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Release Notes
- Payruns - Processing Payroll - Salary staff Basic Hours reduced by Time Off Leave Request hours
- Payslips - Payment Lines that equal 0 are displayed
- STP - Employer Email address validation
- STP - Payment Date future dated validation
- Payslips - Fax record removed from Payslips and "TEL:" string added
- Jobs - CSV Import and CSV Export feature added
- NoahFace - Jobs come through as a List rather than Worktype
- Reports - Change of Pay Rate - Capture all Payments with Class set to Normal
- Payruns - Tax Calculation - 2022 formulas updated (Rounding change for fortnightly with 27 runs)
- Payroll Rules - Client selectable as Job:
- Shift Rules
- Rate Rules
- Public Holiday Rules
- Payrun engine updated to deal with change
- Benifit: Multiple Jobs can be assigned to one Rule
- Available in Production for Rate Rules
- Only available in Alpha for Shift and Public Holiday Rules
- Deduction Rules - Percentage option added - Percentage CTB Less Super
- Shift Rules - Type of rule - "Hours Breaks Removed" option added
- Global Settings - Version - Alpha releases will be here first
- Payruns - Changes to algorithms to deal with Shift rule change, currently only available with Alpha version
- Control Panel - Todays Roster - Left and right arrows to view past or future dates
- Control Panel - Todays Roster - Change to colour scheme:
- Gray tick - Clocked on
- Black tick - Shift completed
- Red tick - Shift not clocked off
- Red cross - Shift not worked
- Email Sub - Integration to email broadcast API and other improvements
- Extra Rules - Shadow option added and configuration improvements
- Payrun - Extra Rules will go towards Normal, Shadow or Both as configured
- Reports - Payments Data - Job Title and Job Third Party ID added
- Roster - Location Filter - User preference stored in database
- Sitemap - Improvements to Sitemap generator
- Skill Management - Option to Send Notification to staff that have an incomplete Skill
- Skill Configuration - Link to Skill Management page to speed up workflow
- Break Rules - Name of rule added and other minor improvements
- Public Holiday Rules - Name of rule added
- Extra Rules - Timesheet lookup - Max Hours added
- Payrun - Calc Extra Rules - Max Hours calculations
- Annualised Salaries Module (Alpha Release):
- Global Settings - Shadow Payrun feature added for activating Annualised Salaries calculations
- Employee Profile - Salary - Shadow Rate Rules selection
- Payrun - Annualised Salaries calculation for Salary staff
- Payslips - Shadow Payrun data shown
- Reports - Shadow Comparison - Compare Annualised Salaries to Normal payroll data
- Roster Calendar - Change flag triggered on Start Time, End Time, Employee or Hide only - Skipped for Job, Break and Note
- HTML Roster Export - Employee Position added, Settings now save, Cog added for Settings area
- Reports - Payroll Invoice - Lines with Bank accounts assigned added back in to the invoice for reconciliation matching
- Control Panel - Todays Roster shows if staff are Absent or Present for a shift
- Payslip - Payroll Heatmap - Additional columns and other improvements
- STP Submission - Bug fix where failed submission were being reattempted indefinitely
- App Logout - Fixed bug where user could not log out if MFA was turned on
- Timesheet vs Roster - Status added to filter
- Timesheet vs Roster - Other minor improvements
- MFA Setup - Improvements to workflow
- Employee Console - Link to MFA Setup added
- Employee Console - Link to Device Manager added
- Device Manager - New Module - Lists broswer, iOS and Android devices
- Global Settings - Ability to forces users to adopt MFA by Access Control level
- Push Notificaiton - Badge Reset when Notifications list is viewed from Menu
- Control Panel - Support Customer Feedback for Phone Support
- Multi-Factor Authentication or also know as Two Factor Authentication (MFA/2FA) available to browser and Microkeeper app users
- Add Employee - Clone from another employee
- Add Employee - Variety of other minor improvements
- Position displayed on payslip
- NoahFace - Ability to pass Job ID: By iPad or User selection
- NoahFace - Ability to pass Notes (For Shift or Extra Rule codes): User selection
- STP Lodge - JobMaker string validation
- Global Settings - Approval Reminder - Email reminders sent to managers to approve shifts that have been missed from the previous pay cycle
- Global Settings - Configuration reorganised into subcategories
- Reports - Group name added to report export name
- Xero Integration - Migrate to OAuth 2.0 because OAuth 1.0 has been deprecated by Xero
- Update the following pages to OAuth 2.0: Global Settings, Payroll Invoice HTML, Bulk Import Employees, List Invoices
- Manager Config - #skip feature was not working for Leave Request notifications - Bug fixed
- Group data included in the Microkeeper to NoahFace employee sync
- Notes module upgraded to include a HTML editor
- Notes upgraded on Employee Profile, Roster Calendar, Roster Template and Timesheet pages
- Payslip - 3 layers of notes added:
- Global Note - Appears on all Payslips (Global Settings)
- Payrun Note - Appears on all Payslips within the Payrun
- Individual Note - Appear on the individual employees payslip for that Payrun
- Payslip Export - Above Notes included in export for both Reports and Staff Payslip
- Skill Management - Bug fix when reviewing Missing Skills feature
- Security Settings - IPv6 support added to Security Settings
- Security Settings - Restrict PC via Cookie feature removed
- Employee Console - IP address must be set for staff on - Employee clocking - PC restricted
- Global Settings - "IP Restricted" can be turned on to add another layer of security for Fingerprint, NFC and the Quickclock page
- Migration to new server hosting environment - Outage from 2:40AM to 2:58AM 30/10/2020 AEST
- Skills Matrix Config - Ability to select if a Response Value is required from the employee
- Skills Matrix Employee Submit - Employee required to enter a Response Value, eg a Licence number, Receipt number, etc
- Skills Matrix Review - Management can review Response Value and copy it quickly
- ATO tax formula updated - Based on 2020/2021 budget - For payruns with payment date after 01/11/2020
- Super onboarding process - QSuper default fund added for employers that have QSuper as their default fund
- Minimum Super (eg 450) moved from Global Settings to Employee Profile
- Shift Rules - Major change to configuration layout
- Shift Rules - Minimum Shift Length field added (eg 2 hours)
- Shift Rules - Filter rules by a fields and sort columns
- Public Holiday Rules - Skip and Add date moved to a new database table
- Public Holiday Rules - Job and Rate fields added
- QSuper integration improvements
- QSuper Default Fund released
- QSuper partnership announcement
- Employee Console - Super onboarding
- STP - Minor changes to deal with new hosting environment
- Email - Outgoing email server changed
- File Upload - File syncing across server pool
- Leave Review - Export includes Note and Number of files uploaded
- Leave Request - On behalf only includes staff from list of management
- Roles Module - Released in beta - All Roster pages heavily modified
- Skill Config - Auto Approve Skill submissions
- Skill Config - The employee can be allowed to decline a Skill
- Skill Config - Expiry date can be automated based on number of days after Skill submission
- Skill Management - Reflex changes above to display who approved Skill and if the Skill was declined
- Skill Submit - Auto expiry date, ability to decline a Skill, only available if set in config
- Clock On - Checks to make sure Critical Skills are completed before allowing employee to clock on
- Reports - Employee list made up of staff in payruns between date range and active staff
- STP JobKeeper cross year compatible
- Leave Requests - Updated graphics and minor UI change
- Fingerprint - Migrate to cloud database
- Fingerprint - Web server and database segregated
- Fingerprint - Failover VPS added
- Timesheet vs Roster - Timesheet read only - Notes section hidden
- Employer Control Panel - Timesheet read only - Clocking feature disabled
- Win a phone competition
- Employee Console - Ability to hide Microkeeper Promotions
- Employee Profile - Access Control - Read only version of timesheet vs roster page
- Global internal styling version 3
- Employe Console minor improvements
- Logo Upload page minor improvements
- STP Lodge - Option to include just staff in the most recent payrun for a Final Zero submission
- Landing pages version 3
- Locations page - Linked user can be assigned as Location managers
- All form of payslip export - Hide payment lines that are equal to 0
- Report - Roster Export - Break duration and shift Hours added
- Roster Notification - First release - Alpha testing
- STP Lodge - Amendment submission, can now select which past STP submission to amend
- Multi-Factor Authentication - Live for opt in alpha testing
- Home page - Clock Status - Bulk clock switch option added and process refined
- Employee Profile - Access Control - Read Only Timesheet access
- Timesheet - Read Only - Can view all data but can not edit
- Weekly OT Rules - Basic Hours less weekends added
- Bulk Deduction - Bank field included
- Bulk Deduction - Child support fields added
- Bulk Deduction - CSV upload to include bank details selection
- Improved password hashing and salt algorithms
- Child Support Management:
- Bank Details - Add bank account for DHS and customer reference number
- Deduction - Classify a deduction as a Child Support payment
- Payrun - Calculate Child Support using both PEA and clause 72 rates
- Payslip - View and edit Child Support Deductions
- ABA file - Child Support payment lines added to ABA file with customer reference code included
- STP - STP phase 2 preparation to include Child Support reporting
- Microkeeper now maintains the Child Support PEA (Protected Earnings Amount) PEA List
- Deduction and Expense improvements:
- Deduction and Expense - Calculate based on percentage
- Payslip - View and edit Deductions and Expense percentage and Bank Account
- ABA file - Deduction and Expense included in ABA file payment if Bank Account assigned
- Deduction based on percentage options:
- Percentage of Cost To Business
- Percentage of Gross Taxable income
- Percentage of after tax amount
- Payslip - Speed and load time improvements
- New Menu - Version 3
- Access Control - Access to Group Configuration
- Roster Calendar and Template - Change Jobs for all shifts for a selected Day and Location in one hit
- Bug fix - Affecting WOT rules for fortnightly payruns
- Zero Final STP submission option - Used to zero out an STP submission
- Facial Recognition clocking system in alpha testing
- Default Job code in Employee Profile going through to payroll for "TIL@hrs" on timesheet notes
- Management Configuration - Copy and Paste config from one employee to another
- Variety of workflow and speed improvements to Roster Templates and Roster Calendar
- Bug fix - Public Holiday Rules, some added dates being ignored when multiple rules present for FT, PT, Casual
- Leave Review page bug fixes and export improvements
- Super on Leave Loading add to:
- Employee Profile
- Propagate Data
- Payrun Process
- Add Annual Leave To Payslip page
- Add Annual Leave on Payslip feature
- Ability to Reset Jobs when cloning from one weeks roster to the next
- The following fields can be updated by the employee via the Employee Console: Bank Details, Email, Mobile Number
- Employee Profile - Updating Email Addresses or Mobile Numbers can only be done by the Employee
- Propagate Data - Updating Email Addresses and Mobile Numbers will be skipped for staff who have verified their details
- Alpha release of Payroll Heat Map
- Improved HTML table sort: Leave Review and HTML Roster Export
- Bulk upload staff via CSV improvements: -More fields -Auto select fields -Improved username generation
- Quick fill option on Payroll Invoice Xero/MYOB Report
- Record who has received a welcome letter
- Button to send welcome email to anyone who has not recieve a welcome letter
- With or without Medical Certificate now recorded on payslip for Personal Leave Requests
- RDO being recorded instead of TIL in some cases bug fixed
- Time off without pay bug fixed
- CSV export reports, useless header data removed
- Reports - Payroll by job by employee - CSV export made more import friendly
- Roster Job drop down width increased
- Roster Job drop down includes Finished jobs if historically selected
- Roster PDF export - Job title displayed
- Speed improvements to Payroll Invoice Report
- Files uploaded to Employee Profile - Personal Files
- Past Skills and Files can now be accessed by staff from the Employee Console > Skills & Files
- When distributing the Roster, only staff that have been changed since the last distribution can be selected, changes:
- Record which Week was changed
- Record which Location was changed
- SMS Roster uses new method
- Push Notification uses new method
- Roster Template and Calendar speed, efficiency and reliability improvements
- Max character limit of roster note increased from 50 to 200
- Auto overtime hours deals with multiple jobs on timesheet
- Auto overtime hours assigned to job that was clocked
- Improved STP response message
- STP instructional content provided for common STP error messages
- Improvements to the payroll Simulate button
- Payrun improved warning message
- Staff can 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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