As we enjoy the peak of summer, it’s the perfect opportunity to celebrate the exciting new features and enhancements we’ve rolled out over the past few months.
We’re thrilled to bring you powerful new capabilities that deliver exceptional value and make your experience even better.
New Features and Capabilities
HR Center
Introducing the new HR Center! Payroll customers, rejoice in free law alerts, a compliance dashboard, and HR assessment. HR software customers, you’ve hit the mother lode with a goldmine of HR tools, templates, and resources. It’s your one-stop shop for HR success. But the best part?
It’s included for no additional fee.
Mobile App for Employee Timekeeping
Asked, and answered. Clocking time has never been this easy – introducing our game-changing Time & Attendance Mobile App, My Patriot, available on Google Play and the Apple App Store. Ready to make employee timekeeping a breeze? Check out our help articles for more info.
Multiple Job Roles on Time Cards
Are employees juggling different roles? Their timecard should too. Employees can accurately capture hours for every job with our new feature. It’s timecard flexibility, redefined. Read more on our updates blog.
Contractor Portal
Happy contractors, happy you. Our contractor portal is their one-stop shop for updating personal and bank info and viewing payments. Streamline your contractor process today. Check out our help article for more info.
Stripe for ACH Payments
Faster payments are on the way when you integrate with Stripe and enable ACH payments on your customer invoices. And with lower fees than traditional credit card payments, you’ll need bigger pockets. Read more about accepting ACH payments on invoices and get started today.
Google Pay & Apple Pay Integration
Meet your customers where they are: their digital wallets. Apple Pay and Google Pay are now at your customers’ fingertips so they can pay your invoices effortlessly. Ready to feel the payment love? Check out our article to learn more.
HR Individual Secure Document Sharing
Sharing just got personal with our new secure sharing to individual employees in the HR Software. Whether it’s performance reviews or memos, you can stay transparent and keep communication lines open. Check out our update to learn more.
Improvements You’re Going to Love
Your business is always evolving. Shouldn’t your software do the same?
Recurring ACH payments
Streamline your recurring invoicing with our new ACH payment option through Stripe. It’s easier than ever to get paid on time. Set it and forget it? Yes, please.
W-2 page updates
Say goodbye to confusion, and hello to easy W-2s. We understand the importance of a seamless user experience, and we’ve crafted a W-2 creation process that’s as intuitive as it is powerful.
Time off accrual improvements
Managing time off accruals just got a facelift. We’ve updated the user experience with a cleaner page. Our new design is simple, smart, and designed to give you time back in your day.
Employee employment verification
We’ve partnered with Equifax to give employers value-added service: employee employment or loan verifications. More time on your business, and less time on paperwork for the win!
Stripe open authentication
We’ve enhanced our Stripe integration so clients of Stripe can integrate directly into their existing Stripe account without a separate subaccount for invoiced transactions.
Demographic report update
Want to see your demographics data just the way you want it? The new sorting and date selection options on the Demographics Report have you covered.
Employee fields
Managing your employee data is now a breeze. We’ve added more personal information in the employee portal so it is at your employee’s fingertips for verification, or changes.
Maximum accrual limits
Prevent time off accrual overload. With our new maximum limit feature for accrual rules, you can control how much time off your employees can accumulate.
Void S-corp contributions
Oops! Entered the wrong amount in the Update S-corp Tool? No worries. Our new void feature is as easy as voiding a check. Say goodbye to support calls! You’re in control.
Pay rate deletion warning
Now, if you’re about to delete a pay rate, we’ll pop up a friendly reminder. It’ll let you know that hours logged under the soon-to-be-gone rate won’t vanish into thin air. Instead, they’ll shift over to the primary role.
Wires for prefund
Did you miss the direct deposit deadline? No worries. Now you can add a wire to prefund to pay employees with direct deposit the next day. Sending a wire can directly increase your available prefund balance.
Cancel pending wires
Switching up your payment method last minute? You can cancel your pending wire in the software. No need to pick up the phone and call support—all it takes is a few clicks to cancel that pending wire. Easy peasy!
Pay report in the mobile app
We’ve released a Pay Summary Report in our mobile app so employees can easily view your take-home pay and an overview of details.
Social Security number check
Incorrect or duplicate SSNs? Don’t let them slow you down. Our new system catches these errors, so you can focus on other tasks.
Biometrics in the mobile app
Who doesn’t love instant access with a glance or a fingerprint? We’ve added biometrics to our mobile app for seamless entry!
Based on Your Feedback
The secret behind our exceptional software is no mystery—it’s you, our valued customer. Keep those insights coming. We’re listening.
Search on the manager page
Small update, big impact. Now quickly find employees on the manager’s page with our new search feature. What does that mean to you? No more hunting employees like they are easter eggs!
New void paychecks process
We’re like a genie, and your wish is our command. We’ve simplified the void process. Now you can easily track direct deposits, paper checks, tax collections, and their status – all in one place.
Increase comment length
No more squeezing genius thoughts into a tight space. We’ve upped our character limits for comments on time cards to 2000 characters so you can let your thoughts shine and don’t have to type in shorthand.
Time & Attendance billing update
We heard you loud and clear. We’ve updated our billing for the time and attendance product so only employees using a time card will be billed for that month. Sign up for the best time and attendance bargain around!
W-2 print settings
Customize your W-2 print settings for a one-and-done experience. The new W-2 print settings page makes end-of-the-year W-2s a breeze.
Keeping You Compliant
What kind of partner would we be if we weren’t insistent about giving you compliant, accurate payroll and safeguarding your data? You can rest easy knowing that we’ve got you covered.
SOC 2 compliance
SOC 2 compliance is a testament to our efforts to secure your data, ensuring your trust remains well-placed. So we upped our game to show our commitment to keeping your data secure.
Quality assurance tests
The QA Engineers have created a massive 329 new automated tests. But that’s not all, our QA Analysts have created and executed a staggering 2,030 manual tests. And, all to keep your software accurate and running smoothly.
Taxes, taxes, taxes
Those taxes keep rolling in. No worries, we got you! We’ve updated over 231 taxes to keep your payroll taxes compliant with timely updates.
Enhanced identity verification
We’ve enhanced our login process to verify your identity so you don’t have to ever pick out stop signs again. AKA – No more captcha!
Personal info security enhancement
We’ve enhanced security around critical employee information in the software to keep employee data safe.
More MFA options
No email? No phone? No problem. We’ve added the ability to use authenticator apps as your MFA method.
Check Out What’s Coming Next
Can’t wait for the surprise? No judgment here! We’re excited about what’s coming, too! Here is a sneak peek at what we’re working on now:
- Time card functionality for overnight shifts. Sign up for our beta group here. ETA Q4
- Daily notes on time cards. Coming soon!
- Enhanced pay schedules – now we’ll support semi-monthly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly schedules. Currently in beta.
- Pay schedule report for accountant partners – All accountant partners and staff with permissions will see their client’s most recent and upcoming pay schedules. Coming soon!
- Autopay –(go ahead and do a happy dance–we are too!) ETA Q4.
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