliminate manual integration tasks. Use the Pension Schemes, and Pensions and Benefits Information tabs on the Legal Employer page to set up the pension plans and preferences. Once you have enabled security for My Pensions, any data entered or updated by the employee will automatically update the relevant calculation card (Benefits and Pensions, and Pensions Automatic Enrolment) and components.

Global Transfer for Student Loan and Postgraduate Loan Components

Run the Global Transfer process to copy the data for the Student Loan and Postgraduate Loan calculation cards.

LGPS Stakeholder Pension

Make use of the enhanced element template for voluntary deductions with the secondary classification Additional Pension Contributions After Tax Pension Contributions. Stakeholder Pension is now available with the parent scheme Local Government Pension Scheme.

Teachers' Pension MCR Diagnostic Reports

Run the HCM UK TPS Generic Setup Diagnostics report to validate your Teachers' Pension initial setup. After generating the MCR submission, run the HCM UK TPS MCR Submission and Assignment-Level Diagnostics report to identify issues with the submission, or any of the assignments reported in it.

Payroll for the United States

Payroll for Oracle Human Capital Management for the United States supports country specific features and functions for the United States. It enables users to follow the United States business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

457 (b) Special Catch-Up Enhancement

Augment the processing of 457 (b) special catch-up contributions.  For contributions slated to process January 1, 2022 or later, you can now specify an under-utilized contribution amount. The payroll process applies the necessary legislative limits on the special catch-up the employee contributes each year. 

Involuntary Deductions for the US Virgin Islands

Leverage support of involuntary deduction processing for the Virgin Islands. The rules needed for configuring and payroll processing of child support, spousal support, alimony, garnishment and creditor debt deductions are predefined. 

Tax Levy Involuntary Deduction Enhancement

Simplify the processing of Federal Tax Levies and Arizona Regional Tax Levies when deriving the employee's protected pay amount. The payroll process now uses a formula to derive the Form 1494 amount, rather than pull the amount from predefined calculation value definitions.

Support for Dynamic Payroll Relationship Groups

Simplify your payroll reporting and processing with formula-based dynamic payroll relationship groups. These relationship groups allow you to easily determine whether a payroll relationship is included or not, based on rules evaluated at the time of submitting the flow. This avoids the need to maintain a static allow or block list of workers. Many reports and processes now use these groups, including Employee Active Payroll Balance Report, Involuntary Deduction Audit Report, and W-2 Employee Report.

Employee Transfer Enhancement for Overtime Balances

Improve employee transfers with the inclusion of new overtime balances. The payroll process uses these balances for overtime blended rate calculations on the target relationship. This applies when transferring an employee to a new payroll statutory unit (PSU), and the transfer occurs during the overtime period. 

Global Payroll Interface

Oracle Global Payroll Interface supports features to send personal payroll information to third-party payroll providers and then to import processed payroll data into Oracle Fusion Global HR. You can copy and modify predefined extract definitions to meet the requirements of your third-party payroll provider. Before extracting data, payroll coordinators can optionally run the Calculate Gross Earnings process to calculate periodic values to validate gross earnings calculations. If you import processed payroll data or payslips from your third-party payroll provider, the data is available for further reporting and analysis.

Global Payroll Interface Updated with Technical Enhancements

Enhance your payroll interface capabilities using the latest technical enhancements in Global Payroll Interface V2.

Global Payroll Interface Template Enhanced with Additional Grade Attributes

Enhance your interface capabilities with third-party applications by using the additional grade attributes included in the Global Data section of the Global Payroll Interface template.

Use the Enhanced US ADP Workforce Now Payroll Interface V2

Use the new version of ADP Workforce Now Payroll Interface to improve the interfacing with ADP Workforce Now application. This new version is mandatory if you want to make use of the new feature “Payload Rule”  integration with ADP Workforce Now Payroll Interface.

Deleted Data Report Supports Additional Business Objects

Leverage the enhanced Deleted Data Report to communicate purged Assignment, Job, Element, Salary and Payment Method data to payroll interface vendors.