Enhancements

Tags on Attendance page

If you have set a specific tag on an employee profile under the Employee List page. You can now see the “Tags” on a column on the Attendance page:

Separate pages for OT/OB Request (ie Approval, Upcoming, History)

To easily view the status of an OT/OB Request, we have separated them on a specific page:

• Approval: To see all OT/OB Request that needs to be approved
• Upcoming: All upcoming approved OT/OB requests
• History: All OT/OB Request
  
  

Duration of hours, Employee Tags, Approved by columns on the History page of the OT/OB Feature

Additional details have been added on the History page of the OT/OB Feature

• Duration: The number OT hours requested
• Employee Tags: When you tag a specific employee profile on the Employee List, tags are also shown on the History page of the OT/OB Feature
• Approved by (Approver): Who approved the OT/OB Request
• Last Updated at (Timestamp): The date and time to when the OT/OB request has been approved or rejected
  
  

Middle of the pay period payroll generation – Allowance Template now gets paid in the middle of the cut-off

Generating payroll for employees that started in the middle of the Pay Period (cut off)  has been available in PayrollHero ever since, however it was found out that the Allowance Templates were not included.

We have now added the option on the system to automatically compute the allowances of employees if their compensation level effective date has started in the middle of the pay period.

Add “mobile, home, work phone numbers” column on the “Employees” sheet of the Master File Report

The following list of phone numbers have been added on the “Employees” sheet of the Master File Report:

• Mobile Phone Number
• Home Phone Number
• Work Phone Number
  

Add “Employee Status” column on the “Employees” sheet of the Master File Report

The employee status has been added on the “Employees” sheet of the Master File Report. Here’s a screenshot:

Updated the BIR 2316 to its new format

We’ve updated the BIR 2316 form to its new format. You can view it on our support article here – Philippine Payroll Guide: Generating Bank Files and Government Reports

Employee Number on the Leave History Report

We’ve added the “Employee Number” on the following pages where you can export the Leave History Report:

• My Leave History
• Past Leave
• Upcoming Leaves
• Leaves for Approval

Here’s a screenshot:

Employee number on the Employee Report

We’ve added the “Employee Number” on the Employee Report.

Here’s a screenshot:

Employee Numbers can be set up or added by an admin on the employee’s profile. You can learn more about this on our support article here – How to setup a New Employee Profile

Be able request OT hours prior to the current time

The system can now allow employee OT hours requests on any start and end time on a past date. After requesting the OT, it goes into the approval process. When approved, the schedule is updated by the system. This is currently by request. Please contact support@payrollhero.com if you would like your employees to request OT hours prior to the current time.

Updated the BIR 1601C to its new format

We’ve updated the BIR 1601C form to its new format. You can view it on our support article here – Philippine Payroll Guide: Generating Bank Files and Government Reports