Recent Posts by Tammy Boyles

Just ask your Benefits Team if they would love to find all of the benefits links, queries, and reports they need in one location. Our new Benefits WorkCenter will do just that. The Benefits Administrator, the new Benefits Specialist, and new ACA Specialist roles will now have one central page for the majority of their work. Role based security allows you to restrict/grant access to specific information in the WorkCenter. Every organization can add exception reports,...

Helping to keep all employees healthy and feeling safe are important missions of human resources departments, especially as employees begin coming back into the workplace.  Some of the research material I have read indicates that the CHRO should consider a staggered return of employees, and plan for a re-exit strategy if there is a COVID-19 resurgence.  Gartner has a number of good articles on those subjects. Numerous employers are also screening employees as they return. This...

It may seem that I’m rushing the season but now is a great time to start working on fluid Benefits Open Enrollment for the fall. If you haven’t joined the other successful customers that are already using the fluid Benefits Enrollment what are you waiting on?   Jump on this band wagon and give your employees the newest advancements in enrollment.  We have numerous customers across a broad spectrum of industries that have modernized their Open Enrollment and/or their Life...

The PeopleSoft Benefits Strategy, Support, and Development Team has been monitoring My Oracle Support and a number of community list serves concerning COVID-19. PeopleSoft Customers are very resourceful in creating methods to deal with benefits issues related to their business practices.  Here are two topics that were recently discussed: Creating Special Fluid Benefits Enrollment Customer comment: “We have a large population of employees who are on Voluntary Unpaid LOA, Benefits...

This past fall, we received feedback from a number of you (the PeopleSoft users) that your employees could not find the Submit Enrollment Button. Your feedback also mentioned that you found value in the additional Contact Information and Resources but the employees often failed to close the right-hand panel to see the full screen.  So, to address this we have moved the Submit Enrollment button below the Review Enrollment button as you can see in the screenshot below.     Look for P...

Bring out the balloons and confetti! Let’s celebrate the new Employment Questionnaire and advancements now available with applicant screening. The Employment Questionnaire gives Recruiters a new way to present the old hard coded Preference Questions. The Employment Questions can be configured as a separate step in the Job Application or added as a sub-step with the Qualifications or Skills Questions. The ‘Skills Questions’ used to be called ‘Screening Questions’ but since all...

Today candidates expect open communication with potential employers. PeopleSoft has added two new communication enhancements that can be used at the beginning of the candidate registration process.  First is an email notification at the point of registration, second is a reminder for candidates who have not completed their application.  Both notifications are set up on the Careers Site giving you the flexibility to have different notifications for different sites.  Below you...

The enhancements keep coming for Recruiting Solutions!  Take a look at the latest from HCM Image 29. Multiple Facets Delivered Candidates can now refine their job search by selecting multiple facets. This enhancement was a direct request from the customers. Bulk Actions for My Job Opening and My Applicants Have your Recruiters ever asked for a quicker way to manage the status of Job Openings or Applicants?  With the new Bulk Actions for My Job Openings and My Applicants, the...

Benefits Enrollment enhancements continues its momentum forward! To complement the Fluid Benefits Enrollment originally released in Image 28, Fluid Benefit Statements are now available in HCM Image 29.  The feature allows employees and Benefits Administrators to view Confirmation and Enrollment Preview Statements on line.  The statements are even stored for historical purposes.  This has been one of the top Ideas Space requests. The Employee can navigate to the Benefit...