Oracle have started to release what’s coming in release 24B. Whilst they are likely to drip feed the features over March, I wanted to highlight a few key new features that have already been announced.
Absence Cases are critical to the new Enhanced UK Statutory Absence Solution that is mandatory for UK customers in release 24C. Having the Absence Cases page rewritten in the Redwood toolset ensures that users have a consistent experience with absences.
A great feature for organisations using Absences and Time Cards in Redwood, is the ability to view absence plan balances directly in the time card. This saves employees having to check their balances in the absence area and then go back to their time cards. This will only add value for those organisations that allow employees to enter absences directly in the time card, rather than in absences and interfacing across to time cards.
One big frustration for customers in the difficulty in reporting on open ended absences. Open ended absences are a fact of life for most organisations are employees will go on leave with no known return to work date. In 24B, the open ended flag and the estimated end date attribute have been added to the absences OTBI subject area. This will make the monitoring of open ended absences much easier.
As I said earlier, Oracle are likely to release more features in Absence later in the month, so I will do an updated blog later. Also keep an eye out for blogs on other modules within HCM Cloud for Release 24B. Please check out my post on the key features so far in Core HR:
About the author:
Kate Mead is an Oracle-certified HCM Consultant and Solution Architect at Version 1 with 14 years of experience in Oracle HR and Payroll systems, including 7 years with Oracle HCM Cloud. She has worked across implementation projects and managed services, has a sound knowledge of UK Payroll legislation and — before becoming a consultant — was an HR Manager.
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