Version DateDetails
04/15/2024
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
04/01/2024
Program Setup
-  Corrected: Issue in which trying to save adjustments added using the 'Add YTD By Item' utility was causing the system to error.
Reporting
-  Added: A new Retirement Export has been added for municipalities using Nationwide Retirement Solutions. This new export and corresponding Verification Report aligns with the most current Nationwide Global Payroll File Format specifications and can be found by going to Tasks > Retirement Exports > Create Nationwide Global Export File. 
03/15/2024
General
-  Corrected: Issue in which the text within the written Net Amount String on a check did not match the numerical dollar amount printing on the check. 
Other
-  Corrected: Issue in which making an adjustment to State Wages or State Withholding on a W-2C was causing the system to throw an error when attempting to print the associated W-2C.
Reporting
-  Updated: The PERA Employee Exclusion Export will now display the full Social Security Number for employees associated with PERA Exclusion Code "003".
03/01/2024
Reporting
-  Corrected: The Export Specific Settings for the North Carolina Quarterly Tax and Wage Unemployment Report File have been updated to allow more characters in the Contact Email field.
-  Updated: The Print W2Cs and W3Cs utility now includes the ability to select the Correction Version for printing and exporting.
-  Added: A new report has been added to meet the reporting requirements of the State of Michigan Public Act. No. 236. This report can be found in Payroll Employee Reports as well as Human Resources PR Employee Reports.
02/15/2024
New Features
-  Added: The ability to delete uncommitted W-2Cs from the Employee Tax Information view. This will only apply to W-2Cs created after the feature was added.
-  Added: The ability to delete an uncommitted W-3C from the Employer Year End Info. This will only apply to W-3Cs created after the feature was added.
Reporting
-  Updated: The RSA Retirement Export and corresponding setup has been updated to accommodate different Contribution Types.
-  Updated: The New Haven Lincoln Financial File Export will now accommodate reporting contributions over one thousand dollars in the corresponding cell to avoid the contribution being split or moved.
02/01/2024
General
-  Updated the Massachusetts Tax Table to include the 4% Surtax for Individuals grossing over $1,053,750.00.
Reporting
-  Updated: The North Carolina Unemployment Export has been updated to align with the new NCSUITS Wage Report and Payment File Specification document.
-  Corrected: Issue in which marking an employee to not be full-time within the ACA Year End Process was throwing an error.
01/15/2024
General
-  Added: The Iowa 2024 State Tax Tables are now available for use.
-  Added: The Illinois 2024 State Tax Tables are now available for use.
-  Added: The North Dakota 2024 State Tax Tables are now available for use.
-  Updated: The Iowa EFW2 file has been updated to include an RV Record.
-  Updated: The Indiana EFW2 file has been updated to no longer include an RV Record, per the 2023 specifications.
-  Updated: The Federal EFW2 and EFW2C exports will now be automatically created as text files, per SSA requirements.
01/01/2024
General
-  Added: The North Carolina 2024 State Tax Tables are now available for use.
-  Added: The 2024 MDOT Equipment Rental Rates have been added and are available for use.
-  Updated: The Social Security deduction and expense calculations have been adjusted to factor the 2024 maximum wage increase.
-  Added: The Georgia 2024 State Tax Tables are now available for use.
-  Added: The Minnesota 2024 State Tax Tables are now available for use.
-  Added: The Vermont 2024 State Tax Tables are now available for use.
-  Added: The 2024 SITW Indiana Tax Table is now available for us.
New Features
-  Added: The ability to uncommit a W-3C from the Employer setup if more changes are needed before submitting to the government.
12/15/2023
General
-  Added: The Kentucky 2024 State Tax Tables are now available for use.
-  Added: The Arkansas 2024 State Tax Tables are now available for use.
-  Added: The Maine 2024 State Tax Tables are now available for use.
-  Added: The South Carolina 2024 State Tax Tables are now available for use.
-  Added: The Nebraska 2024 State Tax Tables are now available for use.
-  Added: The Colorado 2024 State Tax Tables are now available for use.
-  Added: The Missouri 2024 State Tax Tables are now available for use.
-  Added: The Mississippi 2024 State Tax Tables are now available for use.
-  Updated: The Michigan Personal Exemption rate has been adjusted to correctly calculate State Income Tax Withholding in 2024.
-  Added: The Federal 2024 Tax Tables are now available for use.
12/01/2023
New Features
-  Added: The ACA Proof Report within the ACA Year End Process Utility will now include a Sort Index option allowing you to select the order in which the records appear in the report.
Reporting
-  Added: A Contribution Type for 'Roth' within the Fidelity Investments Plan Retirement Settings on the Deduction/Expense setup.
11/15/2023
Reporting
-  Added: 'Financial Administration' to the list of EEOC Information Function options.
11/01/2023
General
-  Updated: The new Ohio 2023 Tax Tables, effective 11/1/2023, are now available for use.
Program Setup
-  Corrected: The Online Job Postings List View will no longer display 'Submitted to HR for review' in the Status column, but instead will display whatever status is selected on each individual Online Job Posting.
Reporting
-  Added: The MERS 457 Retirement Export Verification Report will now include a 'Totals' line at the end of each column.
10/15/2023
Reporting
-  Updated: The IMRF Export will now include a hyphen in the employee name when applicable.
10/01/2023
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
09/15/2023
General
-  Updated: The State Income Tax Table for Kentucky has been added with the latest changes for 2023.
09/01/2023
General
-  Corrected: Timesheet issue in which hours associated with completed Work Orders were preventing leave time from being entered. 
08/15/2023
General
-  Updated: The new Illinois 2023 Tax Tables, released June 2023, are now available for use.
Reporting
-  Added: A Retirement Export and Verification Report for Mission Square, formerly ICMA. This is now available on the Deduction and Expense Retirement setup tab and within Tasks > Retirement Exports.
-  Corrected: The Ohio Quarterly CSV Unemployment Export will now correctly factor the number of weeks worked when a Re-Hire Date is added after a Termination Date.
08/01/2023
General
-  Updated: The new North Dakota 2023 Tax Tables, released June 2023, are now available for use.
Reporting
-  Corrected: Issues with the Budget Entries by Position Report that were causing the system to error after the Position Budget had been imported into General Ledger.
07/15/2023
New Features
-  Added: The Louisiana State Income Tax Withholding Tables are now available for use.
-  Added: The Year End ACA Wrap-Up Task will now allow you to view what options were selected when the records were created. This will only apply to records created after July 2023.
-  Added: An 'Adjust' button now appears on the Check Basic Information screen. This will allow you to initiate check adjustments directly from the Check History screen.
-  Added: The Current Tax Table Year will now be visible on the Payroll Wizard.
07/01/2023
New Features
-  Updated: The new Idaho 2023 Tax Tables, released May 2023, are now available for use.
Reporting
-  Corrected: The 1094-C Column C will now include the correct Total Employee Count. Additional Help text has been added to the Employee 1095-C Setup to explain how to include/exclude an employee from this count.
-  Updated: The PERSI Retirement setup and reporting will now include a contribution type for 'Retiree Contributions' in accordance with PERSI Arrivos File Specification 2023 updates.
06/15/2023
Reporting
-  The 6/15 update caused an issue with calculated fields in custom reports. We have pushed a new update out, dated 7/1, that corrects this. Please install this latest update for all .Net applications, following your municipality's protocol.
06/15/2023
Reporting
-  Updated: The IMRF Retirement Report and Export (Revised for 2022) will now exclude employees who made zero contributions to IMRF during the specified reporting period.
-  Corrected: The IMRF Verification Report for the IMRF Retirement Export (Revised for 2022) will now report the Plan as setup on the Deduction or Expense.
-  Corrected: The IMRF Retirement Report and Export (Revised for 2022) will now separate Overtime Wages from Reportable Wages in accordance with the file specification requirements.
-  Corrected: The IMRF Retirement Export (Revised for 2022) will no longer automatically open when it is created, allowing it to maintain the correct CSV format.
06/01/2023
General
-  Added a General Setting to switch to the optional 4.05% Michigan State Tax Rate for 2023.
Reporting
-  Added: The ability to filter the Employee YTD Summary Report to only view employees with Negative Taxable Gross values for the selected period.
05/15/2023
General
-  Added/Corrected: A field for NHRS Employer ID on the NHRS Retiree Annual Export Setup Options. This ID will now display on the export instead of the BS&A Employer ID, which may differ. 
05/01/2023
General
-  Corrected: Removed the ability to add a '0' Overtime Multiplier to a Pay Code Check Adjustment. 
New Features
-  Added: The Life Insurance Benefit Plan Calculation type now includes more options for Age Calculation, allowing more flexibility with how the Life Insurance amount is calculated based on an employee’s age.
Reporting
-  Corrected: Issue in which the FRS Wage Export was not correctly factoring adjustments into the applicable gross.
04/15/2023
New Features
-  Added: Tool to the View Payroll History Task to edit the Publish Date.
04/01/2023
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
03/15/2023
General
-  Added: 2023 Virginia State Income Tax Tables are available for use.
-  Corrected: Issue in which attempting to delete an employee with no check history resulted in an error.
Reporting
-  Added/Corrected: Cut-Off Date Field to NHRS Annual Retiree Export and adjusted calculations for Total Hours and Total Wages.
03/01/2023
Reporting
-  Updated: Various Exception Reports and Exports to include Life-to-Date adjustments added to Leave Balances.
-  Corrected: Timesheets Departmental Hours Summary Report to no longer error when 'Show Hidden Employees' is toggled.
02/15/2023
General
-  Corrected: The Kronos Leave Balance Export will now display the appropriate information when different Additional Report Options are toggled.
-  Added: Michigan's Supplemental Tax Calculation can now be used to calculate State Tax Withholding on supplemental payments.
-  Added: Re-Hire Date to the Employee Information Export.
-  Added: 2023 Mississippi State Income Tax Tables are available for use.
New Features
-  Added the option to 'Use Employee's Alternate E-mail Address' on the MERS DC+ Retirement Export.
Reporting
-  Corrected: Issue in which the Employee YTD Summary Report was not including some check adjustments in the employee totals.
-  Corrected: The 1099-R Preview Summary and1099-R Proofing Reports will now include Local Income Tax Withholding Year-to-Date adjustments.
02/01/2023
General
-  Added: 2023 North Carolina State Income Tax Tables are available for use.
-  Added: 2023 Maine State Income Tax Tables are available for use.
-  Added: 2023 Colorado State Income Tax Tables are available for use.
-  Added: 2023 Missouri State Income Tax Tables are available for use.
-  Corrected: ND SITW Tax Tables to reflect the correct wage brackets for the Head of Household table.
01/17/2023
Reporting
-  Corrected: ACA Tax Year 2022 has been put into production and export files may now be created.
01/15/2023
BS&A ONLINE
-  Added: W-4P now available for change request on BS&A Online.
General
-  Added: 2023 Vermont State Income Tax Tables are available for use.
-  Added: 2023 Indiana State Income Tax Tables are available for use.
-  Added: 2023 North Dakota State Income Tax Tables are available for use.
-  Added: 2023 Minnesota State Income Tax Tables are available for use.
-  Added: 2023 Michigan State Income Tax Tables are available for use.
Program Setup
-  Added: Benefit Plan Setup Table View now has the ability to hide inactive records.
Reporting
-  Corrected: IMRF Export now includes hyphens in date format.
-  Corrected: Deduction History by Employee and Expense History by Employee reports will now correctly display an employee's updated name.
-  Added: 2023 Illinois State Income Tax Tables are available for use.
01/01/2023
General
-  Added: Nebraska 2023 tax tables are now available for use.
-  Added: South Carolina 2023 tax tables are now available for use.
-  Added: Iowa 2023 tax tables are now available for use.
-  Added: Alabama 2023 tax tables are now available for use.
-  Added: 2022 federal W-4P is now available for use.
-  Added: 2022 Federal Income Tax Withholding tables are available for use.
Reporting
-  Added: Remittance Liability by Employee Report now has an Employee Sort Index option.
-  Added: NHRS Retirement Pension Gold Version 3 Export to Retirement Exports.
-  Updated: 2023 MDOT Equipment Rental Rates
12/15/2022
Reporting
-  Corrected: BSA Standard 4 Up With Boxes, W-2 has been updated to better fit the recommended envelope address windows.
-  Added: EFW2 file export now available for MS.
-  Corrected: Issue in which the 'Create Hours Spreadsheet File' was not factoring Life-to-Date Leave Balance adjustments.
12/01/2022
General
-  Added: "Other" will be an available option for "Termination Reason."
-  Corrected: Remittance IDs which are associated with Ded/Exp can no longer be marked as inactive.
-  Corrected: Issue in which PAFs were not acknowledging Position Control Rate Restrictions set on Positions.
New Features
-  Added: A 'Show Hidden Employees' toggle option to the Salaries by GL Fund-Dept Report found within Payroll Reports.
Reporting
-  Added: Departmental Work Comp Report now has a sub-header to better notate the report.
-  Added: New option 'No Employees Paid By Donation' is available for IN 100R Export to meet reporting requirements.
11/15/2022
Reporting
-  Corrected: The Subtotal By Employee option on the Deduction History by Checks and Expense History by Checks now provides one total for an employee that has had a name change.
-  Added: Indicator to 'Departmental Hours and Gross by Rate Summary Report' to show if there are reporting discrepancies due to YTD or check adjustments to an employee.
-  Added: EFW2 file export now available for AL.
-  Added: EFW2 file export now available for AR.
-  Added: EFW2 file export now available for IA.
-  Added: EFW2 file export now available for KY.
-  Added: EFW2 file export now available for SC.
-  Added: EFW2 file export now available for WI.
-  Added: User Fields are now available for use on Advanced Queries for Deduction History by Checks, Deduction History by Employees, Expense History by Checks, Expense History by Employees, and YTD Deduction/Expense Reports.
11/01/2022
General
-  Added: EFW-2C Export for State of Ohio.
-  Corrected: Multiple web applicants can now be deleted at once, without error.
-  Corrected: Generic Applicant Import now correctly imports 'Ethnic Category' when applicable.
-  Corrected: Benefit Plans tied to a Position template will now correctly merge with the existing Benefit Plans in which the employee is currently enrolled when the Position is added and setup is inherited.
Reporting
-  Corrected: The Create Retirement Statements Task to spread distributions correctly when calculating interest.
10/15/2022
General
-  Corrected: Logic between Personnel Action Forms and Incumbent interactions has been updated to resolve issues that arise when multiple PAF's effect the incumbent record.
-  Added: PA EFW2C can now be created.
New Features
-  Added: EFW-2C Export for State of Minnesota.
Other
-  Corrected: Changed 'commit' to 'committed' in error message when attempting to commit non-pending W2-C.
Reporting
-  Updated Arkansas state tax tables to be in line with the Withholding Tax Formula Method effective 10/1/2022.
-  Corrected: Calculation of 'Annualized Salary Amount' within FRS Export. Where we were previously reporting the Actual Monthly Salary x 12, we will now be calculating the Salary for Hourly employees using the following equation: Primary Rate x Average Hours in Pay Period x Pay Frequency. For Salary employees, we will display the Primary Pay Salary amount.
-  Corrected: Great West Retirement Export no longer includes more than two decimal values on reported gross wages.
10/01/2022
New Features
-  Added the EFW-2C RS record for VT.
09/15/2022
Reporting
-  Updated: BSA Standard W-3C Format to better align with the IRS W-3C format.
-  Added: EFW2 RS Record for VT
-  Added: EFW2 RS Record for ND.
09/01/2022
New Features
-  Updated: When adding a new Emergency Contact to an Employee, the 'Copy Address and Phone From Employee' button has been split into two separate options, 'Copy Address From Employee' and 'Copy Phone From Employee'.
-  Added: Ability to use Sub Accounts within the setup of Expenses.
Other
-  Corrected: NHRS Export no longer includes special characters between pay period IDs.
Reporting
-  Added: 'Do not include lines with zero hours and amounts' has been added to the PERSI Export options
08/15/2022
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
08/01/2022
Reporting
-  Addressed reporting issue for calculated fields
08/01/2022
General
-  Corrected: Negative values can no longer be used on Benefit Plan Ded/Exp codes when calculating a check.
-  Corrected: Merge and Overwrite Positions, Departments, Bargaining Units and Job Classes through a PAF now correctly applies classification changes.
07/15/2022
General
-  Added: Idaho 2022 Tax Tables are now available for use.
Other
-  Corrected an issue within BS&A Online Employee Self Service in which Dependents without Social Security Numbers could not be deleted from the employee record.
Reporting
-  Updated the Timesheets 'Employee Hours by Pay Code' report to include a setting to 'Page Break Between Employees'.
07/01/2022
New Features
-  Updated the Employee Information Export to include Start and End Date columns for Distributions, Leave Banks, Direct Deposits and Deduction/Expenses.
Other
-  Corrected issue in which users without security access to Reminders were able to still view, edit, reinstate and dismiss reminders.
Program Security
-  Corrected: Users with HR Security access to Employee Social Security Numbers will now be able to search by Employee SSN in HR, regardless of having any security access to Payroll.
06/15/2022
New Features
-  Added a space to enter notes to the Mass Primary Rate Change Task.
Reporting
-  Updated the OH - Quarterly Unemployment Wages Export to better align with reporting export requirements.
06/01/2022
Other
-  Corrected Sterling Heights Kronos Import to now import Employee information correctly.
05/15/2022
Other
-  Corrected: When cloning the budget, Budget Start Dates on new employees from the previous year will be removed and FTEs will calculate based on a full year, instead of a partial year.
Reporting
-  Corrected: Check Proofing Report, when printing from the Calc Check screen, now shows the correct Withholding Rate.
-  Added the ability to show department totals on the Budget Items Detail Report within the Run Budget task.
05/01/2022
Reporting
-  Corrected: Check Amounts by GL Number Report and Earnings and Ded/Exp by GL Number Report now correctly report wages for checks that have a deduction larger than the payment distributions.
-  Added: New 2022 IMRF Retirement Export is now available for use.
04/15/2022
General
-  Corrected: Mass Approve/Deny Timesheets now correctly loads timesheets with a start or end date outside of the date filters, when applicable.
-  Corrected: Remittance Checks no longer display zero balance items when reissued.
Reporting
-  Corrected: OH Unemployment Wage Export now meets updated specifications.
-  Corrected: Updated 'GL Number Does Not Exist' error message to give more details when journalizing a Payroll.
04/01/2022
General
-  Corrected: Now appropriately applying check adjustments from a voided Benefit Invoice Reconciliation to future checks.
New Features
-  Added: New tool on 'Employee Information: Check History' to Void, Reissue, or Adjust employee check.
Other
-  Attachments included in email notifications regarding applied Personnel Action Forms will now state the Effective Date.
Reporting
-  Corrected: Running the Leave Balance Report to Spreadsheet, for specific leave banks, will no longer exclude employees who do not have the specified leave banks, unless the option to do so is explicitly chosen.
-  Added: New option 'Include Roth Contribution Column' to the Diversified Export Form, which will include columns for 'gender', 'E-mail address', and 'Roth amount' to the export.
-  Corrected: 1095-C formats 'BS&A 1095-C for Window Envelope' and 'BS&A 1095-C Portrait' now correctly populate the 'Plan Start Month' field.
-  Corrected Custom East Point Resource Centers Member Export.
03/15/2022
New Features
-  Added: 'Void Reason' can now be added when voiding a check in Payroll.
03/01/2022
General
-  Added: Audit record for Authorization to print checks, check stubs, and email check stubs during the payroll process.
-  Added: Vermont 2022 tax tables
Reporting
-  Fixed: YTD OT Hours and Amounts not displaying correctly on checks and check stubs during Payroll Process
02/15/2022
New Features
-  Updated NHRS Export File options to allow for changing the classification of Pay Codes.
-  Added NC W2 Export as an option within Year End Utilities.
02/02/2022
Reporting
-  Fixed report issue when generating PDF files
02/01/2022
General
-  Updated CO 2022 SITW Tax Tables.
-  Updated AR 2022 SITW Tax Tables.
New Features
-  Updated Third-Party Timesheet Import setup to allow for use of Default Accounting for GL Account.
01/15/2022
General
-  Added MN 2022 SITW tax tables.
-  Added ND 2022 SITW tax tables.
-  Added IL 2022 SITW tax tables.
-  Added MO 2022 SITW tax tables.
-  Added NC 2022 SITW tax tables.
Program Setup
-  Updated SITW - MI 2022 Tax Table to correct allowance amount.
Reporting
-  Added new 1095-C format 'BS&A 1095-C Portrait With Boxes'.
01/01/2022
General
-  Updated WI 2022 tax tables.
-  Updated IA 2022 tax tables.
-  Updated 2022 Social Security Wage Cap.
-  Updated SC 2022 tax tables.
-  Updated KY 2022 tax tables.
-  Updated NE 2022 tax tables.
-  Updated 2022 MDOT Equipment Rates.
-  Updated GA 2022 tax tables.
Other
-  Corrected placement of 'Address Line 1' and 'Address Line 2' on year end Employer Information.
Program Setup
-  Updated ME 2022 tax tables.
Reporting
-  Updated recommended envelop in 'Info for W-2 format' for 'BSA Standard 4 Up, Alternate With Boxes, W-2'.
-  Corrected error when running 'Check Proofing Report' that included a leave bank with an apostrophe in the code.
12/15/2021
Reporting
-  Updated 'BSA Standard W-3' format.
-  Updated 'BSA Standard 2 UP, W-2' W-2 Format.
-  Added EEO-4 export to Tasks list.
-  Updated 'Group 4' to display Employee Primary Distribution Account and 'Group 5' to display Employee Primary Distribution Project on the Novatime Employee Export.
-  Added 'Employment Type' column to the Novatime Employee Export.
12/01/2021
Reporting
-  Updated 'Contract Length' and 'Months Paid Cycle' field calculations for the SCRS Retirement Export.
-  Updated Quarterly 941 Information Report to correctly display 2021 4th quarter FFCRA wages, when applicable.
-  Added options for level of Social Security Number shown on W-2s and 1099-Rs.
11/15/2021
General
-  Added "Effective Date" prompt to the End Primary Position option of Primary Position selection.
Other
-  Corrected error with deleting Equipment distribution line with activity code during active payroll.
Reporting
-  Updated manufacturer ID of matching envelopes in W-2 Format Info for W-2 format 'BSA Standard 4 Up Horizontal, W-2.'
11/01/2021
General
-  Corrected issue with Idaho EFW2 export file not allowing null values for columns RS 227-234 and RS 235-242.
-  Added 'Deceased Date' to Dependents.
-  Added 'Medicare Eligible Date' to Dependents.
-  Updated 'Filter By Applicant Date' option for 'Decline Applicant Template' to include correct values when running for a single day.
-  Added South Carolina SITW supplemental rate.
Reporting
-  Updated the option 'Filter by Application Date' on the 'Applicant Event' report to include correct values when running the report for a single day.
-  Added 'Count Employees Combined By SSN Once' option to the 'Employee Count Report'.
10/15/2021
General
-  Added Vermont tax tables to SITW.
Other
-  Corrected issue where imported time sheets with deleted rows would not load correctly.
Reporting
-  Removed the Employee Sort Index option from the FRS Retirement Export.
-  Added option 'Run for Selected Employer' to the Fica Verification Report.
-  Updated the Budget Vs Actual report to correctly fill in values in the 'Budget' column for municipalities with a fiscal year end date that was not the calendar year.
-  Updated Check Proofing Report to correctly display Withholding Status 'Head of Household', when applicable.
-  Updated 'BSA Standard 2 Up, W-2' W-2 Format info to include the matching envelope manufacturer ID.
10/01/2021
General
-  Corrected issue with Workers Comp calculation for overtime wages.
Reporting
-  Updated Illinois State EFW2 export to include a .CSV option.
09/15/2021
Reporting
-  Updated Sterling Heights Kronos Import log to include Job Class information when applicable.
09/01/2021
BS&A ONLINE
-  Allow an applicant to not fill in the dates of their educational history on their resumes in BSAO.
-  Corrected where non TS desktop users could not add leave accrual rows to their timesheets in BSAO when the option to audit time sheet changes was turned on.
08/15/2021
General
-  Updated Idaho SITW tax tables.
08/01/2021
General
-  Updated North Dakota SITW table.
07/15/2021
Program Setup
-  Fixed issue where editing the Leave Bank ID would not update the associated Roll Over Leave Accrual.
07/01/2021
General
-  Added a value of 'SYSTEM' to the User Name column on the Audit Summery table for Schema changes.
06/15/2021
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
06/01/2021
Program Setup
-  Added option to "Include Grant" on accounting setup for deductions and expenses.
-  Added supplemental tax rates to tax tables.
05/15/2021
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
05/01/2021
General
-  Fixed issue journalizing remittance checks with the SITW code.
04/15/2021
Reporting
-  Updated MERS export to have the Service column default to 'Y'; unless the employee has a termination date, in which case the value in the Service column becomes 'N'.
-  Extended FFCRA reporting to match federal guidelines.
04/01/2021
General
-  Updated taxable wage calculation script for instances where a check was calculated with multiple 'Retirement' type distributions.
Program Setup
-  Added SITW calculations for ME.
03/15/2021
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
03/01/2021
Reporting
-  Corrected spelling error in 'Deduction Totals' section of the report.
-  Updated MERS Retirement Export file to be a .CSV file type.
-  Corrected issue on Employee Information Export where incorrect hourly rates would be displayed for salaried employees when the option 'Show Distribution Rate Information' was selected.
02/15/2021
General
-  The 2021 Head of Household tax table will now display when viewing the tax tables through the FITW deduction.
Reporting
-  Corrected the total to combine pre and post roll over accruals on the Leave Accrual Report.
-  Added box next to Corrected on the 1095-C Standard Form with Boxes
-  Updated the 1095-C with Instructions format to correctly display the corrected check field.
02/01/2021
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
01/15/2021
BS&A ONLINE
-  Corrected issue where Questionnaire information on application for job postings was not correctly copying into .Net program.
Other
-  Cleaned up Position Budget interaction with General Ledger.
Reporting
-  Fixed sorting issue on Great West retirement exports.
-  Updated South Carolina Empower export format to meet requirements.
01/01/2021
General
-  Added 2021 Kentucky tax tables.
-  Added 2021 Minnesota tax tables.
-  Added 2021 Missouri tax tables.
-  Updated 2021 MDOT equipment rental rates.
-  Updated 2021 Illinois tax tables.
Reporting
-  Added a Check Number field to the Check Overrides Report.
-  Updated 941 reports to correctly handle negative FFCRA wages.
12/15/2020
General
-  Added North Carolina SITW tax tables to the program.
-  Added North Dakota SITW tax tables to the program.
-  Updated Iowa SITW to 2021 rates.
-  Updated South Carolina SITW to 2021 rates.
-  Corrected issue that was occurring when attempting to import equipment hours into a payroll where the Equipment ID did not exist.
-  Added the 2021 Michigan state tax tables
-  Added the 2021 Arkansas state tax tables
-  Added the 2021 Federal tax tables
12/01/2020
General
-  Updated Remittance ACH export file to correctly include Immediate Origin value in certain places, if applicable.
Reporting
-  Added the South Carolina Empower Format Export File to Retirement Exports.
-  Now correctly excluding Non-Cash Payments from the Pensionable and Base Wages values on the New Hampshire Retirement Export File.
-  Added new options to the Employee Detailed Check History Report to show the applicable gross for deductions/expenses as well as adding a grand totals section.
11/15/2020
Reporting
-  Updated Standard 1099-R With Boxes and Standard 1099-R 4 Up With Boxes formats to meet 2020 IRS specifications.
11/01/2020
Reporting
-  Corrected issue where Illinois Schedule P Verification Report was not correctly including Employee ID's that shared the same Social Security Number.
10/15/2020
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
10/01/2020
General
-  Added Massachusetts SITW to program.
09/15/2020
Other
-  Fixed issue where Social Security tax exclusions were not being applied for deleted FFCRA pay codes on an employee.
Program Setup
-  Fixed issue where pasted values in deduction or expense setup items would sometimes copy to next item after pagination.
Reporting
-  Added new report "Bureau of Labor Statistics - Employment Statistics Info Report" which can be found under Employee Reports.
-  Added First Name column to the Novatime Employee Export.
09/01/2020
Reporting
-  Updated program logic to require FFCRA payments to be reported on W-2's.
08/15/2020
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
08/01/2020
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
07/15/2020
General
-  Updated Idaho tax tables.
07/01/2020
Program Setup
-  Updated Pay Code set up option for Families First Coronavirus Response Act to include Family Leave.
Reporting
-  Updated Quarterly 941 Information Report and Quarterly 941A Information Report to include Family First Coronavirus Response Act applicable wages.
-  Corrected issue where the Illinois Schedule P export was not combining employees by SSN, when applicable.
06/15/2020
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
06/01/2020
Reporting
-  Updated Quarterly 941 Information report to correctly combine employees by SSN when needed.
05/15/2020
BS&A ONLINE
-  Added ability to see detailed Emergency Contact information that has been requested through Employee Self Service.
General
-  Added 20 User Fields with pick lists supported to Employee setup.
Reporting
-  Added a report to see which employees do or don't have BSAO links set up.
-  Added new GA Unemployment Export that can be exported as a .CSV file to meet new filing requirements.
05/01/2020
General
-  Fixed issue relating to manually typing in a distribution priority number when a distribution was using a rate type of Based on another Distribution's rate.
Program Setup
-  Fixed issue with Effective Date sorting on Rate Tables.
-  Added new option to Pay Code set up, under the Accounting tab, to accommodate Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
Reporting
-  Added footer to Check Proofing Report warning of FFCRA wages, when applicable.
-  Added footer to Payroll Register Report warning of FFCRA wages, when applicable.
04/15/2020
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
04/01/2020
Program Setup
-  Updated Audit Trail for setting up authorized users for check printing.
Reporting
-  Fixed link between HR and PR programs when importing or exporting 1095-C and 1094-C formats.
-  Update Employee FTE calculation on Personnel Expenditure Export.
03/15/2020
Program Setup
-  Updated MDOT Equipment Rental Rates to include codes that were missing in the 2020 year.
Reporting
-  Updated logic for RSA Retirement Export to better handle check adjustment amounts.
-  Updated Illinois Schedule P export format.
03/01/2020
General
-  Set default W-4 values to 'Revised for 2020' for any newly added FITW codes.
-  Updated Arkansas tax tables to the 2020 version.
Program Setup
-  Corrected issue where Retirement Type was not saving to the desired value for Ameritas retirement codes.
Reporting
-  Changed logic when printing checks to verify that the name field for a record is not blank.
-  Updated Deduction History by Employees report to better handle records with no values.
-  Updated 'Additional Ded/Exp' logic on check formats to no longer include check adjustments in the YTD Amount if it has been listed elsewhere on the check.
02/15/2020
BS&A ONLINE
-  Added an option to the BS&A Online Admin Application to disallow collection of prior rates of pay for online job applicants.
Other
-  Corrected an issue where the magnifying glass icon did not bring up the lookup table for Employer Codes on the OPERS Retirement Export.
Reporting
-  Corrected an issue where the End Date for the Pay Period Breakdown report was not set to be inclusive.
-  Updated the IMRF Retirement Export to correctly calculate employee contributions and wages for employee's who have multiple Employee ID's that share the same Social Security Number.
-  Corrected issue where the Quarterly State 941 Information Report was only displaying information for the first employer in the list, if a database contained multiple employer codes, not the information for the employer that was selected.
-  Added Illinois Schedule P Export to the program.
-  Fixed an error that was occurring when attempting to print Personnel Action Forms.
02/01/2020
General
-  Added 'Generic Employee Deduction/Expense User Variable Import' to the program.
-  Corrected a display issue on W-4 Information when in Test Values of a calculated check, where the Multi Job/ Spouse Works line was not showing the correct employee value.
-  Updated the FITW calculation to better handle scenarios where an employee would have a FITW value of $0.00 or below.
Reporting
-  Added options to include 'User Fields' on the Trunkline Maintenance Report.
-  Corrected issue that prevented PA EFW-2 files from being created.
01/15/2020
General
-  Updated Minnesota 2020 tax tables.
-  Updated 2020 FITW tax table to include Head of Household calculations.
-  Corrected an issue where Test Values were incorrectly saving on the W-4 info screen.
Program Setup
-  Updated the layout of W-4 Info screen for employee setup to match the layout of the W-4 form. Fixed other minor viewing issues.
-  Updated the label 'Credits' on the W-4 Info screen to read as 'Dependent Credit Amount'.
01/03/2020
General
-  Updated the FITW screen on the employee Tax and W2 to allow for claiming Head of Household for 2020
01/01/2020
General
-  Updated Employee W-4 Info setup in accordance with new 2020 W-4 forms.
-  Fixed issue with Deduction End Dates changing if the End Date was adjusted while the employee was in an open payroll.
-  Updated 2020 Michigan tax tables.
-  Updated 2020 Illinois tax tables.
-  Updated 2020 Missouri tax tables.
-  Updated 2020 South Carolina tax tables.
Program Setup
-  Added Roll Over Date type 'Monthly' to Leave Bank Setup.
-  Updated logic for the Count Record Type condition for Employee Validation Rules.
Reporting
-  Added 'Employee Primary Base Rate' and 'Employee Primary Rate Modifier' as data fields to Report Designer.
12/15/2019
General
-  Updated 2020 Ohio tax tables.
-  Updated 2020 Iowa tax tables.
-  Updated 2020 Kentucky tax tables.
-  Updated 2020 FITW Tax Table.
12/01/2019
Reporting
-  Added a new report 'Benefit Plan Enrollment' to HR.
-  Added the option to 'Show Hidden Employees' to the Employee Information Export.
-  Corrected the formula being used to calculate monthly values for the ID - IDES Contribution and Wage File.
11/15/2019
General
-  Direct Deposits with a type of 'Loan' are now being included in ACH prenote files.
-  Updated the Check Proofing Report to only count employees being paid in the current payroll in the count at the bottom of the report. Previously this was including any employee listed in the second step of the payroll, even if they were not being paid.
-  Removed an option from the ACH prenote file creation window that was unintentionally added from an update to Accounts Payable.
Reporting
-  Added the Ohio ICESA Quartely Unemployment export to the program.
-  Updated PA unemployment reporting to match new 2020 file requirements.
-  Updated IL - State Police Background Check to meet new file requirements.
11/01/2019
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
10/15/2019
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
10/01/2019
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
09/15/2019
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
09/01/2019
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
08/15/2019
General
-  Corrected the employee amount display issue on Benefit Plans when an enrollee was deleted without being inactivated first.
New Features
-  Added a template for default deductions/expenses to be used when creating new departments/job classes/ bargaining units/ positions. This allows for the addition or removal of deductions and expenses used by your municipality. This new template setup can be found under Program Setup ~ Program Settings ~ General Settings.
-  Updated to set the position on the employee when hired from a web applicant as active, occupied and primary.
Program Security
-  Corrected issue where certain users could not see rates in employee GL Distribution screen even when view access was granted.
Reporting
-  Corrected the journal report created when running a Benefit Invoice Reconciliation to no longer allow for the selecting of a date range and instead it will only display transactions from the current BIR being processed.
08/01/2019
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
07/15/2019
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
07/01/2019
New Features
-  Added a 'Comment' Action Type to Personnel Action Forms.
-  Added option to require Reason field to be filled out on Personnel Action Forms.
06/15/2019
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
06/01/2019
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
05/15/2019
New Features
-  Added Wisconsin New Hire Export
-  Added Florida New Hire Export
05/01/2019
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
04/15/2019
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
04/01/2019
General
-  Updated the Idaho state withholding to round to the whole dollar.
-  Corrected adding deductions/expenses during the payroll process.
Reporting
-  Updated the OPERS file to include employees with only employer contributions.
-  Corrected SCRS Retirement export to handle check adjustments correctly.
03/15/2019
New Features
-  New leave accrual type called "Incremental - YTD Hours" has been added to the system to accommodate Michigan Senate Bill 1175.
-  Added an option to hide employees and columns with zero values to the Employee Benefit Compensation Export.
03/01/2019
General
-  Updated SITW and FITW W-4 options to allow for withholding type to be Additional Values Only.
Reporting
-  Corrected the Great West Retirement Export to only print each employee once for the range selected.
02/15/2019
General
-  Updated the 2019 Alabama State Withholding tables.
New Features
-  Added an option to disallow mass approving through the Mass Approve/Deny Timesheets feature. This option is available under Program Setup ~ General Settings
Reporting
-  Added the RSA Enrollment file under Tasks ~ Retirement Exports.
-  Updated the FRS export to use implied decimal.
02/01/2019
General
-  Corrected the issue where equipment hours were not showing on the imported equipment report unless the box was checked to import hours not associated with employees.
-  Added the 2019 Colorado State withholding tables.
New Features
-  Added show inactive and hidden employee flags to the Employee Maximums and Edit Employee Values screens on Deduction & Expense setup as well as Change Employee Enrollment in HR under Benefit Plan setup
Reporting
-  The loan amount will now populate on the CPI 401 verification report.
-  Removed the option to set the sort index on the Salaries by GL Fund Report. This report sorts by GL number by default in order to generate the information in GL order.
-  Added the plan type of EEVD to the John Hancock type deductions/expenses as well as to the export for filing.
-  Added the option to use the User Checkbox 1 as an indicator for a secure address for reporting on the FRS export.
-  Added the employee fields for address, DOB, date of hire, and job class to the Departmental Timesheet Report.
01/15/2019
General
-  Updated the 2019 Minnesota Withholding Allowance amount.
-  Corrected the issue when decreasing hours on comp taken and placing hours back into the primary pay when a note is required.
-  Added the 2019 MDOT equipment rental rates
01/01/2019
General
-  Added the 2019 Iowa state withholding tax tables.
-  Added the 2019 Idaho state withholding tax tables.
-  Added the 2019 Kentucky state withholding tables.
-  Added the 2019 Ohio state withholding tax tables.
-  Added the 2019 Federal tax tables.
-  South Carolina 2019 withholding tables have been added
-  Minnesota 2019 withholding tables have been added
-  Missouri 2019 withholding tables have been added
-  Illinois 2019 withholding tables have been added
-  Michigan 2019 withholding tables have been added
-  Added the 2019 Georgia state withholding tax tables.
Program Security
-  Added a separate security option to have the Web Applications tab to show under Task Management
Reporting
-  Added hired date filter to the new hire exports.
-  Added the field hoursinworkday to be used on Leave reports.
12/15/2018
General
-  Corrected the displaying of the Timesheet is Now Complete check box.
-  Corrected the Set Remittance Balance by Date Range Utility.
Reporting
-  Updated the Standard 1095-C to have the employee's name split into three separate fields.
12/01/2018
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
11/15/2018
New Features
-  For year- end reporting purposes, we have included a new option to override City Information with City of Detroit Information.
Reporting
-  Updated the CPI Retirement export for the updated format.
-  Added Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) export to the system.
11/01/2018
BS&A ONLINE
-  Corrected issue where a timesheet could not be marked as completed in BS&A Online when the last day of the timesheet has passed.
General
-  Updated the Missouri tax tables with the new changes.
10/15/2018
Program Security
-  Corrected the user security options for the viewing/editing/deleting of attachments on checks
Reporting
-  Updated the CPI Retirement export for the updated format.
-  Corrected printing the journal entries report on marked records
-  Updated the Deduction History and Expense History by Employee reports to show the correct check gross when pay flags are changed in the payroll process
10/01/2018
General
-  Corrected making a backup during the payroll process allows for the selection of the database instead of the admin database.
-  Updated the IL state tax table for the new exemption amount of $2225.00.
New Features
-  Added the ability to calculate FLSA multiple ways.
Program Security
-  Applied the void/reissue check user security option to the check table as well as the tasks menu.
Reporting
-  Updated the gross totals on the Total Expenditures by Grant report to show the gross instead of the net.
-  Updated the format for the ICMA file to print the correct EV or EE based on if the deduction is voluntary
09/15/2018
General
-  Corrected rounding issue with rate modifiers.
Reporting
-  Updated the Diversified export to match the new file layout.
09/01/2018
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
08/15/2018
General
-  Corrected GL distributions that were not being updated when changing the default accounting on pay codes.
Reporting
-  Added the employee status to the check proofing report
-  Corrected the issue where the GL descriptions were not printing on the journal entries report.
08/01/2018
New Features
-  Added the employee name and ID to the PAF email notification.
Reporting
-  We have corrected the displaying of Medicare wages over $200,000 on the 941 form.
07/15/2018
General
-  Corrected where employees with a custom payment frequency are not showing the annual salary amount
New Features
-  Added the green void indicator to the Benefit Invoice Rec table view.
-  Added an option to the Schedule Rate Table Step Raises task to exclude inactive employees.
07/01/2018
Reporting
-  Updated the IDES export options window with the correct title.
-  Updated the leave bank max column to display the correct number of hours based on the employee leave bank.
06/15/2018
Other
-  Corrected the issue allowing users to select inactive activity codes when entering hours in Time sheets
Reporting
-  Updated the FRS export to have leave buyout type pay codes print on line 21.
-  Updated the Wages by Grant report to no longer include voided checks.
-  Updated the Imported Hours Report to show an Hrs/Amt column instead of just the Hrs to account for importing of flat amounts.
06/01/2018
Reporting
-  Added the MERS DC + Export under Tasks ~ Retirement Exports.
-  Updated the CDM export to conform to the new file layout bu removing the second header line and adding in the payroll date.
-  Corrected the TPSP Info report to not include void transactions
05/15/2018
Reporting
-  Corrected WRS report to show adjustments to pay codes not attached to employee.
-  Updated the IDES Unemployment export and added the ability to run on an alternate unemployment id.
05/01/2018
New Features
-  Added the ability to auto calculate FLSA rates on employees. This option can be accessed through Program Setup ~ Program Setting ~ FLSA Settings.
Reporting
-  Updated the Nationwide format to fill in the Money source type. Deductions and expenses will need to be updated to include the source of money type under Program Setup ~ Deductions & Expenses then tab three on any nationwide deductions and expenses.
04/15/2018
General
-  Added auditing to the Retirement Export type field.
-  Updated the Receipt ID in the ACA process to allow all formats.
New Features
-  Added the Rehire Date to the Employees Table.
Reporting
-  Corrected issue when printing checks not showing the leave time when there are roll over hours and a zero rate.
04/02/2018
General
-  Corrected error when editing paycodes
04/01/2018
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
03/15/2018
General
-  The rate will now display correctly for pay codes with only rate multipliers.
03/01/2018
General
-  Added the Preliminary 2018 Missouri Tax tables.
Reporting
-  Adjusted the audit report to make it run more efficiently.
-  Corrected the Earnings and Deduction/Expense report to correctly reflect reissued checks.
-  Corrected the issue with the John Hancock export not running based on the sort index selected.
02/15/2018
General
-  Corrected issue not allowing the processing of a BIR when an allocation table contains an apostrophe.
-  Corrected the issue of scroll bar not displaying correctly on position detail.
-  Disallow the changing of a deduction/expense for an already existing check adjustment
Reporting
-  Added the option to create a report based off of the OSHA detail records
-  Added the BB&T Retirement export.
-  Updated the 1099-R 4 Up form to pull the year the 1099-R's are being printed for.
-  Updated the Standard W3 to have the phone number and fax number in the new locations.
02/01/2018
Reporting
-  Corrected the Employee Detail Check History Report totals to no longer include void checks.
-  Corrected issue with the FRS Report and choosing to exclude employees with zero contributions.
01/15/2018
General
-  Added the 2018 FITW Tax Tables
01/15/2018
General
-  Corrected the issue where rate changes were not displaying correctly when creating a PAF
-  Added the 2018 Mississippi state taxes.
01/01/2018
General
-  Added the 2018 MDOT rates
-  Added the new 2018 Iowa withholding rate
-  Added the new 2018 South Carolina withholding rate
-  Added the new 2018 Kentucky withholding rate
-  Added the new 2018 Minnesota withholding rate
New Features
-  Added the 2018 Illinois State withholding tax tables
Reporting
-  Updated the Alabama W2 export with required changes.
-  Corrected the error when showing sample report on the Hours with Associated Notes report.
-  Corrected issues with split pays on the Departmental Work Comp Report.
-  Corrected the Employee PAF Summary report to word wrap the comments
-  Corrected the issue when running the ACA Preview Report while in the year end process.
12/15/2017
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
12/01/2017
Reporting
-  Added the option to create the WI ETF setup export in the Retirement export window
-  Added a new PAF report to show the detail. This report can be used as the basis of a user created report. The report is located under Reports ~ Employee Reports.
11/15/2017
Access My Gov
-  Removed void checks from displaying in the Check History section of AMG
General
-  Corrected the issue where checks with the pay period end date that matched the end date of the retro wizard were not included in the wizard
New Features
-  Added the check date and pay period end date to the Retro Employee Details screen.
Reporting
-  Added the FRS file export this is found under Tasks ~ Retirement Exports.
-  Corrected the MN- Delimited Unemployment File to properly exclude the hours for excluded pay codes
11/01/2017
Reporting
-  Added an option to override the pay frequency, column D, on the WiETF file per payroll.
-  Corrected the PA Unemployment file and removed the extra comma at the end of each line
-  Updated the Journal Entries report to run on marked journal entry records
-  Updated the FL Reemployment Tax file to the new format.
10/15/2017
General
-  Corrected the sorting of the mass approve timesheets screen when sorting by total hours
10/01/2017
New Features
-  Added a blank group to the Timesheet Groups.
09/15/2017
Reporting
-  Corrected issue on EEOC Information Report where employees were not showing in the correct categories.
-  Correcting issue with Great West Report increasing the amounts when the report is run multiple times by date and payroll consecutively.
09/01/2017
General
-  Corrected issue with TS not recognizing a minimum number of hours required to be entered on leave pay codes.
Reporting
-  Updated the APERS retirement file to the new format.
-  No longer require the Program Code on the WI ETF file.
-  Added the employee address to the WI ETF export.
-  Corrected issue with the Hours with Associated Notes Report when using an advanced query.
08/15/2017
General
-  Corrected the display on the position to show department ID again when position control is turned on.
-  Corrected the issue with the employee ID format not being enforces when you hire an applicant through the hiring process in HR.
Reporting
-  Updated the ACA preview report to sort first by employer then by the sort order chosen in the report options
-  Corrected the issue with the negative wages in the PERA export
-  Corrected the Quarterly 941 Schedule B State Information to reflect voided checks correctly
-  Corrected totals on Applicant EEOC report.
08/01/2017
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
07/15/2017
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
07/01/2017
General
-  Corrected the issue of not being able to add a ded/exp during the edit payroll process.
Reporting
-  Corrected the issue with the Employee YTD Summary Report displaying employees with 0 YTD when this option is selected.
-  Corrected the issue of the Benefit Plan Report not showing the correct enrollment status for employees.
06/15/2017
New Features
-  Updated the EEOC codes per the new requirements.
Reporting
-  Added a state 941 schedule B report.
-  Added the 2017 version of the 941 Information report.
-  Added User Date Index 1 to be used on report writer enabled reports.
06/01/2017
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
05/15/2017
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
05/02/2017
General
-  Corrected the importing of Timesheet hours.
05/02/2017
General
-  Corrected encryption/decryption issue with ACH account numbers longer than 15 characters
-  Corrected the importing of timesheets hours
05/01/2017
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
04/15/2017
General
-  Corrected crash when scrolling through employees and then clicking Mass Approve/Deny Timesheets in the My Timesheets Approvals section.
Reporting
-  Added the ability to add labor and equipment with the activity codes to user created hours reports.
04/01/2017
Reporting
-  Corrected checks voided in the same OPERS reporting period from being exported.
03/15/2017
General
-  Corrected issue when importing applicants where license or degree names were longer than the field in HR.
Reporting
-  Corrected issue where the 1094-C Preview report and the Edit Employer 1094-C screens would not be consistent.
03/01/2017
General
-  Corrected issue with deleting a reminder on an employee.
-  Corrected issue with Primary Flag not being checked in the Position Management incumbent screen.
-  Corrected the pay method display issue on the employee table.
New Features
-  Added the option to set an email address for an employee to use when assigning work orders to employees. This email address is located under the Work Order Info tab on the Employee Information screen.
-  Added an option to mass update employee FLSA rates. This option is found under Tasks~ Mass Rate Change ~ Mass Employee FLSA Rate Change
02/15/2017
General
-  Changed the title of the Aux Date under employee leave banks to Employee Date to be consistent with leave setup.
-  Renamed the Employment History tab in HR to state Status Changes to reflect what is being displayed.
-  Inactive leave banks will no longer copy over when copying an employee.
-  Corrected error message when trying to delete a job class with history. We allow for inactivation and not deletion when history is present.
-  Corrected issue editing remittance ID's.
-  Corrected display issue on the Position History screen when filtering records by active records only.
New Features
-  Added an option on standard and overtime type pay codes to allow the setting of using FLSA rate for any employee using the pay code.
Reporting
-  Added an alternate 1099-R format to match the 4 up version.
-  Corrected issue with querying the Employee Tax information report on federal or state allowances.
-  Corrected the Hours verification to display pre and post roll over comp hours correctly.
02/01/2017
Access My Gov
-  Corrected issue when applicants would apply for an online job posting where the title had 50 or more characters
General
-  Corrected the display on a PAF to show the correct current active and primary position for the employee associated with the PAF
-  Corrected the importing of hours from a third party import to not look at inactive leave banks.
-  Corrected issue with editing benefit plan ID.
-  Corrected issue some users were experiencing when mass approving time sheets containing a terminated employee when using the option to only show active employees.
-  Corrected error when overwriting an employee setup when a longevity pay code is involved.
New Features
-  Added new field to show the number of vacancies for a position in the Position Management screen. This field is calculated taking the Total Openings and subtracting the Incumbents.
-  Added word wrap and increased the size of the questionnaire fields to allow viewing more applicants answers
Reporting
-  Added a Budget vs Actual report for payroll expenses based on employee check journal entries.
-  Added grand totals to the Applicant and Employee EEOC reports. Also added an option to page break before the Totals page.
-  Added the month and year to the header on the IMRF verification report.
-  Corrected the IMRF retirement report to honor the wage cap to match the verification report in the export.
-  Updated the 1095- C with Instructions Report and template to have the new coverage codes added.
-  Corrected 1K on the 1095-C not printing the single monthly employee rate.
01/15/2017
General
-  Corrected the deleting of a duplicate pending raise.
-  Disallow the adding of PAF's to unapproved hires, this was preventing their status change.
-  Corrected issue when deleting rate tables.
-  Added 2017 Missouri Withholding Tax Tables.
-  Updated to the 2017 Colorado Withholding Tax table.
-  Corrected editing employees coverage codes to 1J or 1K not staying as selected.
New Features
-  Added the ability to rename a PAF
-  Add the 2017 MDOT rates for equipment.
Reporting
-  Added the Georgia New Hire export under Tasks~Employment Verification Exports.
-  Now save the current options when running the South Carolina Retirement Export
-  Updated the SCRS export with the new fields for 2017
-  Corrected W2's to print the SSN for employees on overflow forms when boxes 12 or 14 exceed the limit on one page.
-  Corrected error some users were experiencing when running the ACA Proofing report.
01/01/2017
New Features
-  Corrected the issue with the "Remove All" tab for the Validation Groups on the employees.
Reporting
-  Added a * to the Employee Information Export to show which distribution line is the primary.
-  Added the rate column to the imported hours report.
-  Added the option for "Skip Employees with no Benefit Plans" to the Employee Benefit Plans report.
-  I originally marked this as reactivated because of the one report not showing the payment combined as an option but it was not supposed to be an option on that specific report so this one is good to go. -Dom
12/15/2016
General
-  Wisconsin WI EFT Retirement Export added
-  Update to Federal, KY, MN, NE and SC tax tables
Reporting
-  South Carolina - Added South Carolina Retirement System Export
12/01/2016
General
-  Corrected issue approving a new hire.
-  Corrected error when trying to edit a department id.
-  Corrected copying employee where some GL distributions were not copied correctly.
-  Corrected approving an address change from AMG.
-  Corrected issue when adding hours to a work order.
New Features
-  Added an option to set the Full GL number on a pay code.
-  Added new validation rule to check for SITW deduction.
-  Added a generic applicant import into HR. This can be accessed from File ~ Import ~ Generic Applicant Import
Reporting
-  Disabled the ability to select to use an advanced query on this report. The option was not valid for this report.
-  Corrected the display of leave hours when employees had pre and post roll over hours.
-  Added the ability to set the wage limit for IMRF Tier II deductions and expenses.
11/15/2016
General
-  When clicking on a leave bank the option has been moved to edit the leave bank to the bottom of the list.
-  When clicking on a deduction/expense on an employee the edit ded/exp option has been moved to the bottom of the list.
-  Corrected the issue when changing a home gl number.
-  Corrected issue hiring an applicant if the SSN was present.
Reporting
-  Removed the sort index on the Benefit plan arrears report. Report sorts first by Benefit plan and then employee ID.
-  Corrected the FRS report to show the correct gross wage for the employees who have FRS deductions and expenses
11/01/2016
General
-  Added the ability to mark routing numbers as inactive.
Reporting
-  Updated the ICMA Export to account for multiple loans.
10/15/2016
General
-  No only require DOB when hiring an applicant.
New Features
-  When adding a new department/job class/ bargaining unit SUI will no longer be added by default.
Other
-  Changed the label to Apply Filters when accesses the Mass Approve/Deny Timesheets screen through the link in the navigation pane. Filters are not automatically applied when entering the window through this link.
Reporting
-  Updated the Pennsylvania EFW2 file to include new fields.
-  Updated the Executime Employee Export to include the badge number from the HR program
-  Added a print button to the 1099 Information screen on the employee.
-  Add the ratio field under the Leave table on the report writer enabled Hours with Associated Notes report
10/01/2016
New Features
-  Added calculating some custom deduction/expense calculation scripts to position budgeting.
Reporting
-  Added a Pay Period Comparison Report.
-  Added the Employee Detail Check History template report.
-  Added the South Carolina DEW MMREF Unemployment file.
-  Added a column to show the status of the check on the check adjustment report.
-  Corrected the sort order option on the ACA Employee FTE report
-  Changed the MERS HCSP export to require the .csv file extension.
09/15/2016
General
-  Adjusted the warning message when running the set fields utility to show the number of visible and the number of hidden records that will be updated.
Reporting
-  Now allow for printing the Employee Hours by Pay Code Report to a spreadsheet.
-  Added an option to filter the Equipment Rental Activity Report by equipment.
-  Added an option to run the Ohio Quarterly CSV Unemployment File for an alternate unemployment number
-  Correct the pay code list template to honor the option to only show active pay codes.
-  Corrected the Leave Budget Report to honor the Skip Unassociated Leave Banks option for deleted leave banks.
-  Corrected issue running Employee Count report if employees ID's contains the ` character.
-  Corrected issue running Employee Count report if employees IDs contains the ` character.
09/01/2016
Reporting
-  Added different filtering options on the Employee Discipline Cases Report.
08/15/2016
General
-  Updated error messages to show why a BIR can not be processed.
Program Setup
-  Added auditing to the ACA fields on benefit plans.
Reporting
-  Added an option to remove quotations from the Great West Retirement Export.
-  Added auditing to the calc check window when adding deductions/expenses on the employee.
08/01/2016
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
07/15/2016
General
-  Corrected BIR to not allow the deleting of completed items.
New Features
-  Added the ability to add attachment to remittance checks. Attachments can also be viewed from the GL Drill down if user has access.
-  Added an option to filter timesheet approvals by approval group.
Reporting
-  Corrected the OP & F report to account for voided checks.
-  Corrected the Hours with Associated Notes report to show the rate when option is selected.
07/01/2016
New Features
-  Added a feature to import user variable values for a deduction or expense.
Reporting
-  Added date range option to the Pension Contribution Report.
-  Added Tax Exempt indicators to the Employee Tax Information report.
-  Added an option to hide employees with 0 values on the FICA Verification report.
-  Updated the Pending Rate Changes Report to include rate table effective date changes.
-  Corrected PERA export to show the correct amounts for ee and er contributions when checks contain check adjustments.
06/15/2016
General
-  Corrected the issue of not being able to close the employees DD window while viewing an employee in an open payroll.
-  Corrected error when trying to commit 1095-C corrections.
-  Corrected issue with rebuilding GL distribution records.
New Features
-  Added employee tool to set many employee dates in one location. This is found under Employee Information then the tools button.
Reporting
-  Corrected the Budget Item Detail Report to honor the department filters without generating an error.
-  Corrected issue with terminated employees not showing on the MERS DC export.
-  Updated the IL-State Police Background Check Export with the new format.
06/01/2016
General
-  Updated the Equipment Timesheet Entry screen to advance cursor based on the options selected
Reporting
-  Updated the Benefit Consultants Group export to auto save as a .csv file.
-  Added position ID and position description as available fields to be used on the Employee YTD Summary report designer template.
05/15/2016
General
-  Corrected reminders appearing for users based on settings.
-  Corrected warning when clicking tools on the Employee Information screen and View Hidden Employees or View Only Non-Hidden Records.
-  Corrected error when trying to recalculate the full position budget.
-  Corrected error when trying to manually raise rates during the payroll process.
New Features
-  Added email address as an option to search for an employee.
Reporting
-  Added option to the Leave Accrual Report to show only employees with hours lost.
-  Corrected the withholding status on the Calc Check Proof report.
05/05/2016
General
-  Added update for proper linking with PR and HR corrections.
05/01/2016
Reporting
-  Added the ability to create the test file and the actual file needed for electronically filing the 1095-C's.
-  Corrected error received when running the Position History Export.
-  Added the Account Description to be used in report designer when basing reports on the Salaries by GL Fund-Department report.
04/15/2016
Reporting
-  Corrected error when backing up all user reports.
-  Corrected issue with the Remittance Liability by Employee Report with voided and reissued checks
-  Added the W2c/W3c electronic file for Illinois, Georgia, and Michigan.
-  Corrected the issue with the IMRF export displaying duplicate wages for employees with soft deletes of a second IMRF deduction.
-  Corrected viewing sample reports under the Departmental Hours Report.
-  Added the ability to create the test file and the actual file needed for electronically filing the 1095-C's.
-  Corrected the issue with the Ded/Exp YTD with Adjusted Gross report not showing the correct prior deductions amount when deductions were removed.
04/01/2016
Reporting
-  Corrected the issue creating the hours spreadsheet file.
-  Corrected the 1094-C to place the correct employee counts in the applicable months.
03/15/2016
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
03/01/2016
Reporting
-  Added grand totals to the Benefit Consultant Group Verification report.
02/15/2016
Reporting
-  Added a header row to the MERS 457 file.
-  Updated the PERA Exclusion report to include the new employee codes.
-  Corrected error when running the MERS DC or MERS 457 exports by date.
-  Corrected issue with the Check Proofing report not printing zero values when this option was selected
-  Corrected the sort order on the ACA Preview Report.
-  Corrected error running PERA export when check adjustments were present.
02/01/2016
General
-  Corrected issue with the user preference setting not showing the GL description when you mouse over an employee's GL distribution.
-  Updated the 2016 Missouri State Tax Withholding Tables.
-  Corrected issue preventing editing the taxable and local gross on the 1099R's through the Year End closing process.
-  Corrected the merge EFW2 utility.
Reporting
-  Added 1095-C for window envelopes. This places the name and address in the top section and allows for creating forms based off this format.
-  Corrected the MERS DC export to display the correct amounts for employees who have a deduction and an expense with the same contribution type.
-  Updated the OPERS Non-Contribution form to the allow for the N indicator as appears in the updated file layout
-  Corrected the issue where terminated employees were appearing on the MERS DC and MERS 457 verification report and export.
01/15/2016
Access My Gov
-  Carriage returns will now be displayed correctly when entered in a description on an online job posting.
General
-  Added filter to look up for only those benefit plans the employee is eligible for.
-  Corrected issue when adding a new row to the time sheet using the up and down arrows on the keyboard did not add the correct row.
-  Corrected issue where new hires were not recognizing the department and could not be hired through the PR application.
New Features
-  Added the 2016 MDOT rates.
Program Security
-  Corrected the Hours Detail by GL Number Report to honor any department restrictions.
Reporting
-  Added an indicator to the Function totals when employees have an EEO4 code of Other they will not be included in the report. Also updated the Positions to show Officials & Administrators and Administrative Support. Now Convert employees under the Parks and Recreation Function to Natural Resources when running the EEO4 report.
-  Corrected the totals on the EE04 Information Report to display the new hires in section 1.
-  Updated the MERS DC and MERS 457 deductions and expenses to allow for one plan number per setup item. This will allow for the MERS DC and MERS 457 export to be created for multiple plans at one time.
-  Corrected issue on the MERS HCSP file when run multiple times withhold closing the export window.
-  Corrected the 941 Information report to correct add in the value from 5d into 5e
-  Corrected the full time check marks on employees hired mid year on the ACA Preview report.
-  Updated the ACA Preview report to show the correct employees based on the check marks for hired and terminated employees in the report options.
01/01/2016
Access My Gov
-  Corrected issue where dependents could not be deleted via the Employee Self Service tab.
General
-  Corrected the tab order in the Personal Info screen.
-  Corrected the tab order in the HR Info tab.
-  Added a sort option to the search results in the Employee Pay Codes screen.
-  Corrected pending benefit changes would not be removed from an employee when selecting to delete.
-  Updated the Illinois tax table for the 2016 values.
Program Setup
-  Corrected the spelling of the word Bargaining in the Mass Create AccessMyGov Accounts screen.
Reporting
-  Corrected issue printing custom W2 formats from the HR program.
-  Added the Illinois State Police Background Check export to the Employment Verifications option under Tasks.
-  Added header row to the MERS DC export file.
-  Added an option to exclude employees not employed in the reporting year to the ACA Employee FTE Report.
-  Added badgeNumber as a field under Employee in report writer to be used on Employee reports.
-  Added header row to the MERS HCSP export file.
-  Updated the PERA export to include secondary checks, when applicable.
12/15/2015
General
-  Corrected adding a new row through time sheets where occasionally it would pull the wrong row.
-  Added the 2016 FITW tax tables. Added the 2016 Minnesota Tax Tables.
-  Added the 2016 Kentucky Tax Tables.
New Features
-  Added an option to mark a CDM deduction/expense as a loan repayment and updated the file accordingly.
Reporting
-  Added options to sort the Budget Item Details Report by name, departments and position.
-  Added the employee name to the Budget by Fund-Dept Export.
-  Corrected issue with the budget details by fund-department export not displaying adjustments and vacancies.
-  Corrected the column totals for departments on the Workers Comp by Department report.
-  Updated the PA Unemployment File to allow for reimbursing employers to create the file with the correct format.
-  Corrected the PERA export to allow for generation when marking an excluded pay code as a leave buyout.
-  Added an option to the ACA Preview Report to exclude employees terminated prior to reporting period.
-  Corrected the Pension Contribution History Report to show hidden employees when the option is selected.
-  Corrected the display of an employee's primary position on custom reports when an employee has multiple positions.
-  Employees who have been terminated mid-year will no longer show an FTE on the ACA Employee FTE Report for months they were not employed.
-  Corrected amounts clearing out when editing box 8 on the 1099R
12/01/2015
General
-  Corrected error when changing an enrollment status on an employee once their original cost table row was deleted.
-  Corrected the calculated safe harbor codes for employees based on termination date.
New Features
-  Added logic to remove hours from the correct regular hours bucket when entering leave during a split pay payroll.
Reporting
-  Corrected issue where employees with deleted benefit plans would still appear on the Benefit Plan Cost Report, it they had not been unenrolled from the plan prior to deleting it.
-  Added the option to run the MERS DC and the MERS 457 exports by Payroll ID.
-  Corrected the MERS DC export to sort as selected.
-  Corrected the Benefit Consultant Group export to sort as selected.
11/15/2015
General
-  Corrected the rate not displaying, in timesheets, when a pay code was set to be based off of another distribution and this other distribution was not set to be displayed in timesheets.
-  Corrected the issue with the EEOC information not staying on employee template setup items, such as positions management, job classes and departments.
New Features
-  Added a Generic Dependent Import. The format must contain the employee ID for the dependent as well as the SSN for the dependent. This can also import the dependents first name, last name, middle initial, date of birth, gender and relationship to the employee.
Reporting
-  Added the option to show 0 lines on the Pension Contribution Report.
-  Corrected the YTD Transactions report to correctly display FITW wages when this option is selected.
-  Updated to the Employee Export to handle user fields with commas in the title.
-  Updated the ACA Employee FTE report to show only those employees who are active or who had hours in the year you are running the report
-  Updated to the Employee Check History Export to handle pay code ID's with commas.
-  Corrected the BCG export to exclude taxable life insurance pay.
-  Added totals to the MERS DC verification report.
-  Corrected the MERS HCSP format to omit the commas when amounts are over 999.
11/01/2015
General
-  Corrected error when hiring a new employee.
New Features
-  Added a notes button to the Deduction/Expense, Pay Code, Leave Banks and Leave Accrual setup windows.
Reporting
-  Added the new MERS exports. These will be found under Tasks ~ Retirement Exports
10/15/2015
General
-  Corrected some users not having Human Resources listed under the BS&A Applications menu
-  Corrected error when adding a pay code during the payroll wizard that is based on another distributions rate.
-  Corrected issue where editing a leave accrual id would give an error message.
Reporting
-  Corrected the hours entry spreadsheet to only display active rows on employees.
10/01/2015
Program Security
-  Added Employee Validation Security options in HR.
09/15/2015
General
-  Resolved reporting issue with the previous 9/15/2015 update. Reports with calculated fields, images or tables should be corrected automatically, unless the form was edited and saved using the previous 9/15 version.
09/15/2015
General
-  Corrected adding additional pay and expenses to vacancies in position budgeting.
-  Editing a position ID will no longer give an error message and will update employees correctly.
-  Corrected error that could appear when deleting a deduction and then immediately adding a new one.
New Features
-  The following changes have been implemented for the Affordable Care Act 1095-C default fields have been added to Benefit plans in Human Resources. The Employee monthly status of 1095-C information will fill in based on hire and termination dates. The ACA Employee FTE report has been added to the Timesheets program under Reports~Other Reports. We have added the Employee Annual ACA Entry grid to employees tax and W2 screen to allow for manual entry of 1095-C information on a per month basis. Added set fields utilities in the employee table to allow for setting default ACA information.
Reporting
-  Corrected the OP&F file to display negative wages and withholding correctly.
-  Decreased the amount of time it takes to reprint a check stub.
09/01/2015
General
-  Corrected the saving of job classes when the primary distribution has been removed.
-  Corrected adding additional pay and expenses to vacancies in position budgeting.
-  Corrected the issue with overwriting an employee from a job class, bargaining unit, or department when the setup item contains a duplicate item already on the employee.
-  Corrected deleting employees from position budgeting.
-  Corrected not being able to select a grant code on the employees GL distribution.
08/15/2015
General
-  Corrected adding a position and then removing it prior to associating that position with any employees.
-  Corrected the display of the certification ID and expiration dates on licenses and certifications for an employee when the issue date is not filled in.
-  Corrected the inability to edit imported or approved hours in the time sheets program.
-  Corrected issue with adding additional pay to individual employees in the position budget.
-  Corrected the drill down into a leave bank from the edit payroll screen.
-  Corrected the issue with benefit plans based on cost table percentages by bargaining unit not calculating the correct employee amount.
New Features
-  When viewing changes, users will now see the change highlighted in green. When you hover over the change, the previous value will be displayed. If this is a future change, the previous value will be the value as of today.
Reporting
-  Added the fields for position history to the Employee Incumbency History report to allow users to create a report showing the rate history on positions for employees in the human resources application.
-  Updated the IDES quarterly report to the TaxNet format.
-  Added the Ohio New Hire Export. This is located under Tasks~ Employment Verification Exports.
-  Corrected the LAGERS export to stop excluding duplicate employees by SSN. If an employee has 2 separate employee ID's both will now be included in the export.
-  Corrected the Check Amounts by GL Number report to correctly reflect the journals created by checks with allocation tables.
-  Corrected the calculation of the Approximate Amount column on the Hours Detail by GL Number Report when employees have projects attached to their GL numbers.
-  Corrected the PERA export to no longer have duplicate employees in the export where check adjustments would create a second record.
08/01/2015
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
07/20/2015
General
-  The 08/01/2015 update of Payroll, Human Resources, and Timesheets will contain important changes! These changes will be a building block for future modifications to the Payroll, Human Resources, and Timesheet applications. You may experience a delay in opening the program following the update. Please be patient, as the database will be undergoing modifications. For additional information about this update, please visit our website at click here. Due to the importance of this update your globe will not change back to blue until after you have downloaded and installed the 8/1/2015 update.
07/15/2015
General
-  Added the ability to sort the Employee Benefit Plan grid by Plan Name.
-  Corrected the error occurring when a user tries to add a row to a competed timesheet.
07/01/2015
Access My Gov
-  Corrected the display issue for Personal Financial Information when a direct deposit account had only four digits.
06/01/2014
General
-  Added the ability to run the Employee New Hire (MI) Report through HR as well as PR.
-  A significant change will be included in the June 16th Timesheets .Net update. This change will only impact users of BS&A Software’s Timesheets.NET application, but installing ANY updates to ANY application after 6/16/14 will require this update to be installed for the Timesheets program as well.
-  Corrected error appearing when trying to finalize a budget when deduction/expense ID's had been edited.
New Features
-  Added South Carolina income tax withholding rate.
-  Added custom exports for Flint retirement tracking.
-  Added Minnesota income tax withholding
-  Added Pennsylvania income tax withholding.
Program Security
-  Added a new Positions security option. If the user does not have access to Positions the table will no longer be available.
Reporting
-  Added back in the employee count and grand totals on the Unemployment Wage Verification Report.
-  Made fields available for adding to the Salaries by GL Fund-Department report writer report.
05/15/2014
General
-  Users will now be prompted to have the amount removed when turning off the pay flag on a life insurance type pay code.
New Features
-  When approving a new hire or changing an employee status to inactive/terminated users will get a prompt to change group membership accordingly.
Reporting
-  Resolved issue running the Benefit Invoice Rec by Benefit Plan Report.
05/01/2014
Access My Gov
-  Added an option in the Admin Application to add a message to the Employee Self Service screens.
New Features
-  Added a new positive pay format for JP Morgan Chase.
-  During the payroll process added an indicator when there are not any checks or direct deposits to be printed and disabled the button.
-  User now can clear out Termination date upon employee reactivation when approved through Task Management.
Reporting
-  Trunkline Maintenance Report now allows for filtering by Labor Codes.
-  Trunkline Maintenance Report is now user editable.
-  Mass Mutual (Generic CSV) has been added under the retirement exports and retirement reports.
04/15/2014
Access My Gov
-  Added disclaimer to AMG when there is a pending change to an employee record. The requested change will be highlighted in pink.
General
-  When creating a W3 there is an additional prompt to add Third Party Sick Pay wages versus standard taxable wages.
New Features
-  During the payroll process added an indicator when there are not any checks or direct deposits to be printed and disabled the button.
Reporting
-  The option to skip zero payments will no longer exclude payments where there are no regular hours but OT hours.
-  Added filtering options to the Employee Hours by Pay Code report to print only those employees with hours over/under the number selected. Also added an option to filter by pay codes.
-  Added option to the Employees Hours by Pay Code report to show only those hours marked as FMLA hours.
04/01/2014
Access My Gov
-  Added an option to send a testing email through the mass add AMG users.
General
-  Updated the Wisconsin tax tables to the new values effective April 1.
-  When removing hours from an employee that has been associated with a piece of equipment the hours will also be removed. Users will not be able to remove more hours from an employee than have already been allocated to equipment unless the equipment hours have first been decreased.
New Features
-  Users now have the ability to associate Work Order's with Comp Accruals in Timesheets.
-  Added a new positive pay format for JP Morgan Chase.
Reporting
-  Added a department filter to the Budget Items Detail Report.
-  When running the Benefit Reconciliation by Benefit Plan report and there is a credit listed the totals will reflect the credit in brackets.
-  When running the Hours Verification Report users will get the message No Records Found when no employees will print on the report due to filtering.
-  Added an option to run the Nebraska CSV Unemployment Export for an Alternate Unemployment Account. This number is set on the employee under Tax and W2 Information.
03/15/2014
New Features
-  Users now have the ability to associate Work Order's with Comp Accruals in Timesheets.
Program Security
-  Added security setting "View Audit Table" under category Database Options. This is defaulting to disabled. Any non-admin user will need this option enabled to view the Audit table.
Reporting
-  The Employees Hours Worked Report will now filter by employers correctly.
03/01/2014
New Features
-  Added option to save cloned or newly added rows to the list of default rows. They will not be marked as default, just added to the list.
Reporting
-  When creating a custom W3c the contact phone and fax number will now be formatted correctly.
02/15/2014
General
-  When turning off the flag for employees pay a portion of benefit plan the amount remaining will fill in under the employer column.
-  Corrected the audit record when changing the status history on an employee's employment record to display the correct "old value".
Reporting
-  When using Snap to Grid and Draw Grid, when creating a new report, these options will stay when set.
-  Added an option to Include only Active Employees on the WRS report and export.
-  Check adjustments to pay codes with overtime will display correctly based on the display options selected.
02/01/2014
General
-  When editing an employee in position budgeting the sort order will remain when you close out of the employee.
-  Corrected the edit button for 1099R's.
New Features
-  When terminating an employee in HR the termination reason and type will allow for entry. The options selected will pull over to the employee and update in HR once approved.
-  Added the ability to set which year to display W2 information and Check/YTD information on AMG for employees. This option is available under Program Settings/Online Settings.
01/15/2014
General
-  Will no longer receive a prompt if a default remittance bank is not selected when generating remittance checks.
-  When editing the 1099 R State Taxable Gross amount during the 1099 R printing process the 945 will reflect the new edited total.
-  Updated the MI SITW allowance amount from $3950 to $4000.
New Features
-  Allow for scanned documents to be saved as PDF's.
Reporting
-  Added an option to show the grand total for all remittances on the Remittance Balance Breakdown Report.
-  Non-Cash pay code values are no longer included on the Salaries by GL Fund-Dept Report
-  Added new W2 balancing report to show employees that do not have a selected Tax deduction associated with them. This report can be found under the balancing reports in the Year End Wrap Up process.
01/01/2014
General
-  When scheduling pay codes by pay periods the dates being displayed have been changed to the pay period start and end date.
New Features
-  When checking the Exclude from W2,W3,941 a prompt will appear regarding this process. Also there is a new help link with more information on what this box effects.
-  There is now an option to Include Inactive Accounts when creating an ACH Prenote File.
Reporting
-  A new report called the Applicable Gross Balancing Report has been added to the Tax Report list. This report compares the total pay code amounts to the amounts applicable to each tax. Any differences will show in the difference row.
-  A Pretax Deduction Balancing Report has been added under the Tax Reports. This report compares the total pre-tax amounts per deduction code against the year to date pre-tax amount over a specified date range/year.
-  The department field that displays on the employee status history screen will now display on the Employee Status History Report.
12/15/2013
General
-  When sorting the Invoice Benefit Reconciliation by employee name this sort will remain in effect while in the window.
-  Updated the federal EFW2 file with the new requirements for filing 2013 W2's.
-  When editing the balance on remittance checks values for the same deduction/expense with the same GL number will combine into one total for the deduction/expense.
Other
-  Updated the EWF2 process for State Taxes for the 2013 year.
Reporting
-  Corrected issue where changes would not save when editing a user report.
-  Running reports to excel from the report profiles will generate the report correctly.
12/01/2013
General
-  Unimported Hours Approval Status screen now shows Currently Approved To information.
-  Allow for removing of an email address on an employee without having to add a new one.
New Features
-  A new standard W-2 format has been added. It is named BSA Standard 4 Up Alternate With Boxes, W-2. Information also has been updated regarding envelope matching for W-2 formats.
Reporting
-  Corrected the layout on the Departmental Employee Ded/Exp Report so the columns will no longer overlap.
11/15/2013
General
-  When copying a position and you choose to ignore the pay codes, deductions and expenses from the new position the position will remain unchanged.
11/01/2013
New Features
-  Added Search Function to assist finding users in active directory list.
Other
-  The NHRS file has been updated to contain the fields previously not required by NHRS.
10/15/2013
New Features
-  Added Search Function to assist finding users in active directory list.
10/01/2013
New Features
-  Added Search Function to assist finding users in active directory list.
09/15/2013
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
09/01/2013
General
-  Lined up the comp time hour columns with the regualr hour columns.
Reporting
-  The Pending Leave Balance report will show the correct leave balance when the payroll has already been initialized but not journalized.
-  The Departmental Timsheets Report will show the notes on comp time hours earned.
08/15/2013
General
-  Updated the employees being displayed on the table to follow the only show active employees flag.
Other
-  Deleting attachments will now complete successfully.
Program Security
-  Added report profile user security allowing you to specify users or groups that can or can't access the report profile.
-  Added option to disallow the entering of hours into a leave pay code if the hours entered will bring the balance below zero.
Reporting
-  Added the ability to add watermarks to reports. The file must be .jpg and can be set in Program Setup | Administration | Global Report Watermark Setup.
-  The Departmental Timesheets Report will show flat amount pay codes even when the option to do not show pay codes with zero hours is selected.
-  Added the option to include comp leave accruals to the Biweekly Timesheets Report.
-  The filters on the Attendance Tracking Leave Report will now pull the correct information.
08/15/2013
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
08/01/2013
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
07/15/2013
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
07/01/2013
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
06/15/2013
Reporting
-  Added a Pending Leave Balances Report. This report can be found under Reports/Leave Reports.
-  Added a new report to show employees who are active but d not have any hours entered on their timesheets. This report is called the Empty Timesheet Report and can be found under Reports~Hours Reports.
06/01/2013
New Features
-  Added the ability to add an attachment to hours that have already been imported. The option must be turned on under Program Setup/Program Settings/ General Settings.
05/15/2013
New Features
-  A new option has been added to display the bargaining unit and primary position on the Employee Timesheet View.
Reporting
-  Added the Union Code 1 and 2 to the report writer for departmental reports.
-  The Employee Additional Item Summary report will correctly filter for the date range specified.
05/01/2013
New Features
-  Users can now set the sort order of work orders when selecting to add them to a timesheet.
04/15/2013
Reporting
-  Hours Detail by GL Number Report, will now allows users to run on a select specific grant code.
04/01/2013
General
-  Hours will display correctly when logging hours on the same day for multiple work orders.
New Features
-  Added total number of hours to the Hour for screen when entering multiple work orders.
03/18/2013
General
-  Fixed a couple of issues with rate display
-  Fixed an issue with cloning rows
03/15/2013
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
03/01/2013
General
-  The employees will update correctly when being moved from one approval group to another.
-  When cloning rows in timesheets, the rate will show up correctly when entering hours.
-  Users are now allowed to add more then 6 pieces of equipment when entering in hours on an employee.
-  When adding a new approval group you are able to add the approval levels without closing out and reopening the approval group.
02/15/2013
Reporting
-  Corrected error message on the Biweekly Timesheet Report when running on all records with no other report options selected.
02/01/2013
Reporting
-  Added an option to filter the Employee Hours By Pay Code report for only specific pay codes.
-  Attendance Leave Tracking Report now has the option to page break between employees.
01/15/2013
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
01/01/2013
General
-  Scheduled Update: No specific feature changes.
12/15/2012
General
-  Corrected possible error when adding a new approval group and moving employees from another group.
Reporting
-  Corrected error message when running on all records on the bi-weekly timesheet reports.
-  Attendance Leave Tracking Report will now filter selected leave banks correctly.
12/01/2012
General
-  When comp time taken exceeds available balance a message will now display correctly.
11/15/2012
General
-  Added attachment capability to individual hours records.
-  Corrected issue with Min and Max approval line displaying on the Approval Screen when no hours were entered.
11/01/2012
General
-  Update the assign distribution descriptions utility to prompt to stay open
Reporting
-  Update for Departmental Hours Summary Report to skip department when all employees skipped
10/15/2012
Reporting
-  Update attendance tracking leave report with beginning balances and add in ltd adjustments
09/28/2012
General
-  Fixed date ranges for mass adding default hours
-  Updated the Employee Add rows dialog to show default descriptions
-  Added a default description column to edit default hours view
09/12/2012
General
-  Added Grant Accounting
-  Fixed a bug where you could attempt to edit a null row via the edit imported hours utility
08/20/2012
General
-  Fix rate display issue for referenced rates
07/23/2012
General
-  Fixed an issue with Default Description lookups
-  Fixed a bug in hours approval drill down
07/06/2012
General
-  Add Mass sort default hours row utility
Reporting
-  Add employee additional items summary report
06/22/2012
General
-  Added Equipment Rental Setup as an available view
Program Security
-  Added Equipment Rental Setup Security
06/14/2012
General
-  Fix OT multiplier 1 display on imported TS hours records
-  Fix exporting employee timesheet for default distributions only
-  Fix an issue with hours approvals and lengthy user names
05/16/2012
Reporting
-  Update Hours Detail by GL Number report options handling of selected pay codes when no pay codes have been selected
05/15/2012
General
-  Rework assign distribution descriptions utility. Add the ability to create missing default hours rows.
-  Add approved report setup to Program Setup
-  Fixed a couple of bugs in the timesheet entry screen
Reporting
-  Fix a bug with exporting employee timesheets where it was attempting to use the wrong priority
05/07/2012
General
-  Fixed a bug where leave balance warnings might get suppressed
Reporting
-  Fixed a bug on the departmental hours detail report where it was not displaying distributions properly
05/03/2012
Program Setup
-  Fixed an issue with saving pay period details
04/30/2012
General
-  Allow for reordering of additional items and leave accruals
-  Fixed an error with totals display in the timesheet view when columns had been reordered
-  Fixed a bug in creating timesheet record for missing days that could cause duplicate records to get created
04/23/2012
General
-  Fixed a bug with the automactic resizing of columns when large values are entered
Program Setup
-  Fixed a bug with selecting Additional Timesheets Items as default rows
04/16/2012
General
-  Fixed an issue where two hours editing windows would show if the '.' key was pressed to enter editing
-  Fixed an issue with display of default hours when adding new rows
04/13/2012
General
-  Fix a bug with overtime mutlipliers not getting set correctly on new rows
-  Fix a bug with totals not adding correctly with newly added rows
04/06/2012
General
-  Fixed a bug in the Flat Amount Grids where Descriptions were not showing up
-  Updated creating of default row such that they can be added, removed and reordered
-  Updated the approval process with more drill down information
Reporting
-  Fixed a bug in the Hours by Pay Code report where additional timesheet items where showing up imporperly
03/02/2012
Reporting
-  Add the ability to change the fonts on system reports
02/15/2012
Other
-  Improve execution time of some queries
02/08/2012
General
-  Fixed a text alignment issue with comp time entry
Program Security
-  Added a new security setting for cloning hours rows
02/06/2012
General
-  Fixed a bug where newly added equipment hours detail rows were showing up in the wrong distribution / day
-  Added Third Party Generic Time Import for both Employee and Equipment Hours
-  Update indexes for hours approval table to improve performance in approval process
01/06/2012
Reporting
-  Fix rate fill on ref rate items on Departmental hours Summary report
12/12/2011
General
-  Fix some logic in creating a new row to allow more pay code info to be displayed
12/05/2011
Reporting
-  Update Custom Purple Report column header and width per Plymouths request
11/18/2011
General
-  Add option to default saving created / cloned rows to employee distributions
Reporting
-  Add Default Hours Description as an available field to Standard/biweekly timesheet reports
10/27/2011
General
-  Fix issue with saving create timesheets rows to employees
10/12/2011
Other
-  Update stored procedures for leave bank balances
10/11/2011
Reporting
-  Fixed a bug that could cause the Check Proofing Report not to print
10/06/2011
General
-  Update the hours approval process to approve records where there are zero values but existing records for the range
-  Update resetting pending hours approvals from approval group change to take less memory / time
09/20/2011
General
-  Fix a couple of bugs in the Equipment and Employee Timesheet Views where switching between databases
Program Setup
-  Fix a bug in resetting up approval levels where it could not recognize that the groups highest approval level has changed
09/12/2011
General
-  Fixed a bug in hours entry process where there is a min hours entry and zeroing out entries
09/07/2011
Reporting
-  Add Employee Group Status List Report
-  Fixed a bug in the Equipment Usage Detail Report
Program Setup
-  Add filter to timesheet setup group employee list for status
08/29/2011
General
-  Changed the grid behavior such that distribution column expands as dialog width expands in the timesheet view add row form
08/18/2011
Reporting
-  Added an Approval Group Setup List Report
Program Setup
-  Update the assign distribution descriptions utility to add ability to select allocation tables
08/16/2011
Reporting
-  Added GL#/segment Filter to the Equipment rental by employee report
-  Added selected activity code filter to the equipment rental by employee report
08/09/2011
General
-  Updated the Timesheets approval screen to follow the user preference for showing distribution descriptions when showing full distributions
-  Added the ability to approve / deny hours / view approval status from the main timesheet view if your user has rights
Reporting
-  Added an option to the Equipment rental by employee report to show daily totals
07/25/2011
Program Setup
-  Fixed a bug with default pay frequency in pay period setup (if you did not change the pay frequency it would not allow you to save the record)
06/28/2011
Reporting
-  Make equipment rental by employee report user editable
06/16/2011
Reporting
-  Added an option to the hours list report to select the start day of week
06/08/2011
General
-  Disable some tool strip buttons while data is still loading in main view
Reporting
-  Fix option on department timesheet for number weeks
06/02/2011
General
-  Fix employee timesheet sort order, where under certain circumstances the default sort would not be priority based
Reporting
-  Fix a bug that was keeping some report options from saving properly
-  Add report of Default Distribution Descriptions to Timesheet Setup Groups
05/27/2011
General
-  Add ability to save distributions to employees from create / clone records
-  Add security setting for saving distributions to employees
Reporting
-  Fixed a bug in standard timesheet where dates might print wrong
-  Update grouping on City of Plymouth’s purple report
-  Add Biweekly timesheet report
-  Create Hours Detail by Gl Number report
05/23/2011
General
-  Update Approval Process for pay periods and auto-load feature
-  Add Multi-week Default Hours and Projected Hours
Program Setup
-  Added Pay Periods Setup
-  Update Timesheets setup groups with pay period selection
05/03/2011
General
-  Add Default Accounting System for creating / cloning employee rows
04/27/2011
Other
-  Add user preference for default accounting selection when creating/cloning a new timesheets row
04/25/2011
General
-  Fixed a bug with changing approval group setup and updating employee hours approval status
Other
-  Fixed an issue creating a new databases
04/18/2011
General
-  Add option to create equipment rows from default distribution descriptions
Reporting
-  Speed up Plymouth's custom (purple) report
-  Add option to the attendance tracking report to only show leave bank with balance less than zero
-  Update Hours by Pay code report with grand totals by pay code
03/21/2011
General
-  Fixed a bug where depending on show gl number user pref, additional items may retrieve the wrong hours record
Reporting
-  Added Employee Imported Hours and Amounts Report
-  Add Gl Filter to Equipment usage detail report
02/23/2011
Program Setup
-  Add user preference to set the initial date when the app loads or public viewing is entered for an employee to either be today or last pay period end +1 day
02/23/2011
General
-  Update Hours form in TS to not show the Labor Entry tab if the Pay Code is not set up to allow labor.
-  Changed hours entry forms in TS to have more room for Pay Code and GL Number display
-  Added warnings if you build a new TS row with a zero rate
Reporting
-  Update the Departmental Hours Report with option to show (all, imported, unimported, fully approved, unapproved) hours
Program Setup
-  Added a Timesheet Setup Group option to zero primary distribution hours during TS import even if we're not importing for that row.
02/10/2011
General
-  Add Timesheets Additional Tracking Items
Reporting
-  Update Department hours summary report to be user editable
-  Fix a bunch of formatting issues with Hours by Pay Code Report
-  Fixed Plymouth Purple Hours report to include Comp Hours as Blue Hours
01/27/2011
General
-  Fix an issue entering summary equipment rental data for days where default rows have not been added.
Program Setup
-  Add Timesheet setup group default distribution descriptions
12/22/2010
12/20/2010
General
-  Added process to update unapproved hours rows when you change the maximum approval rank of an approval group
12/10/2010
General
-  Fixed an issue with saving hours records where when removing hours from the primary distribution the changed row was not accepting changes after the database was updated
Reporting
-  Updated the hours list report with the ability to query highest approval level at creation
12/01/2010
Reporting
-  Fixed date display on the hours by pay code report when run in detailed by day mode
11/29/2010
General
-  Added a quick search for Equipment ID.
-  Changed Equipment Distributions to sort by GL Number.
09/28/2010
Reporting
-  Add option to the equipment usage report to skip distributions with zero hours
07/27/2010
General
-  Add New Restricted viewing setup
05/19/2010
General
-  Added Equipment & Materials Table View
-  Added Equipment / Materials Timesheet Main View
Program Setup
-  Updated Timesheets setup groups Setup to include equipment
Other
-  Retooled Mass Add Default hours to allow selection of multiple Setup Groups
-  Add time calc lookup button next to the hours field in the edit employee hours form
03/18/2010
General
-  - Update Quick Searches to be consistent between the hrms apps (F5 Employee ID, F6 Employee Last Name)
-  - Fixed Edit Imported Hours utility.
Program Setup
-  - Fixed bug refreshing main view if a Timesheet Setup Group is changed
Program Security
-   - Added security setting to allow users to edit notes on Imported hours rows.
02/26/2010
General
-  - Fix Mass adding default hours for leave accruals
-   - Update detail hours breakdown in the approval process to show OT type pay codes hour's in the ot hours column
Reporting
-  - Add option to print for selected leave accruals in addition to pay codes to dept hours detail report
02/19/2010
General
-  Added an option to Timesheet Setup Groups to require users to enter notes when time is worked for a specific day of the week
-  Fixed an issue where duplicate days could show up in the main timesheet view
02/16/2010
General
-  Added a user preference to show zero values as dashes in the timesheet entry view
-  Fixed a bug where you had to exit the application for the display distribution description user preference to take effect
Program Setup
-  Added a bargaining unit filter to timesheet setup groups
-  Added a bargaining unit filter to approval group setup
02/05/2010
General
-  Fix a bug with leave balances by pay period end date
Reporting
-  Update Hours with Associated Notes Report to show ot type pay codes hours in the ot column
02/03/2010
General
-  Fix for Mass Add Defualt Hours Utility
12/15/2009
General
-   - Add error checking prior to deleting hours rows for import state and approval state relative to the current user.
-   - Fix some logic w/ hours rows being editable
Program Setup
-  - Fix a couple of record management bugs in timesheet setup groups
10/30/2009
Reporting
-  Fixed the Secondary sort on the Departmental Timesheet report to follow employee table dept sort
10/28/2009
Reporting
-  - Add option to the departmental hours summary report to only print unimported hours
10/20/2009
General
-  Update the edit hours form to handle the stop on notes field option better
Reporting
-  Added an option to run for selected pay codes to the standard timesheet
-  Updated the equipment rental reports gl number column widths
10/20/2009 
10/13/2009
General
-  Add Mass add default hours utility
Reporting
-  Fix showing of flat amounts on the departmental hours summary and detail reports
-  Fix skip zero hours option on the departmental hours summary and detail reports to not skp flat amount rows with values
-  Added an option to run the departmental hours detail report for selected pay codes
-  Add Equipment Rental by Employee Report
-  Add Equipment Usage Detail Report
-  Update the Standard Timesheet so that you can print pay code details from an employee distribution row
10/05/2009
General
-  Fix a couple of issues with deleting / editing disassociated hours
-  Update clone distribution to default to gl number selection
-  Add option to disable 24 hour limit for individual pay codes
Reporting
-  Add option to sub sort by date or pay code to the employee hours by pay code report
-  Add option to sub total by sub sort to the employee hours by pay code report
-  Update comp accruals to show leave bank - leave accrual in the employee hours by pay code report
09/21/2009
General
-  Update tool bar for editing default hours and adding hours rows to employee timesheets
-  Added option to clone timesheet rows and change the distribution on them
-  Added option to create new timesheet rows
Program Security
-  Added Security Option to Hide rates from users
-  Added Security Option for creating new timesheet rows
08/31/2009
General
-  Update control display and handling in the main timesheet view
-  Fix an issue with entering time where it may not save properly when exiting the entry form with the escape key
-  Fixed an hours approval issue with multiple user approvals
Reporting
-  Fixed Totals on the employee hours by pay code report
-  Updated the Departmental Timesheet report for populations other than all records
08/06/2009
General
-  Fix some user validation when adding users to approval levels
Reporting
-  Updated the Departmental Hours Report
07/24/2009
General
-  Distribution Descriptions should show on the add new rows form if you have the option turned on to view them
-  Distribution Descriptions column has been added to the edit default rows form
-  Significantly speed up the loading of employee timesheet information
Program Setup
-  Fix a crash bug when adding departments to restricted viewing mode
07/16/2009
General
-  Added a user preference to highlight inactive employees on the employee table
-  Added a user preference to only show active employees on the employee table
-  Updated the employee leave calendar to not show leave for days with zero hours taken
-  Fixed a bug where the application would crash if you tried to add a new row to a timesheet with out first selecting a row to add
Program Setup
-  Added an option to timesheets setup groups to require notes on comp accrual (time worked) entry
Program Security
-  Removed an unused security category
Other
-  Fixed the sort order with quick search by employee last name
06/29/2009
General
-  Added the ability to view approval status from the edit hours dialog
Program Setup
-  Added Employee Public Viewing Mode Passwords
-  Fix a couple of issues with saving departmental restricted viewing setup