What's New - Powerpay 6.26

Welcome to the 6.26 release notes. Review the information for details relating to the 6.26 release. If you prefer, you can view a PDF version of the release notes.

New Functionality

A new report is now available (Reports > T4/T4A Dental Benefits Report) that allows you to view the dental values assigned to each employee. You can download the report as PDF or Spreadsheet and export the information.

If no values have been assigned to any employees, a message displays: “There are no T4/T4A Dental Benefits records to display at this time.”

Role-Based security rules apply to the T4/T4A Dental Benefits Report page.

A new “Applies to” filter is now available on the T4/T4A Dental Benefits page.Closed From the Payroll menu, select Adjustments > T4/T4A Dental Benefits. Use the filter to identify and assign dental benefit elections to employees without a current dental benefit assignment. If you have employees with dental elections that were previously assigned, the option “Employees with and without a current dental election” is available.

If the payroll has no assignments, the filter only displays the option “Employees without a current dental election”.

  1. Click the Pay Period menu and click the Enter button for the pay period you want to work with.

  2. Go to the T4/T4A Dental Benefits page.Closed From the Payroll menu, select Adjustments > T4/T4A Dental Benefits.

  3. Select Yes to the question “Does your company offer dental care insurance or coverage of dental services of any kind to any employees on the payroll?”

  4. Click Next.

  5. In the Set Defaults section, use the Applies To filter to select the group of employees to assign dental elections.

    • Select Employees without a current dental election to only assign a value to the employees without a current selection.

      Existing employees with a current value will not change.

    • Select Employees with and without a current dental election to assign new values to apply all employees.

      Important: Do not use this selection unless you are changing the default values for a dental election for all employees based on their employee status.

  6. Select the default value to assign to each employee group (Active, On Leave and Terminated) within the filtered group.

  7. Click Preview.

  8. Review the values in the New Value column to ensure the values are correct for all employees as of December 31 of the current year.

    If you selected Employees without a current dental election, all existing employees with an election will remain unchanged.

    If you selected Employees with and without a current dental election, the values entered for the default will apply to all employees and display in the New Value column. If you manually amended an employee previously with a new value, the default value will replace the value you previously entered.

  9. If applicable, change the values for individual employees in the New Value field.

  10. Click Save.

    Note: All Dental Benefits election updates are included in the Audit Trail page.Closed Click the Pay Period menu, select View.

New codes are available for tax form reporting. For more information, visit Online Help for code usage and reporting.

  • Code 90: Security options benefits - On or after June 25, 2024

  • Code 91/L-12: Security options deduction 110(1)(d) – On or after June 25, 2024

  • Code 92/L-13: Security options deduction 110(1)(d.1) – On or after June 25, 2024

Powerpay Exchange is a marketplace connecting Powerpay customers with a curated Partner Ecosystem, expanding the potential business value Powerpay can bring to customers’ businesses. The comprehensive Powerpay Exchange storefront presents customer access to Powerpay solutions, services, and partners.

Powerpay users, when accessing Powerpay via the Web, can access the new Powerpay Exchange site by clicking the “Exchange” icon in the top right-hand corner of any Powerpay page.

Clicking the icon loads the Powerpay Exchange homepage embedded within Powerpay.

Users can navigate the Powerpay Exchange site to browse the diverse solutions, services, and partner offerings. Each product page presents a “Contact Us” button which then prompts customers to complete a form to then connect with a Powerpay Sales representative.

The following functionality is supported for payrolls migrated to the Dayforce payroll engine.

  • Federal, Provincial and Support garnishment orders with a requirement to apply minimum subsistence rules, a monthly target or a reducing target can be accommodated.

  • These garnishments will calculate on a regular run for Regular and Second payments.

The following functionality is supported for payrolls migrated to the Dayforce payroll engine.

  • Reset the vacation accumulator to zero. (Additional accumulators are not supported at this time)

Enhancements

  • New circular icon for chat.

  • The Chat session now persists between pages. You can now navigate between pages in Powerpay and the Chat will not close.

  • A chat session will expire after 5 minutes of inactivity.

  • Click to request and download a Chat Transcript.

  • If the Print icon is selected from a Powerpay page, the Chat box no longer displays in the print output.

  • Chat is now available in French.

A new version of Powerpay Self Service App is now available for Android in the Google Play Store. The new version contains a few bug fixes.