Pay Setup

Added the ability to export audit information into a CSV file in the Advanced Audit screen in Pay Setup > Pay Policy. To support this update, the Export button was added in the Advanced Audit toolstrip.

For more information, see “View Audit Information” in the Dayforce Implementation Guide.

Updated Dayforce to fix an issue where, in rare cases, the application deleted balance transactions when entitlements were configured with offset recurrences.

Added the ability to monitor and correct pay date discrepancies for non-committed pay calendars in Pay Setup > Pay Group. To support this update, the Validate button was added to the toolstrip in the Pay Calendars tab. This functionality can help identify issues with dates in non-committed pay periods, such as duplicate or shifted pay dates, so that you can avoid payroll commit issues. When Dayforce detects an issue with the pay calendar, it generates an error and describes the issue in the Problems panel.

Further, a new background job was added in System Admin > Background Jobs to support pay calendar validation functionality in Pay Setup. The new Validate Pay Calendar Dates background job notifies administrators when Dayforce detects issues with pay calendar dates. It is recommended that you schedule this job to run daily after the site-level Pay Group Calendar Generator background job to validate the pay calendar dates generated by the application.

For more information, see the following topics in the Dayforce Implementation Guide:

• “The Pay Calendars Tab”
• “Validate Pay Calendar Dates”

Added the ability to filter the rules and qualifiers shown in the Rules Configuration tab in Pay Setup > Pay Policy. With this update, users can filter by rule types and filter out inactive or expired pay rules and qualifiers.

For more information, see “Filter Rules and Qualifiers” in the Dayforce Implementation Guide.

Before You Begin: This feature is available only to users who have the Dayforce Industry Solution (DIS) integration between Dayforce and DataFuZion (Fuze).

Added the ability to enable the Dayforce Industry Solution (DIS) integration between Dayforce and DataFuZion (Fuze) so that the Industry Solution (IS) rate can be provided by DataFuZion to Dayforce. To support this functionality, the Apply IS Rate rule has been added to Pay Setup > Pay Policy. When this rule is added to a pay policy, Dayforce receives the IS rate and updates the pay summary records in Timesheets.

For more information, see “Apply IS Rate Rule” in the Dayforce Implementation Guide.

Added the ability to filter and save favorite entitlement policies in Pay Setup > Entitlements. To support this functionality, the Favorites drop-down list and Filter button were added to the toolstrip in the Policies tab.

For more information, see the following topics in the Dayforce Implementation Guide:

• “Filter Entitlement Policies”
• “Save Entitlement Policy Filters as Favorites”

Added the ability to assign a status reason to minimum wage records. To support this functionality, the following updates were made in Dayforce:

• The Status Reason column was added in Pay Setup > Minimum Wages. Click the Status Reason field to open a drop-down list containing reason options for status changes. This drop-down list contains options that are derived from your employment status reason configuration in HR Admin > Employment Status Reason. All status reasons configured with the Compensation Change checkbox selected appear in the Status Reason drop-down list in Pay Setup > Minimum Wages.
• The Minimum Wage Update status reason was added in HR Admin > Employment Status Reason. This is a system-generated status reason that can’t be updated and is configured with the Compensation Change checkbox selected.

Now, after you assign status reasons to your minimum wage records in Pay Setup > Minimum Wages, you can run the Employee Minimum Wage Update background job to reconcile these status reasons. After the background job runs, Dayforce updates your employees’ statuses in their employee profiles in People if they are eligible for a new minimum wage rate. When the job detects eligibility, it updates the Reason field in the Employment > Employment, Compensation and Policy Settings screen of their employee profiles, in the Employment Status tab.

As a part of this update, all existing minimum wage records will be assigned the Minimum Wage Update status reason by default.

Additionally, to support this update, the Status Reason filter was added to the filter panel in Pay Setup > Minimum Wages.

For more information, see “Configure Minimum Wage” in the Dayforce Implementation Guide.

Updated the Pay Setup > Minimum Wages screen to include the Copy button and the Problems panel. Now, users can copy employee records when needed and if there are any validation errors, they are shown in the Problems panel with additional information about the error.

Added the ability to set a limit on pay adjustment pay codes to prevent managers or employees from accidentally overpaying themselves or their subordinates. Previously, Dayforce didn’t have the ability to place thresholds on amount-based and time-based pay adjustments that were created with certain pay codes. Now, the Pay Code Group screen has been updated to include the following settings in the Edit Access > Current section:

• Amount General Limit
• Minute General Limit
• Amount Self Limit
• Minute Self Limit

Additionally, to support this functionality, the following problem categories were added:

• Pay Adjustment amount limit exceeded
• Pay Adjustment minutes limit exceeded

Note: For this functionality to work, at least one pay code group has to be set up with limits and assigned to the employee. Further, the above problem categories need to be enabled in the Problem Configuration tab in Pay Setup > Punch Policy.

For more information, see “Configure Pay Code Groups” and “Punch Policy Problem Validation Library” in the Dayforce Implementation Guide.

Added the ability to validate a Rest Period violation based on the duration of the prior shift. This update was made to be compliant with the Fitness Industry Award regulations in Australia. Employees must be paid overtime when they haven't taken at least 10 hours of rest between shifts, except if they've worked 3 consecutive hours or less before the beginning of a break between shifts. To support this update, the Originating shift must be at least [nnn] minutes duration setting was added to the Rest Period Rule in Pay Setup > Pay Policy.

For more information, see “Rest Period Rule” in the Dayforce Implementation Guide.

Added the ability to pay a premium to employees for the minutes they work outside their allowed spread of hours. This update was made to be compliant with the Hospitality Industry General Award in Australia that requires employees to work a maximum spread of hours of 12 hours within any period of 24 hours. To support this functionality, the Spread of Hours Rule was added in Pay Setup > Pay Policy.

For more information, see “Spread of Hours Rule” in the Dayforce Implementation Guide.

Added the ability to qualify employees for entitlements based on details such as citizenship, gender, marital statuses, and employee properties. To support this functionality, the following updates have been made in Pay Setup > Entitlements:

• Added the Citizenship, Gender, Include Marital Statuses, and Exclude Marital Statuses settings to the Employee Qualifier.
• Added the Employee Property Qualifier.

For more information, see “Employee Qualifier” and “Employee Property Qualifier” in the Dayforce Implementation Guide.

Added the ability to schedule a rest day to comply with legislation that requires an employee to have one rest day per calendar week. Previously, there wasn't a way to differentiate between an off day and a rest day. Now, Dayforce has been updated to support both rest days and off days.

To support this functionality, the following updates have been made:

• Added the RESTDAY shift definition in Scheduling Plan > Shift Setup. This is a system-generated shift definition than can’t be edited.
• Added the Qualify rotation rest day and Qualify days that were Rest Day prior to rotation change settings to the Shift Rotation Detail Qualifier in Pay Setup > Pay Policy.

For more information, see “Shift Rotation Detail Qualifier” in the Dayforce Implementation Guide.

Added the ability to localize text in Pay Setup > Labor Validation Policy. To support this update, the Localize button was added to the toolstrip in the slide-out panel where you configure labor validation rules and qualifiers. The slide-out panel opens after you select a labor validation policy.

Updated the Minutes in Period Rounding Rule so that users can enter their choice of number of minutes for the rounding intervals. Previously, users could only select the specific numbers available in the Rounding interval in minutes drop-down list. Now, the Rounding interval in minutes drop-down list has been converted into a field you can enter a value in.

For more information, see “Minutes in Period Rounding Rule” in the Dayforce Implementation Guide.

Updated the Shift Premium Calendar Rule with the ability to include premiums when calculating an employee’s worked time. To support this functionality, the Include premiums checkbox was added to the rule’s settings in Pay Setup > Pay Policy.

For more information, see “Shift Premium Calendar Rule” in the Dayforce Implementation Guide.