Upcoming 2017 Conferences:   July Conferences:  See pics below   Customer Corner - I want to highlight the great accomplishments our HR Focus Group Customers have done this monthJ.  If your organization has done something great (upgraded, deployed fluid/new functionality) please let me know so you can get your well deserved recognition. HR Focus Group Updates:  Thank you to all the customers who volunteered to participate in the focus group
  • Guided Self Service (GSS) Focus Group - New & Improved Manager Self Service – An additional enhancement we are working on is ability to make Reason required (via configuration) for GSS.
  • Global HR Focus Group – No update this month
  • Onboarding – Happy to announce Day 1 onboarding was delivered in Image #23.  Organizations can now create onboarding activity guides to take their employees through onboarding starting their first day of hire and moving them through the process.  See Day 1 Onboarding video for more details.  The onboarding focus group also met and worked through requirements needed for offboarding. If you are interested in joint our focus group, email Jeremy (pelley@oracle.com)
  • Employee Snapshot -  In image 23, PeopleSoft delivered Career Planning as well as updates to training, education and job interest tiles. We continue to work the HR Admin view of employee snapshot. Our focus group will be meeting at the end of august. If you interested in this focus group contact Jeremy(pelley@oracle.com)
  • S. Federal Focus Group – Had a Partner focus group call on July 27th, demo’d and reviewed the Simplify PAR USF & Retroactive PAR.  Also discussed Retroactive PAR new compliance change requests (Cyber Security Code & Gender Value changes).  For participation in US Federal Customer Focus Group or Partner Focus Group, please contact Venky (venkatesh.kotikalapudi@oracle.com)
  • Company Directory Focus Group***NEW*** – We will starting a new focus group to enhance Company Directory, if you are interested in participating please let me know (alonso@oracle.com).  First focus group meeting tentatively scheduled for end of August.
***Important Note*** Focus Groups are open to all customers, calls are typically once a month for an hour or as needed.  Your organization needs to have a current CPCA (customer participation confidentiality agreement) since Oracle discloses future design and prototypes.  Email me if you are interested in any of the above focus groups. USA/Global Legislative Updates – https://blogs.oracle.com/PsftLegUpdates/
  • India - Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India has announced changes to administrative charges for EPF and EDLI Scheme. Oracle has published a revised position statement detailing these legislative changes along with solution deliverable timelines
  • France - The French Government has released a new DSN technical book, which will be effective from January 2018.
  • USA – USCIS released a revised version of the Form I-9, effective September 17, 2017.
  HR Bundles/PUM Update – tentative dates
  • 1 – Bundle #25 -scheduled for October 2017
  • 2 – Image #24 – scheduled for October 2017
  PeopleSoft General Update –
  • New PeopleSoft Talk – In this special episode of PeopleSoft Talk, Marc talks with Willie Suh, PeopleSoft Group Vice President for Applications Development about PeopleTools 8.56 https://youtu.be/Jd07KBKiuHI