2020 tax formula updated and 2020 student loan formula updated
Commpassionate leave and Leave without pay released
Staff can now upload files to leave requests eg Dr Certificate
Salary Calculator in Employee Profile improvements
Official launch of Leave 2.0
Searching for staff returns both active and inactive staff
Final STP submissions now includes all staff for the financial year
STP Log will update straight away if a response has been received and is successful
Beta release of Leave Review page:
- View a list of overlapping leave
- View a list of past payments of leave
- View a predicted leave balance in the future
- Upload documents like Dr Certificate to leave request (In testing full release end of May)
Roster - Static rostered shifts can now be assigned to a group
Roster - Static roster created for all Microkeeper accounts
Employee Console - Historical Leave Request list has: improved UI, more information and more mobile friendly
A variety of minor fixes and preparation for the new Leave Request process
Jobs API - Insert/Update/Get job by either JID and JobID
Timesheet vs Roster - Job filter that is applied to timesheet also applied to roster
Timesheet vs Roster - Client filter for searching by multiple Jobs at once
Beta release of restriction of time clock via IP for both static and dynamic IP addresses
Settings - General - Security: Solution for dynamic IP address
Global Settings - Auto Break Rule Selection - Breaks rule automatically seleted based on clocking events
Extra rules revamp:
- Split shift detection
- Breakdown by Job from timesheet or roster
- Breakdown by Job from Employee Profile default Job
- Reduced Extra rule processing time
Bug fixed for Extra rules when monthly or fortnighly pay is ran
Bug fixed when adding public holidays for staff with Auto TIL and fortnighly
Ability to export a list of staff managers have access to on the Control Panel (Home Page)
Timesheet vs Roster - When creating a timesheet from roster, job is selected
Timesheet Generator - When generating timesheet data from roster, job is selected
Job Hours calculations - Support for break calculations for shifts that go past midnight
Breaks deducted from hours in roster exports - HTML, PDF and EXCEL
Roster - Locations that are hidden will go towards weekly hours for employee
Roster - Color indicated red and green when employee works more than their Basic hours
Add Payments to Payslip - Checkbox so employee Default Job can be added to the description when file upload used
Employee Profile - Bank account transaction description - Usage example: Reference ID for child support
ABA file - Use description if present else use default format "PAY FOR dd/mm/yyyy"
Less Clause issue detector added to bottom of Shift Rules page - Can now deal with shifts Sunday into Monday Where Shift rule Type=Hours
Payroll Invoice - (Xero/MYOB) improve page load time, 97% reduction in data sent
Payroll Invoice - Small bug fixed where multiple records saved for the same payment line, unnecessary duplicate
Add bulk payments, add bulk deduction and Add bulk expenses:
- Support for name format "surname, given name"
- If a 0 is present in fields: rate, hours or multiplier do not check the checkbox
Extra Rules - Clone button added, code improvements, page load time reduced by 90%
Employee Console - Access Control - Allow HR to configure Skills
Menu - Updated to allow manager access to Skill Config
Employee ID and Position added to Propagate data page
Code base updated to be compatible with PHP 7.2+ (Slow roll out over the next few weeks)
Add API key to Google Maps API - Pages updated: Employee Console, Employee Profile and Location Config
3rd Party ID to Job list
3rd Party Employee ID to Employee Profile
Advanced Timesheet Export under Reports area
Staff can view the full roster of all other staff, this can be turned off in the Global Settings
Bug fix, remove Time Off Requests from the Payslip page
Record date and time when leave request was approved or declined in leave request log
Super breakdown by Job:
- One line of super per Job on the Payslip
- If super goes over the maximum threshold, it will be ratioed across all jobs
- If a fixed amount of super is required, it will be ratioed across all jobs
- Example $400 fixed super, Pay Job A - $250, Pay Job B - $750, thus super will be Job A - $100, Job B - $300
- The delete super button has been removed from the payslip
- Rounding elimination - Example $100 super across 3 jobs equally, recorded as A - $33.33, B - $33.33, C - $33.34
RDOs will be assinged to the Employees Default Job by default
Update employee data via API
Get employee data via API
Job selection when Rostering:
- Client selection for Location
- Roster job drop down built from Jobs that are assigned to a Client
- When Clocking On, Job will be set to rostered Job, else default Location Job will be set
- Roster API returns rostered Job ID else defaults to Location Job ID
Bug fix:
- If payrun 52 of last year had a payment date set to this fiscal
- Leave calculations for week 52 were included twice
- This bug was present from the 03/10/2018 to the 07/11/2018
- The values will be automatically fixed going forwards
- Any staff that had a termination payment during this period will likely be incorrect and should be reviewed
Roster API released in Beta
Jobs API released in Beta
Payroll API released in Beta
Date displayed on Timesheet in Employee Console
Phone clocking allows only Active Jobs to be clocked onto
Switch Hours and Multiplier columns on the Payslip for some Extra rules, which is in better alignment with Hours meaning quantity
Adhoc payruns in beta:
- Multiple payruns can be run for the same period
- Multiple periods can be run, eg weekly and monthly
- Payruns can be run by group, allowing for staff to be paid, for example weekly or monthly
Roll to roster fixed when staff clock on just before midnight and roster is set at midnight
Decimal places increased from 2 to 3 for Expenses and Deductions
Unlimited business bank accounts can be added
ABA file generator modified to reflect the change
Super Via Fund report modified to reflect the change
API push to SuperChoice modified to reflect the change
New Module - Management Configuration - Guide
New Module - Organisation Chart in alpha
Bug fix - Edit roster start and end times not saving in Microsoft Edge
Bug fix - Roster export excel - Dates incorrect when specific days were selected
Bug fix - STP Lump Sum Type incorrectly formatted for some employees
Decimal place of extra rule increased from 2 to 4 places
Ad hoc payruns released in beta
Final button on Payslip improved - Leave loading option added
STP bug fixes and improvements
New STP category added Skip STP reporting to exclude a value from STP reporting
Official release of Single Touch Payroll - Click STP Lodge on payslip page to learn more
End time and start time added to Leave request process (For future features)
Time off request merged into leave request page (For future features)
Multiple days can now be requested for Personal leave
Leave request email notification changed - Criteria to meet: Manager of Location, Employee in group, Group assigned to location and Email sub
Final payment button on Employee Payslip for quickly terminating staff
SBR change to version 3 (2018) as version 2 (2017) is being deprecated
Other SBR bug fixes and improvements
Group certs ready for EOFY 2018 submission
Tax tables updated ready for 2019, pending some values to be confirmed by the ATO
Official release of Skills Matrix Beta - Go to Settings > General > Global to turn this feature on
Mouseover popup box - Improved screen compatibility
Timesheet API released - Add, replace and get timesheet data via Microkeeper API - Documentation in the Guides
Bug fix where cached GPS location was used instead of getting an accurate GPS location
The bug resulted in ~1% false GPS location recorded when clocking on/off
The bug has been either resolved or significantly reduced, time will tell
Skills Matrix bug fix displaying comments over multiple lines
Skills Matrix Expiry date editable by manager
Bug fix for Rostered shift missing Timesheet email - Runs every 15 minutes
Roster improvements:
- HTML export
- Select days for export or to display
- Hide rostered shift from employee checkbox
- Speed improvements and optimizations
- Static Roster template
Payroll Invoice - Push to Xero - Date changed from current date to payment date
Activity feed - Search Log - End date changed from start of date to end of date
Payslips - Search filter added
Payslips - Infinite scroll added - Payslips load in blocks of 250 - Improved performance for large employers
Timesheet vs roster - Locations displayed for roster data, total hours for roster data displayed
Export Excel roster in different order - Note in first column
TFND Sign Date added to Propagate Data page
Message on Employee Console now sets the 'from' address to the employees email, which means admin can now reply to emails from staff
Group allocation - Total number of staff in a group displayed
Employee group allocation can be searched via another group
Timesheet vs roster now displays break correctly when switching over multiple shifts on a single day
Skills Matrix - Submit skill on behalf of employee feature added, other tweaks and bug fixes
Employee can now edit their address
Email notification to managers for staff that have not clocked onto a rostered shift
Default Long Annual and Personal leave options in Global settings
Skills Matrix version 1 beta release
Access Control - Manager options - Skill added
Group Config - Auto add, automatically adds an employee to a group when added to Microkeeper
Group Config - Add/Removed all staff button added - Quickly add all staff to a single group
Payroll Summary report now includes expense columns for each expense class
Display on roster alignment issue resolved
Search for employees via Start date
Activity feed - Search improvements - Date range, category, employee added
Single Touch Payroll beta release:
- Shift rules, Extra rules and Public holiday rules can have an STP class set
- STP class can be set for all payroll payments, expenses and deductions
- STP lodge payroll data page, including payroll data validation and submission to the ATO (Beta testers only)
- Employee profile tax settings include full TFND options
- Onboarding process for staff now includes the ability to fill TFND preferences
Single Touch Payroll Guide
Improvements to payroll processing calculation times
Extra Rules can now be run on selected days of the week if required
Email sub can now be allocated to username from external accounts that are listed on the Linked Users page
Add super button on payslip
Roster export in PDF and Excel to include shifts that do not have staff assigned
Reporting:
- Period inclusion changed from period end date to payment date
- Search by week changed to search by date
- Prepared for monthly, semimonthly and adhoc payruns
- All reports have been modified to include by date searching
- Report naming conventions unified
- Super via fund - Log now records value after processing
Invoice from payslip changed from search by week to search by date
Alpha release of monthly and semimonthly payruns
Alpha release of adhoc payruns
Generate invoice from payroll, changed from week selection to date selection
Drag and drop used to re order the shifts in a roster
Add multiple shifts at once for the same day on the timesheet
Stricter password policy put in place, more info on Change Password page
Automatically approve shifts that match roster - Global Setting
Employee Profile revamp including many new features:
- Save value automatically when change is detected
- Search for super fund field
- Bank BSB validation
- Change to value added to the Activity Feed log
- Group allocation
Jobs can be select when bulk clock on from home Control Panel
The GPS radius can be set for locations, this fixes area problems when staff work in large spaces like stadiums
Tax Free Allowance and Reimbursement added to the Payments Classification Chart
Allowances are now included in the Taxable Gross on the payslip but will still be split from the Gross on the Group Cert
Employee settings list can be searched by field, improved load time by adding paging with 100 staff per page
Allow or deny the ability for staff to self-manage their availability
Xero Partner App Upgrade
Rate Rule Pay Rate added to Employee Export
Payroll now records Job ID for Super
New Report - Payroll by job by employee
Improvements to Reports - Payroll breakdown by job and Super breakdown by job
2018 Tax tables updated
2018 HEC/HELP tables updated
2018 Maximum super contribution base updated
Employees can add their own bank details with BSB validated against Bank database
Improvements to Propagate data page
Microkeeper Referral Program official release
Payslip - Other Payments - CSV upload option
Improvements to roster page:
- Static Roster - To be used for Full and Part Time staff that work the same hours every week
- The Static Roster is part of future plans for improvements in the automation of payments for Leave and Public Holidays
- Add multiple shifts at once
- Delete multiple shifts at once
- Clone multiple shifts from one day to another
- Clone an entire days shifts from one day to another
- Keyboard shortcuts - Enter = Line Down - Arrow Up = Line Up
Microkeeper fingerprint and NFC Timesheet software version 3 - Ability to use fingerprint if software looses focus
Upgrade to version 3 by following the guide
New Payrun showing birthdays for all staff, changed to only show birthdays for active staff
Shift Rule page improved to fit on smaller screens and be easier to visually identify a rule
Visual Tick marker added to list of active fingerprints to see who has an enrolled fingerprint
Clock on/off multiple staff at once, all from the Employer Control Panel
HR File Upload in beta testing
Improved search box added to Timesheet page
Terminated staff displayed on Timesheet when jumping from Payslip to Timesheet
Duration field added to Rate Rules, allowing Rate Rules to trigger based of duration of employment from employee start date
Roster, Leave Request, Payrun calculations all updated with new Rate Rules
Invoice page, run filter again after load more, add load more button, hide deleted by default, improved page performance
Location Config page revamp
Group Config page, sorted by name rather than added order
Location search applied to roster on timesheet page thus only displaying rosters for search location
Microkeeper fingerprint and NFC Timesheet software official release
Upgrade to version 2 by following the guide
The Setup process must be followed
New features in version 2:
- App can go full screen
- Larger fonts
- Updated branding
- Prevent multiple instances
- Improved internet connection checks
Change HECS note on payslip for better readability
Several spelling mistakes fixed
Sitemap and robots updated
New branding rollout across entire website
Login page moved from home page to dedicated login page
New timesheet page
Timesheet page merged into Timesheet Vs Roster page
Select "Created" from the "Order By" Search for familiar Timesheet page view
Search before load
Add shift inline without page refresh
Add shift from roster without page refresh
Add shift button option for each employee
Total hours recalculated under all circumstances
Timesheet locked after payroll is processed for managers only
Clone shift button added
Single Edit/Add box reduces page load times
Edit buttons removed
Search by Status: Pending approval, Deleted, etc
Click/Tap on time to edit a shift
Delete button moved to edit box
Shortcut keys added
Mouse over shift and press "Del" to delete a shift
Press "Enter" to Update a shift
Press "Esc" to close the Add/Edit box
If you have more than 100 employees please note
They will load 100 at a time which improves load times
Scrolling to the bottom of the page will load the next 100 employees
The browsers find feature will not work as expected
We recommend using the search tool instead
Linked accounts page is being replaced with Linked users page
Visit Linked users from the Payroll menu to setup the new access method
Salary page replaced with Payrun page
Payrun page improves load times, especially for larger accounts eg 1000 staff
Seamless rollover from one financial year to the next
Comparison feature improved to allow comparisons between runs from multiple years or any selected runs
Reset week feature now requires password for additional security
Fortnightly pay can start on any week allowing for easier migration from past payroll system
53rd week for fortnightly replace with 27th fortnight
Select payment date before payroll is processed
Ability to override the number of runs in a year for tax purposes
Payment date replacing Period end date to determine if there will be an extra payrun for the year
Improved security with password attempt limits to help prevent brute force password attacks
Global setting - Payment days in arrears, used to set the number of days after the pay period staff get paid
Microkeeper has pre-set the Payment days in arrears value using past data
Cloning roster template to roster calendar restricted to only the locations the manager has access to
Rate rules carry through when rostering
Default Job added to propagate data page
Mini profile for managers on home page that displays a quick list of employee contact details
New Report - Super breakdown by job
Rate Rules carry through to Reports: Leave summary, Leave breakdown and Payroll breakdown
Issue when clocking on just before midnight and time rounded to midnight, date changed to next days date instead of data at time of clocking
Total for selected payments on other payments page when adding payments to payslip
Shift rules that overlap can be detected, returning the correct hours calculated, Example After 6pm Penalty and After 7.6 hours OT
Weekly Overtime feature added - Rules can calculate overtime on a weekly basis, Example double time after 40 hours worked
Rounding improvements made when calculating payroll
Refresh to payslip page style
Annual salary figure on payslip for salary staff changed from printed date to pay period end date
Payroll tax report improved to calculate nationwide payroll tax calculations when business is conducted across multiple states
2017 tax tables updated
New dedicated Microkeeper fingerprint and NFC windows software - Contact Microkeeper to get early access
Access control in employee profile for managing fingerprints and NFC tags
Management page for fingerprints and NFC tags
Select Active or Inactive employees in the reporting area, only employees that earn something during a fiscal year included
Manager access to calendar fixed, manager can view calendar if given access to roster or leave requests
Total added to super via fund report for CSV export
Public holidays added to roster on employee console
Roster load times improved using in page loading
Option in employees profile to set a fixed amount for super that will override the super guarantee
Option to add the employees address to the payslip for snail mail
Mobile version link now only available after log in as it was causing SEO issues
Location search added on roster pages
Select all feature added based on location search results
Display improvements for cleaner layout for desktop and mobile
Group allocation table improved to display selected group or by single employee
Cell width change on roster pages to display better on ios and mac devices
Payment on payslip can be assigned to a job
New report payroll breakdown by job
2017 tax tables updated and 2017 HELP/HEC table updated
Blog system with new article format
Assign percentage to employee within group
Payroll Summary report split values by percentage assigned to employee within group
Microkeeper integration to SuperChoice API
Super via fund report can send super data directly to SuperChoice via API
Terms of use updated to include agreement between Microkeeper users and SuperChoice
Extra rules can be applied for a shift if it's over a set length, Example Meal allowance per shift if shift length over 10 hours
Additional options for roll start time to roster or the hour - Now include: 15 20 25 30 minutes
NFC clock page deprecated, it has been merged into the fingerprint clock page
Option to select job on the add other payments page to payslip
Super via fund report improvements
Option to hide the employee timesheet from the Employee console
Employee can now fill their super fund and super member number if missing via the employee console
Maximum super contribution base considered when calculating super for high earners
PDF payslip converted to HTML payslip, solves problem with viewing on Android, load time improved by 83%
Salary added to HTML payslip for employees on salary
Select by group feature added to other payments page for payslips
Search past descriptions feature added to other payments page for payslips
New clocking method in alpha testing, clock on and off by making a phone call
Super processing improvements in alpha testing
Fingerprint clock on page and NFC clock on page merged into the one page
Forgot to clock off emails consolidated into a single email
Timesheet vs roster to display just shift from previous day where staff didn't clock off, link from forgot to clock off email
Issue fixed when employee starts a shift on a Sunday and finishes on a Monday where Monday is a public holiday and Sunday in the end of the working week
Password recovery feature added
Push notification integration to change password page
Location breakdown of roster displayed on control panel
Count of approved shifts on Timesheet pages for a quicker review
Display roster if a note is present on the employee console even if there are no times set
iCal URL link for displaying roster data in external calendar like Google calendar, Outlook, iPhone calendar, iCalendar, etc.
iCal includes a variable to either specify a location or if no location set a link to display employees roster calendar
Release new calendar module - This includes roster and leave request data in a calendar style view
When adding a payment or deduction on the payslip block particular special characters in the title that are known to cause issues
Apply trim function to title to prevent sorting issues in reports and invoices
Job option added to timesheet search
Job search added to timesheet csv export
Sort by day added to timesheet csv export
Terminated employees included in "Payroll employee by week" report
Add employee API returns sent EmployeeID and new Microkeeper Employee ID
Old 1300 number dropped
Jobname field on timesheet changed from varchar to JobID integer
When adding annual leave to the payslip set the leave loading description to "Annual Loading" instead of "Annual Leave"
When processing payroll use default job for extra rules
If Jobs to payslip active allows selection of job when adding a payment to the payslip
Only show the columns that have a value greater than zero on the Custom Payroll Breakdown report
New beta report called "Payroll Jobs vs Invoice" only viewable to beta accounts
Improve the name display on timesheet vs roster when displaying by day for both mobile and PC versions
When clocking off use roster end time if within 6 min of end time - Solves 7.6 Sxx:x6 issue
Bug fix for revert to roster when working 3 or more shifts in a day where roster is alternating between locations
Shortcut keys added to timesheet pages - Mouse over a shift then press "+" to open edit, "-" to close edit and "Enter" to save
Also click either clock on time or clock off time to open edit form
Generate invoice from payslip data can be calculated on a percentage of employees pay rate
Calculate super for part time employees the same way casual super is calculated considering the $450 threshold
JavaScript runtime issue fixed on shift rules page
New phone system released - Includes call logging so Microkeeper can provide better support
New Microkeeper contact number with department selection 08 7444 5000
Project timeline for improved rollout process created when new account registered
Add "Either" option to time condition for shift rules
Either time condition applied when calculating payroll
Either time condition applied when displaying roster and when calculating roster budget
Spectrum Super renamed to IOOF Employer Super
2016 public holidays added to database
Add audio effects to fingerprint page for the visually impaired and to help improve employee acknowledgement
Recode jobs page to use ajax calls making edits quicker
Sort jobs by title
Fixed issue with finished jobs displaying JID on timesheet
Add an option to allow all employees to be assigned to a job
Add an option to allow employees access to a job only if their near a location with that job assigned
Employee console, automatically select job if near location
Recode quick clock page to fit current styling
Indexing improvements to database
Fix bug where text in log on leave request contained quotes
Fix bug where server limit reached when clocking hours via fingerprint scanner
Start or end time will not be rounded when adding a shift manually to the timesheet
Build an API for adding an employee from a 3rd party developer
If working a public holiday get job ID from timesheet
If not working a public holiday get job ID from default job ID in employees profile
Employee console, make all clocking actions ajax to avoid a page refresh issues
Clone shift rules, adding a new shift rule must faster
Add the ability to skip an automated break or add an additional break in break rules
Add break rule changes to timesheet and timesheet vs roster
Add break rule changes to employee console
Add break rule changes to calculation algorithms
Sort by date by start time timesheet vs roster for employee the work split shifts
Revert to roster fixed when rostering split shifts
Set title on finger scan site to "Enrol Fingerprint" to avoid bookmark confusion
Remove trust setting add access control to employee console
Go through every page and implement access control instead of trust
Run script to move all employee to new access system
Super via fund grand total at the bottom of the page
Super via fund integration to Xero
When printing super by employee split page after each employee
Due date in invoice fixed when auto generating invoice
Issue with super by employee when using the same name in title for both employer and salary sacrifice
Build invoicing page to create / edit an invoice to be sent to a client
Build automatic invoice generation from payroll data feature
Integrate invoice page to Xero
Employee can fill their own profile, including DOB, email, mobile, next of kin, address, tax file number, bank, gender
When adding an employee provide option to include them in group so they can be instantly rostered
Clone hours and cost in budget when clone week to week
Run RDO no matter if it results in a negative as annual leave is likely to be added next
Error ABA file if net is below zero
Add super fund name and member number comply with payslip 2016 standards
Fix email birthday not working or being sent on the wrong date
Add to shift rules the ability to assign a rate to a job
Build rate rules area rate automatically determine by age and date of birth of employee
Assign rates rule by full time, part time or casual
Display job title alphabetically on timesheet vs roster
Job displayed when shift manually entered, JID must be numeric
Predict the number of hours that will accrue for leave if the employee continue to accrue leave at the same rate
Add select job column to timesheet self-managed add tool include in copy paste as well
Adding sick leave if 40 hrs added to salary employee with 40 hours, basic reduced to 0 instead of payment line removed
Username length in Microkeeper finger scan and Microkeeper limit to 20 char
Build analysis area for performance analysis of a business
Termination rate per month for analysis area
Turnover rates
Approve button on timesheet and timesheet vs roster
Display note on timesheet vs roster without having to open edit form
Make note column wider when editing
Display note on timesheet vs roster without having to open edit form
Split percentage for super payment setting on employee console
Split percentage for super added to reports super via fund all versions
Send email to billing when Microkeeper invoice in due
Restrict leave request by location, only allow manager to see leave request for their location
JID to fingerprint site, pass Job ID to timesheet when clocking on via fingerprint
Display leave balance if show is selected
Add event to the action of adding or removing employee from group
Use job ID from roster when generating timesheet from roster
Pay public holiday from rostered hours instead of default 7.6 if roster set
Select which employee to send the welcome letter to
Business days plus all days for annual leave requests
Disable SMS option
Fortnightly payroll
Attach single employee to shift rule
View all payslips for particular employee for a selected year
Build FAQ area
Add Time in lieu request form and Long service leave request form
Rename all sick leave to personal leave
Add notes area to Microkeeper admin area
Xero add payment date
Provide add button for employee with a zero payslip
Saturday and Sunday rates used when rostering employees onto a Saturday or Sunday instead of basic rate
When creating a shift from roster fix NAN issue to total hours appear instead
Check back to previous year for leave request that might overlap the fiscal year
Include in PDF off by default
Show breakdown by group by salary report
Fix employee order on leave request filter
Display issue with leave request on timesheet vs roster with end date
Make email lowercase for duplicate email checking, check for duplicate emails
Leave request default to global setting eg 38 or 40 etc
Report hours by employee by day entire year from roster
Public holiday rules create form
Automate the implementation to public holidays
Add group and status, (FT/PT/C) multiplier to shift rules
Notification system used for chat, leave requests, reminders and any other further dev
Payroll report to custom area
Remove old reporting area
Development release notes not available online from 2010 to 2014
