Addition of System Admin Email in Company settings to automatically notify administrators to create an official email for candidates to onboard, whether they are employees or contractors.
Addition of authorized signatory in Company settings for the final approval of the PO / MSA document signing.
Configuration of Work authorization status based on the business unit within the application for consistent data management.
New feature of PO/ MSA workflow Configuration was introduced under the settings module to help simplify and optimize the business processes.
Quick Books can now be integrated into our application with our new configuration screen ‘Quickbook Account Config’ to customize the account, item and payment related settings based on business unit. This new feature allows to streamline the accounting processes.
Sub-Contractor Login - PO List Module
New “PO List” module in the sub-contractor login gives a comprehensive view of work order details for the respective contractors, including their PO E-signing status. This feature helps stay on top of contractor management tasks, ensuring timely completion of work orders and efficient communication with the concerned suppliers.
Dashboard
Payroll update card to view the alerts for the payroll-related action.
Dashboard card for HR actions
On-boarding pending
Pre-hire Pending
New Hire pending
Supplier onboarding pending
Enhancement
Log In Screen
Password visibility option is implemented to view the input of change password.
Dashboard
Enhancement in Payroll update card to view the in-depth details for the payroll-related actions taken.
Settings
Syncing of Datas from QuickBooks to EmployEz for accounts, items, and payment methods. This saves time and effort by accessing this information directly within our application, without having to switch back and forth between platforms.
Accessibility of Q’Book Integration tab to Accounting role
Employee Prehire
Search functionality was implemented under PreHire Approval tab for scrutinizing the employee with their basic details of name, phone number, Email or with the Agreement / Onboarding status.
SMS sending facility to our prehire approval process, allowing to notify newly hired candidates to fill and sign their documents with ease.
Employee Create/Edit
Defaulting of Pay provider Id while creating an employee profile, to alert the HR while performing the payroll extract in-order to sync the profile with the pay provider.
Sub-Contractor Onboarding Dashboard:
Initiate PO tab is implemented in sub-contractor on-boarding dashboard, where HR can initiate the signing process of PO agreement. PO agreement will be auto-populated with work order data and initiated from the adobe platform for E-Signing between the procurement department and suppliers.
Implementation of 3 level journey of MSA and PO agreements with HR reviewing and approving the forms followed by the sub-contractor and authorized signatory signing.
Work Order
In Time & Material
BGC documents are captured in On-boarding document list with respect to contractors assigned to work order.
In Account rep tab, provision is given to add multiple recipients for the invoice with ease.
Enhancement feature of enable invoice edit in account rep tab allows editing of time sheet hours while generating invoice, making the process even more flexible and convenient. With this feature enabled, changes to the time sheet hours can be made without having to start the invoice creation process over from scratch.
Resource Allocation
In connection with the projects that are expired, project extension grace period has been extended to 30 days.
Immigration Docs
Under Immigration Documents, categorization capabilities have been enhanced to easily organize and manage the immigration documents. New documents can be added based on their respective category, and even move existing documents to the appropriate category using our intuitive Move option.
Mobile Application
Enhancement of mobile application to include Internal / In-house projects.
While creating an Employee/Contractor, each information filling tab can now be saved individually at any instance and can restart later from where it was left.
The restart process can be done under the ‘Pending List’ option.
Auto alerts to the insurance provider on hiring and terminating employees.
Accounting – Receivables
Invoice Timesheet Attachment feature,
Provision has been given to attach the employee uploaded - client approved timesheet and send the attachments along with the invoice in email during invoice generation
To view and select the uploaded timesheet files, the ‘Attach Timesheet's icon has been implemented.
Work Order
Internal Project module,
Provision to add Internal Project as a Work Order has been newly implemented, with minimal details of the project.
It is mainly used for in-house projects, allocating resources can be done for the same in Resource Allocation.
Settings
Quick Book Integration,
Quick Books is now integrated with the application for the Vendor, Customer details and Payment terms.
The data from the Quick Books are fetched and displayed in the application, under the new tab called ‘ Q’ Book Integration ‘. The data from this tab can be updated in the application
The Vendor and Customer data will get updated in Partner Details.
New tab namely Payment Details is implemented for the updated Payment terms.
Easy email capturing of Insurance providers through company details.
Enhancement
Reports:
In Utilization reports, under Active Employees:
Now reports can be filtered and sorted based on the Cost Center.
Introduced Export CSV option to download the Utilization reports in CSV (Comma Separated Values) Format.
Accounting – Receivables:
Invoice Download option,
Invoice download option has been implemented in Invoice Updating, Invoice Report and Pending Payments tab. This is mainly implemented in order to view the Hours, Rate and Discount details of the original invoice.
By clicking the Invoice Number, the respective Invoice will get downloaded for viewing and can also be saved in the system
Sub-Contractor Onboarding:
Welcome Email generation,
Initiation of welcome email to the contractor on initiating a Sub-Contractor onboarding request by a Sales personnel.
The email consists of a welcome note with their designation, client name and the start date of the project.
Sub-Contractor Onboarding feature introduced, which enables the company to onboard a new supplier company and also onboard the contractor from the Supplier company and create a work order for the contractor.
Sub-Contractor Dashboard
All the documents to be signed by the parties can be initiated through Adobe platform to have the e-signature, and other documents can be uploaded through the system and maintained.
Enhancement
Reports-HR
Option to update the PTO Payout hours in Reports->HR-> Vacation reports
Dashboard card order can be changed in the settings
Reports
New Sales Realized report to track sales by recruiters in Financial Reports. Charts/graphs added for quick visualization.
New Immigration report to track visas, status, and dates in HR Report
Help File added for quick access throughout the application
Enhancement
Overtime hours can now be calculated by either Project or Total time clocked
You can now specify a different ‘Employee Pay Rate’ for hourly employees in Sales Orders. Payroll calculations will also reflect this rate
Enhanced integration for Invoicing Module with Quickbooks for payable and receivable module
Enhanced intuitive user interface for receivable module
Fixed PO’s
Workflow changed: When a PO is created, supervisors have to ‘Complete’ it and assign incentives. It will then become available for Resource allocation.
Mail alert is triggered to Approver on Fixed PO creation.
The New Time-Off module allows employees to submit leave requests on the go.
Supplier and Payable Module
New functionality to maintain payment details.
Integrated new supplier details to QuickBooks
Both Fixed and T&M POs supported
The payable module matches Vendor bills against Sales Orders and Contractors' details such as hours logged and agreed-upon Pay Rate
Payments are released based on payment terms selected
Integration for bill creation and subsequent bill payment in Quickbooks
Two-Factor Authentication available as an option
Two-factor authentication using Google Authenticator available for enhanced security
Reports
New Admin: Sales Realized Report shows total T&M sales for a selected period
Enhancement
Employee Self Service
File upload functionality was added to each tab during Change Requests. Once the request is approved by HR, the file will be moved to Employee Central and viewable in the Upload tab.
Reports
Utilization Report: Added Pie Charts to view employee utilization by percentage
Others:
Password: Reset Password: Added SMS option to send OTP
Improved workflow for Sales Orders so they have to be approved by an Admin before employees can be assigned. This adds a layer of validation for rates.
Employees can now upload files such as identification documents during Onboarding. Once the Pre-hire approval process is complete, the files will be visible in the Employee Central Onboarding submodule.
You can now add reports to your favourite list by clicking the ‘Star’ icon to the right of all reports.
These ‘Favorite’ reports will then show in the ‘Favorite Reports’ card in your Dashboard. You can access these reports directly by clicking on the links in your dashboard card.
Enhancement
The timesheet has an updated look with a cleaner calendar. The week buttons are gone and you can click on any day of the calendar to be taken to the time entry for that week.
The dropdown list to select a pay period in Timesheet now shows the months/pay periods in descending order.
For Bi-Weekly and Weekly timesheets, the dropdown list for pay periods shows fewer periods. You can select additional periods by clicking the ‘Additional Periods’ button above the dropdown.
Recruiters now have to provide a reason for editing a PO after creation. Just type in your reason for editing the PO in the popup box.
Leave application for PTO was restricted to only apply for allowed PTO hours in the Time-Off module.
Dashboard:
Using the Settings (Admin), ‘General Config’ tab, you can configure a dashboard card to:
link to external web pages by clicking the ‘External Domain’ checkbox.
browse and select a file from your local machine and upload it so it can be accessed by clicking on its link in the dashboard card.
Immigration Module:
‘Immigration’ flag introduced in Admin Settings-> General Config-> Company Info popup box.
Selecting this flag enables the ‘Immigration’ module in the HR menu items.
The immigration module allows you to view a list of employees with the ‘H1B’ status.
By clicking the ‘Edit Details/View Docs button, you can maintain immigration-related information such as I-94 number and expiration date.
Any changes made to the Worksite tab are also updated in the Employee Create/Edit module.
Documents uploaded via this module are also available for viewing in Reports->Public Access Files.
Project-Based Timesheets:
‘Proj Based TS’ flag introduced in Admin Settings-> General Config-> Company Info popup box.
Selecting this flag means that employees can only record time against projects they are assigned to.
After the expiration of their assigned project, either the project may be extended or they may be assigned to a new project.
Invoicing:
From the list of invoices, click on an employee name. Select employee/s in the popup and send an SMS message to remind them to submit their timesheet to expedite invoicing.
Show the open balance and overdue balance in the reports
‘Gender’ and ‘Ethnicity’ fields were added to the ‘Personal’ info tab.
Employees can be marked as ‘Floater’ by checking a box in the ‘Pay Config’ tab.
Reports:
The new ‘EEO Report’ provides a demographic breakdown of the employer’s workforce by race and gender.
Approver (Project Time Approval Report): You can now narrow down the ‘Project Time Approval’ list entries by Project- simply select the desired project from the dropdown after selecting the time period and generating the report.
Added the Balance PTO field in the HR vacation report.
SMS messaging functionality was added to the application.
In Reports-> Payroll, select employees and click the ‘Send SMS Reminder’ button to send a text message to selected employees reminding them to submit their timesheets.
You can also use this functionality to send your own custom messages.
In the Resource Allocation module, you can select Employees and send a text message to check on their availability for a project by clicking the ‘SMS Employees’ button.
You can view their responses in the ‘View Responses’ tab.
Invoicing:
Payment integration with Quickbooks was added.
Enhancement
Resource Allocation Module:
Employee projects can be extended using the module, however, the project end date must be within 15 days of the present date.
After the grace period of 15 days for the extension period, you can add an employee again to the project by using the ‘Add Employees’ button.
‘Floater’ type employees are distinguished in the add employee dropdown by showing the floater word in parenthesis next to their name in the list.
Moved the hosting environment from AWS to the Secure Microsoft Azure platform
The single-tenant architecture was introduced for clients who do not want to go with the Saas model
Employee Central:
Timesheets:
Admin timesheet was introduced for employees unable to enter time. The time Coordinator would enter time for those employees using the Admin TS
Email Notifications are sent to
Managers when timesheet, time off request or expense request is submitted.
Employees get a notification when a timesheet or expense request is rejected
HR manager when a change request is submitted by an employee
Disciplinary Module:
When an employee exhibits undesirable behavior on duty, managers can record the incident using this module. Select the Employee, date, location, and type of activity and add comments.
The list of disciplinary actions can be viewed in Reports->Approver and Reports->HR tabs.
Enhancement
Reports:
The Utilization Report was completely revamped. You can view entries grouped by Employees, Projects, or Clients by selecting the corresponding field in the table header.
Approver-> Timesheet report added
Option to rehire inactive employees added: using the HR->Employee->Inactive Employee option, you can select an inactive employee and rehire them.
Invoicing:
Integration with Quickbooks enhanced to support multiple selections of invoices to be sent to QuickBooks.
In the Invoice Updation tab, we introduced the payment method (ACH and Check) in the dropdown.
During Invoice Generation, the amount to be invoiced is populated in the “Invoice Amount’ text box, but the accountant can change this amount based on what is to be invoiced depending on other conditions.
Multiple invoices can now be selected for updating in the Invoice Updation tab.