Release Notes March 1, 2023
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My Portal
⭐ New Features
- Breaks can now be automatically taken by employees without having to select the specific break on the Kiosk.
Time & Attendance
🚀 Improvements
- Added the “Allow employees to punch when they do not have a scheduled shift” setting to the Punch Restriction rule options in the Global Settings.
- The comment icon no longer overlaps the camera icon on My Timesheets and the Employee Timesheets when an employee clocks out with a photo on the mobile app.
🔥 Hotfixes
- Fixed a Who's In issue where the “Scheduled” status was displayed for “No Show” employees.
- Fixed an Employee Timesheets issue when editing a Punch Type where the “In (Start Shift)” option could not be applied.
- Fixed an Employee Timesheets issue where time off could not be added for accounts without the EasyTimeOff product license.
- Fixed an Employee Timesheets issue when adding time off where an insufficient balance error would occur for Time Off Types with the “Balance is not tracked” Balance Type.
- Fixed an Employee Timesheets issue where Comp Time could not be applied.
- Fixed an Employee Timesheets issue where, after approving out of shift work, the changes were not displayed until the timesheet was saved and refreshed.
- Fixed an Employee Timesheets issue where, after using the Override Break function, the changes were not displayed until the timesheet was saved and refreshed.
Scheduling
🚀 Improvements
- Added the “Day(s) of the week” Advanced Filter when bulk archiving shifts in the Scheduler.
- Shifts created by the Auto-Scheduler now display the name of the user who configured the feature.
🔧 Fixes
- Fixed a General Settings issue in the Global Settings where, after updating the “Start Week On” setting and adding a shift to the Scheduler, Weekly Patterns and Shift Copies could not be added.
- Fixed a Scheduler issue where the overnight icon overlapped the acknowledged icon on the shift block.
Human Resources
🔧 Fixes
- Fixed a Work Hours Definition issue where the default rule did not have a rule name in newly created accounts.
Time Off
🚀 Improvements
- Employee shifts can now be managed from the Time Off Request Details window when reviewing a Time Off Requests as a manager.
🔄 Updates
- Time Off Policy descriptions now only support up to 500 characters.
🔥 Hotfixes
- When a cash out request is made for a Time Off Type with a "Balance is not tracked“ Balance Type, the cash out request is now always allowed (even if the balance, if any, would go negative).
- Fixed a Time Off Request issue when adding a new request with the “Hours” Duration where minutes could not be entered or selected.
- Fixed a Time Off Requests issue where the Time Off Request History of previous years was not available in the Time Off History Tab.
Integrations
🚀 Improvements
- Added the “Job Title” and “Pay Groups” Data Mapping options to the Bamboo HR Configuration Wizard.
- Job Titles and Pay Groups can now be mapped and synced.
Employee Management
🚀 Improvements
- When adding an employee to the Employee List, the “Invalid birth date” validation is now displayed when the input Date of Birth is less than 16 years.
Platform
🚀 Improvements
- The “Import Punches” import configuration now contains a sample file.
- Improved spelling and grammar across the platform.
Reports/Exports
⭐ New Features
- Added the “Time Off Policy Assignment History” Report Type to the Time Off reports.
🚀 Improvements
- Added the following Export Field Columns to the Time Activity Summary (Per Pay Period) Export Data Provider:
- Payable Code
- Payable Name
- Payable Unit
Time Clocks & Kiosk
🚀 Improvements
- When clocking in/out with the Kiosk, employees with the same Clocking PIN number are now listed alphabetically.
🔧 Fixes
- Fixed a Security Groups issue where the "Manage Time Clocks" privilege did not allow managers to view the listed Time Clocks.
Job Costing
🚀 Improvements
- “Auto clock In/Out” punches on the Employee Timesheets can now inherit the Job Costing selections from scheduled shifts.
- Added the following Export Field Columns to the Job Tracking Time Activity Summary (Per Pay Period) Export Data Provider:
- Payable Code
- Payable Name
- Payable Unit
🔥 Hotfixes
- Fixed a Job Costing selector issue where no more than 50 Projects could be displayed in the list.
🔧 Fixes
- Fixed an Employee Timesheets issue when adding time where the Job Costing selector displayed an incomplete list of Tasks.