Release Notes 9.17

Overview

RMS

 version 9.17 includes the following improvements and new features:

  • Improved filtering in Mobile App Employee Schedules screens.
  • Updated Prompt For Fixed Hours Earning work rule.
  • Improvements to the Adjustments Template CSV file.

This release also includes several fixed issues. For more information, see Fixed issues in version 9.17.

Updates and hotfixes

See Updates and hotfixes for 9.x releases.

Leave of Absence updates Part 2

  • Employees and managers on leave of absence can access certain parts of the UniFocus Mobile App, including Time Off Requests, Messages, and Preferences (21696).
  • In this release of the UniFocus Mobile App, employees may now be granted access to schedules and shift requests while on leave of absence (21714).
  • Managers cannot sign in to RMS while on a leave of absence (21897). 

Leave of Absence updates Part 1

  • The Import Earnings feature imports earnings to the Time Card for all employees, including those with a status of Leave of Absence (21774).
  • Managers can view accrual balances for employees who are on leave of absence on the Benefits screen, on the Time Card screen, and in the Benefit Balances report (21734).
  • The Time Off Requests screen displays all employees, including those on leave of absence (21744).

Mobile update

  • Mobile broadcasts—Partner Administrators can now submit requests for UniFocus to send broadcast messages to all employees who are registered for the UniFocus Mobile App (21660). For more information, see Update: Mobile broadcasts.

February 12, 2020

  • The Break Period Penalty work rule now includes a Pay FLSA Regular Rate option for automatically factoring in all additional earnings that are included in the FLSA regular rate (21032).
  • In the Mobile App, the Paid Hours row of the Time Off Requests details screen now displays the number of hours requested by the employee (18857).
  • In the UniFocus Mobile App, the Approve Time Off Requests screen now displays the correct number of days for multiple-day requests (20431).

February 11, 2020

  • Improved and customized warning messages in the Punch Validation work rule (20670).

January 31, 2020

  • The Employee Master report correctly abides by Security permission settings that determine whether users can view pay rates (20437). 
  • The Timeline Scheduling screen now correctly displays the business event order (BEO) detail note (20671).
  • Users no longer receive error messages when editing or assigning a valid shift in the Schedule section of the Timeline Scheduling screen (20672).

January 6, 2020

  • When performing the Generate Projected Hours task on the Labor Planning screen, hours are now being successfully generated for 02/29 of a leap year (20353).

December 17, 2019

  • Users can now import an Import Hours and Rates Adjustment CSV file that does not have information in the Notes column (19852).
  • Task Scheduler now correctly adheres to permissions that users configured in the Security screen (19921).

December 3, 2019

  • Emails containing employee schedules are now correctly formatted (20239).

November 19, 2019

  • Improved and customized warning messages in the Punch Validation work rule (20347).

September 26, 2019

  • The Earnings Approval Wizard now correctly approves all earnings (18484).