Bank Account Type, Leave Cost, RBL Export, Payroll and Payslip Improvements

Versions: 4.21
Release dates: January 19th, 2023.

This week we’re introducing a few feature improvements and bug fixes. Here are a few of them:

Bank Account Form

We’ve added a new field for Bank Account type on this form. Savings Account is set as the default account type.

Payslip Formats

We’ve added the ability to update/save new Payslip formats from the Payslip view page.

Leave Balance & Cost Report

In the Leave Forecast report, you are now able to view the leave balance and cost of all available leaves remaining for all employees.  

Republic Bank TXT Export

For employers paying via Republic Bank, there is a TXT format that the bank requests, especially if you’re paying employees across banks. You are now able to download this export directly from the Payroll Page.

Minor Features

Upcoming Birthdays & Anniversaries
Previously, we were showing birthdays in the next 7 days, and anniversaries for the next 30 days, this has been updated so that both Birthdays & Anniversaries are for the next 30 days.

Payroll Branch Summary Report

• We’ve updated the Columns selector to toggle appropriate columns.
• The filters are fully functional.
• We’ve added Allowance Breakdowns to Branch Summary Report.

Payslip – Vertically Stacked Design

• We’ve updated the Column Selector options with names corresponding to respective fields.
• We’ve fixed the issue where some fields were not toggled.
• The Overtime Hours are now organized by rate.
• The Overtime Hours with similar rates are now added together.
• We’ve updated it to show a breakdown of Standard Overtime Hours.

Payslip – 3-Column Simple Design

• We’ve fixed the issues where daily, weekly, and hourly rates were shown as $0.
• The format is now always accurate.
• We’ve fixed the issue so no more blank spaces where data is shown will be hidden.

Allowances

• We’ve added Education as a new taxable allowance.

Roles & Permissions

• We’ve added a new role and permissions for an IT Manager. 

Form 7B

• Employees will now be able to print their own Form 7B report.
• Form 7b now shows the employer information at the top of the form as opposed to the Employee information. 
• Fixed the issue where employees could not generate their own Form 7B report.

Timesheet Imports

• We’ve added Absents as a property when importing Timesheet entries.

Bug Fixes

Payslip Download

• We’ve fixed the issue where employees were not able to download payslips from their login. 
• Employees can now download payslips. 
• The PDF Formatting was updated for payslip employee download. 

Payslip Emails

• We’ve fixed the issue where the Vertical Payslip email was not showing all values.
• The Payslip email format is now updated to closely match the selected format.
• We’ve fixed the issue where absents and overtime were not showing on the Payslip.
• We’ve fixed the issue so no more blank spaces where data is shown will be hidden. 

Payrolls

• We’ve fixed issues where fortnightly NIS EE and ER were calculated incorrectly due to the salary ceiling.
• We’ve fixed filtering issues on Payroll computations and Payroll employee services. 
• We’ve fixed the issue where salary work hours would cause the total row to shift in the paysheet. 

Payroll Reports

• We’ve fixed some bug issues that affected the generation of Form 2A.
• We’ve fixed some bug issues that affected the generation of Form 2B.

Asset Register 

• We’ve fixed the issue where the asset register would redirect back to the homepage.