Version 3.6.1.1

Released: 14 July 2010

• Maintenance Upgrade
  • Some bug fixes
  • Upgraded inner workings of Leave Module

Version 3.6.1.0

Released: 14 June 2010

Important Note: All computers and servers using HR Manage will require the Full Microsoft .NET Framework 4 to be installed before upgrading to this or any newer version.

• General
  • Upgrade HR Manage to the latest Microsoft technologies. All clients will need to install the .NET Framework 4.0 on their servers and client computers. Download is available on our website under Downloads section.
  • New core application framework to reduce the number of calls made to the server from the client application
  • Improved performance
  • Option to allow caching of lookup tables to disk instead of memory on client computer
  • Fixed several bugs related to the core upgrade
  • Plug-in Development Platform
    • We will provide a generic interface to HR Manage for software developers to create plug-ins for HR Manage. These plug-ins will seem as-if part of HR Manage and will use the same platform and security already available in HR Manage.
    • Plug-ins will have to be developed using a .NET 4 based programming language
• Performance Management
  • New report to combine the comments and results of all activities for a specific review which can then be used as a work document.
  • Upgraded the Skills Audit report
• Employee Management & Finances
  • New report to reflect changes made to finances in a specific period
  • Export Employee information Word document in a batch
• Job Profiling
  • Rename term "SOC Codes" to "OFO Codes"
  • Allow capturing of OFO Codes in a batch
  • Improved performance when opening records
• Training Administration
  • Advanced switching between views of current employee occupations or employee occupation at the time of training
  • Improved performance when opening records
  • Manually set the status of Training Events to Completed
  • Update Learning Interventions in a batch
  • Merge duplicate Learning Interventions
  • Upgraded web interface to version 3.6 look-and-feel with performance improvements
• Leave Administration
  • Allow employees to apply for selling of leave via the web
• Reporting & Exporting Module
  • Better implemented option to report training records based on the current occupations of employees or on the occupation the employee was in at the time of the training
  • Developed functionality for reporting to AgriSeta
  • Upgraded Data Export Wizard / Excel Report Writer

Version 3.6.0.11

Released: 3 May 2010

Version 3.6.0.10

Released: 19 March 2010

• Performance Management module
  • Quick adding of new profile components to a profile during Agree on Outputs activity
  • Additional reports used for skills audits
  • Advanced grouping options for all reports
  • Outlook-style grouping of data for Excel reports
• General & Web Modules
  • Incorporate new 3rd party components for more functionality and power
  • Improved performance and memory management on both Windows and Web applications
  • Better integration between modules
  • Integrated Spell Checking
  • New modern web interface making the system even easier to use. New Sparkle theme created
  • Customise dashboard screen for all employees on web (Show / Hide specific module dashboards, set locations, etc.)
  • Email notifications can now be customised. The content of each type of notification can now be modified (text / html) and can also be turned on / off by the program administrator.
  • e-Learning publishing module
  • Employees can view personal documents stored on HR Manage under their record
  • Improved HR Manage Agent. Automated imports and backups can now be done without anyone logged in on the server
• Employee Management module
  • Additional primary key for integration with multiple systems (SAP, Access control, etc.)
  • Users can now attach multiple documents to a Disciplinary Record
  • Management of external companies
    • Can be used to store information about contractors, sub-contractors and their employees as well as compliance requirements, attachments, contracts, etc.
    • Can be used to store learner information from clients. E.g. Spar Academy stores information of learners from different stores.
• Leave Administration Module
  • Manage all leave applications in a graphical calendar-style view
  • Added customisable colour codes for leave types / statuses that will be used to represent leave on the calendar
• Software Maintenance
  
  • Simpler installation / update procedures for server administrators
  • Automatic updates for HR Manage client applications via the internet / intranet. Simply update the server and the clients will be updated automatically on first use
  • Removed Microsoft AJAX features on some pages as some of the Windows XP users seem to have trouble with it

Version 3.5.0.43

Released: 1 December 2009

• Payroll Interface
  
  • Advanced support and improved performance for importing from text / csv files
  • Improved performance for importing large numbers of employees (30 000 and more)
  • Quick import / corrections on non-imported employees
  • Importing of Training Data (only for migrating from another system. Not for regular imports)
• Employee Management
  • Quick viewing of Employee Documents
  • Additional Report: Issued Equipment
• General
  • Upgraded Syncfusion & Krypton components
• Survey & Assessment module
  • Reports

Version 3.5.0.42

Released: 2 November 2009

• General & Web Modules
  
  • Quick preview of stored documents from HR Manage without saving to file first
  • Provide more information on email notifications for Performance Management module
  • Advanced Filter Engine functionality (Browse for items)
  • Additional Performance Management report
  • Various fixes
  • Notice board on web that can be viewed and updated by any employee

Version 3.5.0.41

Released: 2 October 2009

• Survey & Assessment module
  • Custom email notifications for each survey / assessment invitation
  • Upgraded AJAX functionality to improve moving between survey pages
  • Advanced flexibility in text and headings by use of keyword tags
  • Invitations can be divided into categories for more flexible reporting
  • Advanced tracking to see which recipients Accepted, Rejected or Ignored invitations
• Employee Management Module
  • Upgraded employee merging functionality
  • Easier set up of Import Packages
  • Added additional security for accessing related features like Equipment, Documents, Memberships & Finanaces, etc.
• Job Profiling
  • Compare multiple employees against a set of Job Specifications in a matrix (Exportable to Excel)
• Leave Administration
  • When approving / rejecting a leave application, see a quick overview of the employee's leave balances
• Training Administration Module
  • Training Dashboard available for employee when logging into the web
  • Employee can view his/her training details and progress online
  • Allow capturing of links to e-Learning Content in the Intervention Library
  • Access e-Learning content online via links in the Training Record Viewer
• General
  • Own user editor
  • Additional security on Employee Salary and Costing module
  • FIXED: Date format when exporting to Excel
• Web modules
  • Option to show / hide the Windows Login box

Version 3.5.0.40

Released: 25 August 2009

• Performance Management Module
  • Additional reports
  • More flexibility on specifying parameters on existing reports
• General
  • Delayed email notifications

Version 3.5.0.39

Released: 31 July 2009

• Employee Management Module
  • Allow capturing of banking details
  • Export employee details to one page Word document
  • Export a matrix of issued equipment to Excel
  • Additional columns allowed in Employee Listing (Leave Groups, Banking details, etc.)
  • Quick access to related employee details directly from Employee Manager
• Job Profiling
  • Display mini job organigram on document when exporting a job profile to Word
  • Export Job Profile to Word / PDF document directly from web
  • Employee can compare his/her CV to job requirements online
  • Upgraded web interface (Job Title Viewer)
• Performance Management
  • Export Review Activity to Word document
  • Export certain reports to Excel from the web interface
  • Upgraded Web Report Wizard
  • Report can be generated on multiple activities at once

Version 3.5.0.38

Released: 10 July 2009

• Employee Management module
  • Employee Editor: Job Profiling moved to Menu Button
    • Increased performance when opening an employee
    • More powerful functionality
    • Can edit custom job profiles and now view generic job profiles directly from employee job profiling screen
    • Compare employee's CV to job requirements
  • Employees can view and update their own CVs online (Skills and Experience selected from libraries)
• Job Profiling
  • Capture skills profiles and work history for employees (CVs) (Recruitment and Selection module - Part 2/3)
• Performance Management Module
  • Email notifications. Emails are sent when,
    • Scheduling a new review
    • Starting an Activity
    • Results / Comments have been captured
    • Activity has been signed off by either the reviewer or employee
  • During Agree on Outputs activity, allow changing of weight and definition
  • Additional report: Overall Average per Profile Component
• General
  • Updated 3rd party components
    • Improved performance when loading web components over network

Version 3.5.0.37

Released: 22 June 2009

• General Maintenance Upgrade
  • Email notifications - Leave Administration
  • Fixed issue with session timeouts
  • For increased protection, all HR Manage files and installation packages are now signed with a digital certificate
• Performance Management
  • Added extra column on Detailed Summary Report (Excel)
  • Fixed filter in Web Report Engine for "People Reporting to Me"
• Leave Administration Module
  • Employees requesting leave via web can modify the calculated number of days manually.

Version 3.5.0.36

Released: 13 May 2009

• New module: Survey & Assessment module
  • Powerful new module to allow companies to build custom surveys and tests and then send links to employees to complete online.
  • Allow completion of surveys by people from the public (e.g. customers, service feedback, etc.)
  • Allow anonymous surveys
  • Create Invitations for people to complete specific surveys / assessments online
  • Manage completed surveys / assessments
• New module: Document Publishing (HR Policies & Procedures)
  • Store and manage documents in HR Manage and publish on the web
• Payroll Importer
  • Maintenance upgrade
  • Support for importing from an Excel 2007 workbook
• Training & Certification Module
  • Printing of Reach Truck certificates and ID cards now upgraded to version 3.5
• Job Profiling
  • Generate a complete document containing general information, all different review profiles and job specifications for a job title. Document can be saved as Word 2003, Word 2007, Html or PDF.
• General
  • Allow zooming / filtering on the organisational chart
  • View organisational chart as a tree with ability to export to Excel
  • Upgraded User Interface controls (3rd party)
  • Support for exporting data to Excel 2007

Version 3.5.0.35

Released: 2 April 2009

• Employee Management Module
  • New optional fields and functionality for employee module:
    • Relatives' information (Spouse, children, next of kin, etc.)
    • Membership information (Medical aid, Pension, Union, SARS, etc.)
    • Salary information (Banking details, allowances, deductions, history, etc.)
    • Equipment tracking (Detailed tracking of laptops, credit cards, safety equipment, etc.)
  • New structure for employee editor to present all the additional data as user-friendly and as quickly as possible
  • View Training History for a specific employee via a new shortcut
• Bursary / Study Loan Administration Module - Part 3/3
  • Link to training to bursaries / schedule training for a bursary
• Job Profiling module
  • New Recruitment and Selection functionality (Part 1 of 3)
    • Enable users to create a special skills profile for a job title that can later be used for matching against employee skills profiles (Part 2) and CVs captured by external applicants (Part 3)
• General / Customisation
  • Administrator can customise HR Manage by specifying which fields should appear in the Filter Engine for all users and which columns should be displayed when listing data like Employees, Training Records, etc.
  • Set up Membership Providers (Medical Aid, Funeral Plans, etc.) and Cost Categories (Travel Allowance, Tax, etc.)
• Leave Administration
  • Additional fields on entitlement report
  • Reset leave balances feature
  • Update leave balances and entitlement in a batch
  • Assign an employee to multiple leave groups
• Performance Management Module
  • Display archived reviews on the web
  • Two new reports from the Windows side
• Web interface
  • Manage news items and help documents that are published on the Web front page and login page
  • Layout changes to the web components to create an easier and more professional user interface
  • Dashboard on the home page which gives an overview of all the employee's information
  • Recovery of session information over unstable internet connections
  • New colour scheme (GreyStone)

Version 3.5.0.34

Released: 2 March 2009

• Employee Management Module
  • Capture reference numbers, codes and registration numbers for employees / practitioners
  • Manage Disciplinary Actions directly from the Employee Editor
• Training Administration Module
  • FIX: Maximum length of intervention name in library
• Bursary / Study Loan Administration Module - Part 2/3
  
  • Manage payments
  • Manage bursaries from the Employee Editor
• General / Customisation
  • FIX: Delete locations from company profile
  • FIX: Cache tables to be refreshed when new Interventions / Service Providers are added
• Performance Management Module
  • Display archived reviews on the web
• Leave Administration
  • Export leave records to Excel

Version 3.5.0.33

Released: 17 February 2009

• Performance Management Module / Skills Audit module
  • Employees and Managers can set own targets during Informal Review (Agree phase) on the web which will become part of the employee's job profile (no assistance needed from HR)
  • Additional reports for Quick Reviews / Skills Audits
  • Generate reports using a powerful report wizard via the windows interface
  • FIX: Review status to automatically change to Completed once all activities have been completed.
  • FIX: Added an additional security check before creating Quick Reviews
  • FIX: Bug from version 3.5.0.32 when creating a new Profile Component
• Customisation
  • New Lookup Table Manager
  • Enhanced security on the Program Setup module
• Training Administration Module
  • FIX: Issue with scheduling employees on the same course multiple times
• Bursary / Study Loan Administration Module - Part 1/3
  
  • Functionality upgraded from version 3.0 to .NET
• General
  • New mini dashboard for main screen

Version 3.5.0.32

Released: 26 January 2009

• Job Profiling module
  • Link job titles to each other to form a generic organisational structure
  • Update job title fields in a batch (Occupational Levels, Groups, Job Grades, etc.)
  • Delete Job Profile Matrices
• Performance Management
  • FIX: Starting activities to use current Job Profile instead of original as at start of review process
• Employee Management module
  • Store related / scanned documents for employees (upgraded functionality from version 3.0)
  • Delete incorrect employee occupational history
• Leave Administration module
  • Managers to Approve / Decline Leave Applications online
  • Manage Leave Approval Groups allowing companies to build their own approval structures for Leave Applications
  • Page on web for managers to view leave applications for other employees in the company
• Training Administration module
  • FIX: Issue with default time for one day courses
  • FIX: Training Events get duplicated when creating new events and clicking the Save button twice
  • FIX: Delete Training Events
  • Employees can view scheduled and completed training online (for self and sub-ordinates)
• Reporting & Exporting
  • Data Export Wizard from version 3.0 has been rewritten in version 3.5 allowing exporting of any data in the system to Excel (similar to report builders available in payrolls)
  • FIX: Error when exporting large lists of data via the Quick Export button on the toolbars
• Other
  • New organisational chart layout
  • Updated components from 3rd party supplier fixing some issues with controls on the web

Version 3.5.0.31

Released: 22 December 2008

• Employment Equity module
  • Simplified the capturing of EE Targets
  • Advanced filtering options when generating the EE report
• Job Profiling module
  • Update job title fields in a batch (Occupational Levels, Groups, Job Grades, etc.)
• Leave Administration module
  • Apply for Leave Online
  • Employees can see their total leave per year and leave balances online

Version 3.5.0.30

Released: 1 December 2008

• Performance Management module
  • Additional review type option to show / hide calculations
  • New web reporting engine for performance reviews
    • Reports can be saved as pdf documents
    • Users / Managers can use a wizard to easily build criteria for report contents
• Job Profiling
  • Advanced control over security on who can view which generic job profiles on the web

Version 3.5.0.29

Released: 15 November 2008

• Leave Administration module
  • Upgraded the Leave Admin module from version 3.0 to .NET
  • Screens are simpler and faster to use
  • Leave can now be requested for multiple employees at a time
  • Employees can now be assigned to Leave Groups that handles public holidays in different countries and leave days per year for different groups

Version 3.5.0.28

Released: 31 October 2008

• Certification module
  • Upgraded the Certification module from version 3.0 to .NET
  • Easier methods to request certificates
  • Multiple types of certificates are now better supported
  • Screens are simpler and the whole authorisation process can be customised per certificate type
  • Support to link external certificate numbers to internal generated certificates
  • Certificates now generate and print faster and we have more advanced tools to customise the certificate formats

Version 3.5.0.27

Released: 15 October 2008

• Training Administration module
  • Upgrade the Training Administration module from version 3.0 to .NET
  • New detailed cost categories enable large companies to reconcile HR Manage with their financial system
    • System will soon be able to produce a complete sustainability report
  • Additional fields are available to capture Comments, Training Venues, etc.
  • Advanced and faster filtering of training records. System is designed to perform well over wide area networks (e.g. internet)
    • Up to 3-4 times faster than previous version
  • Simpler security model with more control over advanced functions
• Employee Management module
  • Upgraded the Disciplinary module from version 3.0 to .NET
• Payroll Importer
  • Added a feature to reformat date before importing. Can now import dates of any format. (e.g. yyyymmdd, d-mm-yy, mm/dd/yyyy)

Version 3.5.0.26

Released: 11 September 2008

• Program Setup
  • Completed the upgrade from version 3.0 to set up the Job Profiling module and Review module making version 3.0 now obsolete for these modules
• Performance Management Module
  • Created Skills Audit functionality which allows a person to review multiple employees at the same time
  • Fixed some issues on the windows application
  • Added an additional web report
  • Enabled functionality to allow an employee to score more than 100% for a review
  • Added advanced security on the windows module

Version 3.5.0.24

Released: 10 August 2008

• General
  • Improved security model
  • Created a link between HR Manage users and employees
• Performance Management Module
  • Created a new powerful windows-based module for HR users to manage all performance reviews in the company
  • Reviews can be filtered using the Review Filter Engine and HR can assist employees with issues with performance reviews and job profiles
  • HR can create reviews in a batch on behalf of managers and also create custom reviews to allow for 360 degree reviews
  • Activities in the review process can now be skipped or deleted

Version 3.5.0.23

Released: 25 July 2008

• Employment Equity Module
  • Created a standard way to capture EE Targets
• Job Profiling
  • Fixed issue on the job profiling matrix

Version 3.5.0.22

Released: 9 July 2008

• Job Profiling Module
  • Create and Manage Job Profiling Matrices which allows users to group job titles into groups and set up job profiles in a batch
  • Developed functionality on request from Skills @ Work for Implats

Version 3.5.0.20

Released: 4 June 2008

• Reporting Module
  • New W&R Seta report exported to Excel