Release notes — 6 March 2024

Learn about any known issues in this release.

We have also released some enhancements in MyCascade. For more information head to our dedicated MyCascade help centre.

HR | Payroll | Scalability and infrastructure | Help centre | User interface restyle

HR

Enhancements

  • The following fields have been added to MATERNITY / PATERNITY / ADOPTION record:

    • Country of SPP entitlement

    • Consecutive Weeks

    • Week 1 Start

    • Week 1 End

    • Week 2 Start

    • Week 2 End

    These fields will only be active when Paternity is selected as Statutory Type *.

Fixes

  • Authoriser column: Space added to the Authoriser column in My Requests (Made by You) when brackets are used.

  • Accessibility statement: Accessibility statement showing a 404 error from Settings and accessibility. This has been fixed.

  • Scroll on small screens: Horizontal scroll improved for small screens in EXPENSES. Scroll bar now allows full navigation to the right side of the page.

  • Password Policy: The width of the numeric fields in Password Policy > Update has been increased to display the full input.

Recruitment +

  • New field mapping record: The pop up was not dynamic or showing fully when adding a new field mapping record. This has been fixed.

Payroll

Enhancements

  • NI calculation: NI calculation updated.

  • Updated integration: The integration process has been updated to reflect 6th April changes.

  • Updated NI categories: The following NI categories have been added to NI DETAILS > National Insurance Category:

    • N - Standard rate for employees eligible for Investment Zone Employer NICs relief.

    • E - Married women and widows entitled to pay reduced National Insurance.

    • K - Employees over state pension age.

    • D - Employees are already paying National Insurance in another job, and can defer it.

  • Updated screens: New fields added to multiple screens:

    Screen Fields

    Payroll > All Employees > Input > INPUT STATUTORY PATERNITY PAY

    • Country of SPP entitlement

    • Consecutive Weeks

    • Week 1 Start

    • Week 1 End

    • Week 2 Start

    • Week 2 End
    Payroll > All Employees > Details > STATUTORY PATERNITY PAY > employee record

    • Country of SPP entitlement

    • Consecutive Weeks

    • Week 1 Start

    • Week 1 End

    • Week 2 Start

    • Week 2 End
    Payroll > Integration > Paternity Pay > Preview

    • Country of SPP entitlement

    • Consecutive Weeks

    • Week 1 Start

    • Week 1 End

    • Week 2 Start

    • Week 2 End
    Payroll > All Employees > History > NI HISTORY

    • Earnings FUST to UEL/UST

    • Earnings PT to FUST

    Payroll > Integration > Paternity Pay

    • Week 1 Start

    • Week 2 Start

    Payroll > Details > NI Details

    • Working in Investment Zone

 

Legislation

  • Statutory Leave Report:

    • Updated to include statutory paternity pay processed under the new legislation rules.

    • Week 2 Start Date added.

  • Qualifying Earning Thresholds: Updated to reflect the 2024/2025 tax year (Admin > Auto Enrolment > Qualifying Earning Thresholds).

  • Auto Enrolment Pension Legislation: Updated to reflect 6th April changes (Payroll > Legislation > Auto Enrolment Pension Legislation).

  • Postgraduate Loan Legislation: Updated to reflect 6th April changes (Payroll > Legislation > Postgraduate Loan Legislation).

Fixes

  • Dark mode: Payroll period and year were not visible in dark mode, this has been fixed.

Scalability and infrastructure

  • Housekeeping: An overnight housekeeping job to rebuild a 12 month cache of employee working patterns, has been performance tuned to improve speed and reliability.

Find out more about the ongoing scalability and infrastructure work.

Help centre

New

Updated

  • Payroll year end: Payroll year end topics have been updated to reflect the new tax year. Further content improvements are in progress.

User interface restyle

Fixes and enhancements

  • Enhanced report > Date picker: When running an enhanced report with a prompt, the date picker wasn't showing Sunday. This has been fixed.

  • Absence details: Updated the style of the information panel at the top of the screen.

Find out more about the user interface restyle.