As a reminder, Oracle announced that Classic pages that have an equivalent page in Fluid for at least 2 years will be desupported.   The first set of desupported pages is effective 12/31/2017 - List of desupported Classic pages   The first set of as of January 1, this means: -          No bugs should be logged on these components -          No fixes will be delivered for these components -          Customers can still continue to use them, however, you will be responsible for maintaining them   Have a nice day, -Julie   Upcoming 2017 Conferences: PeopleSoft Strategy will be in attendance   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
  • Global HR– Quest webinar -PeopleSoft Functionality Impacting Global HR and Payroll Operations – Click on link to register.
  • Onboarding - No Focus Group meeting in November, we will have one in mid-December.  Will be showing some planned enhancements for Day 1 Onboarding.  We have heard from several customers who are in the process of implementing Onboarding – always exciting to see uptake of new features.  If you want to be a part of the focus group, contact Jeremy (pelley@oracle.com)
  • ePerformance - We spent November looking at the top priority of enhancing notifications.  We are working to get in place due date notifications for all of the customers who don’t currently use outlook desktop integration.  This will greatly enhance the usability of the ePerformance system.  Development is currently under way and we will review this as well as the proposed designs for document transfer in the January focus group meeting.  If you want to be a part of the focus group, contact Jeremy (pelley@oracle.com)
  • Employee Snapshot – Development is currently working on the Admin View for Employee Snapshot.  Next focus group is scheduled for mid-December.
  • If you want to be a part of the focus group, contact Jeremy (pelley@oracle.com)
  • Profile Management - Development is under way for our top enhancement requests.  We will regroup in January to review preliminary designs. If you want to be a part of the focus group, contact Jeremy (pelley@oracle.com)
  • Position Management -  Our next meeting will be in January. If you want to be a part of the focus group, contact Jeremy (pelley@oracle.com)
  • Company Directory – Focus Group reviewed the ranking results of the top enhancement requests submitted.   If you are interested in participating please contact Prathibha (sastry@oracle.com)
  • S. Federal –  Focus Group reviewed what new features will be in image 25 and 26.  Group discussed Modernization of Correction & Cancellation flows, Cyber Security Code changes and Gender Value changes.  If you are interested, contact Venky (venkatesh.kotikalapudi@oracle.com)
  • HR Help Desk - Focus Group discussed improvements for Knowledge Base so customers can easily create and maintain solutions (individually or in bulk) while increasing their effectiveness in an agent facing scenario. Customers shared how they currently follow an approval based process for content management and indicated a strong need for a standardized process to help manage knowledge contents. Also, a one stop center for "any or all" knowledge needs for agents was recommended.  If you are interested in this focus group, contact Mohit (shukla@oracle.com)
  ***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/
  • United States – Gender Changes for US Federal
  • United States – OSHA has a new requirement that 300A Annual Summary report needs to be filed electronically
  • Australia - ATO had released some recent updates on Single Touch Payroll scope and its respective timelines
  • Malaysia - The Malaysian Government has formulated an Act for the Employment Insurance System to be administered by the Social Security Organization
  • Malaysia - The Government of Malaysia has proposed changes to the existing income tax rates benefiting the middle income group
  HR Bundles/PUM Update – tentative dates
  • 1 – Bundle #26 –scheduled for February 2, 2018 – Important Note: This is the last 9.1 Bundle J!!!
  • 2 – PRP Legs/Regs Updates for HR, ACA, PNA – posted on December 1, 2017
  • 2 – Image #25 – scheduled for January 19, 2018
  PeopleSoft General Update:
  • In this PeopleSoft Talk, Marc talks with Paco Aubrejuan, Senior Vice President, PeopleSoft Enterprise about the PeopleSoft Investment Strategy - https://youtu.be/eygB14gxAKI
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