Release notes — 2 April 2025

HR| Payroll

HR

Enhancements

  • HR Dashboard: The tab order has been improved to make sure it follows a natural order. This has been done to help meet accessibility guidelines for keyboard and screen reader use.

  • MyCascade: In My Details we have removed the italics from the field names and column headers to align with our standard IRIS designs.

Fixes

  • Query builder: A fix has been applied to the date fields when using Dynamic Dates (selecting the FX button). The date picker button was still visible when it should be hidden.

  • Logging in: A small correction has been made to the password login screen as the wording shown was incorrect.

    Now, if a blank password is entered, a generic 'Check your username or password and try again' will be shown.

    This has been changed because the original message was too specific as to what the issue was and as such would aid an attack to understand the reason for not gaining entry.

    The new message is a standard across login issues.

  • Workflow forms: A fix has been applied to workflow forms to correct an issue when changing the form to be used. It will now update any later task that use the same form.

Payroll

Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (SNCP)

Following the introduction of the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023, employees with a parental or other personal relationship with a baby who is receiving neonatal care can take up to 12 weeks of paid leave which, subject to meeting the relevant criteria, will be paid at the statutory rate. This new act comes into effect from 6th April 2025.

The following screens have been added to payroll

  • Input Statutory Neonatal Care Pay

    • Details

    • Admissions

    • Leave Periods

    • Niable History

    • Payment Schedule

  • Statutory Neonatal Care Pay Details

  • Statutory Neonatal Care Pay History

  • The following reports have been updated to include SNCP

    • Statutory Deductions Report

    • Statutory Leave Report

    • Gross Pay Analysis

    • Gross Pay Report

    • Earnings Differences Report

    • Employee Payments and Deductions Report

  • FPS and EPS submissions will include SNCP payments

Further guidance on how to set up and pay SNCP in Cascade Payroll is available as a pdf guide - SNCP User Guide.

SNCP will be added to HR to allow integration into payroll at a later date. This is targeted for the May release.

Prior to Neonatal Care Pay and Leave being added to HR, to record any Neonatal Care Leave in the HR absence planner, add a new Attendance Category via Admin > Attendance Categories.

  • We recommend naming the category and associated type 'SNCL'

  • Tick the Option to Show on planner in the Category Properties.

  • This option will now be available to add to an employee absence record

It is important not to name the attendance category 'Statutory Neonatal Care Leave', as this category will be added to the categories list in the next release.