Introduction

Release Date: July 2025
Version: 2.3.0

This release delivers powerful enhancements to payroll automation, statutory pay compliance, and holiday pay management. Key updates include support for Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) calculations, new beta features for Rolled Up Holiday Pay (RUHP), Average Holiday Pay (AHP), and Employee Pay Elements (EPE) proration, along with improvements to reporting and a wide range of bug fixes.

Contents

• Average weekly earnings (AWE) calculations for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
• Average weekly earnings (AWE) calculations for Parental Pay
• Rolled Up Holiday Pay (RUHP) – Beta
• Average Holiday Pay (AHP) – Beta
• Employee Pay Elements (EPE) pro rata calculations – Beta
• Report Builder Enhancements
• Fixes - Reports, average holiday pay, rolled up holiday pay, absence, employee pay elements 

New Features

Average weekly earnings (AWE) calculations for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)

• Store AWE for sick absences
  Optional AWE values can now be stored for sick absences, improving compliance and record-keeping.
• Automatic AWE calculation for SSP
  AWE is now automatically calculated for sick absences using an 8-week qualifying period, based on the first complete day of sickness.

Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) Guidance

Average weekly earnings (AWE) calculations for Parental Pay

• Continuous service start date
  A new field supports eligibility checks for statutory leave.
• Enhanced absence fields & validation
  Absence records now include all required fields for AWE calculations, with tailored validation for each leave type.
• New AWE calculation API endpoint
  Preview and calculate AWE for various parental leave types, following HMRC rules.
• Front-End AWE calculation
  AWE values are auto-calculated and displayed when entering relevant absence dates, with a breakdown of qualifying payments.
• Support for paternity pay for adoption
  Absence types now distinguish between paternity pay for birth and adoption.
• Improved qualified payments display
  The “qualified payments” section is hidden when AWE is entered manually, reducing confusion.

Bereavement Guidance

Rolled Up Holiday Pay (RUHP) – Beta

• New RUHP pay element type
  A new calculation type, “Rolled Up Holiday Pay,” is now available and subject to tax, NI, and pension by default.
• Advanced RUHP behaviour fields
  New fields like rolledUpHolidayPayRate and rolledUpHolidayPayElement automate holiday pay calculations.
• Automated RUHP calculation
  Rolled up holiday pay is now automatically calculated and paid during payroll processing.
• RUHP company pay element (CPE) deletion protection
  Prevents deletion of RUHP-linked pay elements if referenced elsewhere.
• Feature flag support
  RUHP functionality is controlled via feature flags for phased rollout.

Average Holiday Pay (AHP) – Beta

• AHP calculation service
  Calculates AHP for specific dates and pay frequencies, with improved performance via database processing.
• AHP single employee rate
  View weekly and daily AHP rates for individual employees from the pay run screen.
• AHP company pay element
  A new calculation type automatically retrieves and displays the correct AHP rate.
• AHP adjustment import
  Import AHP adjustments via API or UI, including date, value, week count, and scheme.
• AHP report
  A new report shows current AHP values for all employees by company or pay frequency, with filters.
• AHP configuration for pay elements
  Configure pay elements to include, exclude, or veto them from AHP calculations.
• Default CPE configuration
  Default pay element configurations are now automatically created for new tenants.
• Feature flag support
  AHP features are managed via feature flags for controlled rollout.

Employee Pay Elements (EPE) pro rata calculations – Beta

• Proration calculations for EPEs
  Pro rata calculations now apply to EPEs for starters, leavers, and part-month payments. A proration flag supports both 260- and 365-day calculations.
• Earnings basis for EPEs
  EPEs can now be calculated based on annual, monthly, weekly, or daily earnings. The import functionality has been updated to include earnings basis and an enabled flag.
• Feature flag support
  EPE proration features are controlled via feature flags for phased rollout.

Improvements to Existing Features

Report Builder Enhancements

• Improved report saving workflow
  After saving a custom report, users are now automatically redirected to the saved configuration view.
• Validation for sortable columns
  The system now prevents saving configurations that include sorting by non-sortable columns, reducing user errors.

Fixes

Costing and Payroll Reports

• Fixed an issue where filtered costing reports failed to load when saved with altered filters.
• Restored access to the Costings report in Payroll reports.
• Addressed errors in the Year to Date: Deductions Orders Applied report.
• Fixed broken date range filters on Year to Date reports.

Pension Reports

• Resolved loading issues with saved pension contribution reports on the dashboard.
• Restored the missing pension contribution report in the report builder.
• Overridden pension values now update correctly in the Pension report.
• Fixed errors when changing contribution groups or downloading pension reports.

General Reporting

• Fixed errors when saving Year to Date NI reports with category sorting.
• Resolved issues with downloading XLS files for Gross to Net reports when the Pay Run column is deselected.
• Improved handling of "Group by" options and column filtering.
• Default ordering now applies to the first left column when the current ordering column is disabled.
• Fixed incorrect values for Pay Run options when re-enabled.
• Users can now update reports with unselected order columns.