Accessibility Statement for MyCascade

This accessibility statement applies to MyCascade web app. It does not apply to the legacy Cascade mobile iPhone or web app, the IRIS Cascade website or any other IRIS product or website.

For information about supported web browsers and screen readers, visit our System requirements page.

MyCascade's main accessibility characteristics

The application has excellent colour contrasts and interactive elements have good-sized target areas. Browser zoom and text resizing with browser settings is well supported. There are no images of text and all content and instructions are in plain text. The visual layout is responsive and the application is usable on both mobile and desktop devices. Page regions and key elements are properly identified to assistive technology users.

Keyboard users may occasionally find focus is not always moved to modals after opening. Downloadable pdfs aren't accessible for some user, although with payslips, accessible on-screen alternatives are available by using the open buttons on the payslips table.

Using a keyboard

  • A 'skip to main content' link is the first focusable element on every page.

  • Supports tab navigation in most areas.

  • On some pop-out menus, focus is not always moved to the menu.

  • When opening the absence booking form, focus is not automatically moved to the form.

  • When viewing a payslip on the pay screen, the order of sections displayed does not match the focus order.

Page regions, headings and element types

  • Appropriate heading levels are used throughout.

  • The main and header page regions are identified.

Images and charts

  • Text alternatives are provided where appropriate.

Colours

  • Colours for text and backgrounds have high contrast (WCAG 2.1 1.4.6 Contrast (Enhanced) – Level AAA).

  • There are no application settings to change the colour theme (dark theme, high contrast etc).

  • Device dark mode is not supported.

Text styling

  • Use your browser's accessibility settings to increase or decrease the font size.

  • User agent stylesheets can be used to change character spacing or line spacing (text should reflow; success depends on how you have things set up).

Language

The application uses British English only.

Animations and timing

  • There is a small amount of animation when hovering or focussing on buttons or links.

  • Animations cannot be disabled.

  • Your login session expires and you are logged out after a period of inactivity; there is no warning.

Audio, video and external documents

  • There is no video or audio within the application.

  • Downloadable PDFs, such as payslips, are not accessible.

Browser zoom and responsiveness

  • Zoom up to 200% using your browser's zoom functions (WCAG 1.4.4 Resize text – Level AA).

  • MyCascade is optimised for both desktop and mobile use.

Prioritising features for employees

Some pages and features are used by our biggest user group, Employees. We think it's right to focus our efforts on making the most important of those features as accessible as they can be. These include requesting absences, checking payslips and reviewing personal information. This work is in progress.

We'll still make improvements to accessibility in many other parts of the system. However, some pages and features are used only occasionally by system administrators and we may decide that we will not develop some of those features if it means we can focus our efforts on improving more heavily-used areas.

Standards and regulations

We use Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 (opens in new window) AA standard as a reference as we aim for minimum technical levels of accessibility. We know we have more work to do to meet this standard and are making progress.

We have used the Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) (opens in new window) to evaluate sample pages.

Customisation of content by your organisation

IRIS Cascade HR and MyCascade can be customised by your organisation. The content of some pages, forms, instructions, emails and other messages may have been added or edited by your organisation. We don't expect you to know who wrote what, so if you find an accessibility issue, let us know and we'll identify who's best to look into it.

Contact us with feedback or to report an accessibility problem

To help us send feedback to the right people, we have a customer support Service Desk department.

As an end-user, you can't normally contact the department directly. Instead, ask your manager or HR representative to find out who has responsibility for contacting us on your behalf.

Give them the following information to pass to us:

The type of device you were using (for example: iPhone 13, or Windows 10 desktop computer).

The web browser and any assistive technology or applications you were using.

The page, or pages where you found the problem.

A description of the problem.

Your contact details and the most accessible way to reach you, if you're happy for us to get in touch.

Updates to this accessibility statement

This statement was last updated on 28 June 2022.

For information about the latest improvements to MyCascade, visit our What's new page.

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