Overview
This article contains a list and summary of every UK release note published by Fourth during Q4 of 2023 (1st October to 30th December).
Release notes are listed under the following headers (select one to go straight to that part of the article):
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Workforce Management
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Employee National Insurance Decrease
The rate (%) of employee National Insurance is decreasing by 2% for most, but not all, National Insurance categories. This is effective from the 6th of January 2024 - New Mail Merge Field for Pension Letters
A new mail merge field has been introduced which can be used to display the date a letter was automatically sent
December 13th 2023, Release Note: WFM UK | Scheduling: Order of Employees in Time and Attendance
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Order of Employees in Time and Attendance
When the order of employees listed on the Schedule page is changed, that same order will now be displayed when viewing Time and Attendance data
December 7th 2023, Release Note: WFM UK | Scheduling: Creating Brands and Regions, Shift Pooling
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Creating Brands and Regions
Users are now able to group Locations into Brands and Regions on the Scheduling page -
Shift Pooling
When used alongside Brands and Regions, shifts can be made available to employees across the wider business
- Non-UK National Minimum Wage Updates 2024
Irish and Jersey National Minimum Wage rates have been increased, effective from 1st January 2024 - Payroll Module - New User Interface
Certain pages of the Payroll module are now available in the new user interface
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New Export - "Salaried Employees Multiple Employment - Different Hourly Rate"
A new export that lists salaried employees who have multiple employment records with different hourly rates from their salaried ones
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Validation Warning when Submitting Funds Outside of the Date Sequence
A new validation warning will appear to warn users if they are attempting to submit a fund outside of the date sequence
November 29th 2023, Release Note: WFM UK | Scheduling: Screen Size Warning Message
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Screen Size Warning Message
A change to the warning message displayed when using a narrow viewport size, that allows users to continue using the application
November 29th 2023, Release Note: WFM UK | Scheduling: Deployment Graph Tooltip
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Tooltip Added to Deployment Graph
A hovering tooltip will be added to the deployment graph for desktop users of scheduling.
November 16th 2023, Release Note: WFM UK | Activity-Based Scheduling: Displaying Weekly Hours Totals
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Displaying Weekly Hours Data in Activity-Based Scheduling
'Scheduled/Required' weekly hours data will now be displayed in the Deployment section of Activity-Based Scheduling
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Improved Method of Assigning Shifts on Tablet Devices
Scheduling users can now assign shifts simply by tapping and scrolling -
'Hours Worked' and 'Shift Times' Exports
New exports for employee hours worked and shift times -
Maximum Hours Per Day Restrictions
New restrictions to prevent certain employees being given too many hours in a day
November 16th 2023, Release Note: WFM UK: | UK HR & Payroll: Primary Font Shade
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Primary Font Shade
The main font used throughout the new UK HR & Payroll user interface has been changed to a darker shade
November 16th 2023, Release Note: WFM UK | Payroll Module: New User Interface
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Payroll Module - New User Interface
Certain pages of the Payroll module are now available in the new user interface (UI)
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New Validation Warning when Submitting Funds with Zero Allocation
A new validation warning will appear to warn users if they are attempting to submit a fund to payroll without anything being allocated to employees
November 14th 2023, Release Note: WFM UK | Scheduling: Fire Report
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Fire Report
Introducing a new report which lists all employees with forecasted shifts or who have clocked in without clocking out at the moment the report is run
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Investment Zone Location
Ahead of the new Investment Zone legislation coming into effect on 6th April 2024, a new Location tickbox has been added -
Payroll Module - New User Interface
Certain pages of the Payroll module are now available in the new user interface (UI)
November 1st 2023, Release Note: WFM UK | Scheduling: Dynamic Fixed Costs in Weekly Total Table
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Dynamic Fixed Costs in Weekly Total Table
Dynamic fixed costs (where used) will now show as a sub-cost in the weekly total table
October 19th 2023, Release Note: WFM UK | Payroll Module - New User Interface
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Payroll Module - New User Interface
Certain pages of the Payroll module are now available in the new user interface (UI)
October 19th 2023, Release Note: WFM UK | Revenue-Based Scheduling: Auto-Scheduler
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Auto-Scheduler
This new smart tool allows for the creation of shifts to fulfil the labour demand
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Organisation Setting to Display Employees' Preferred Names and Last Names
Employees using a preferred first name can now have their last names displayed on the schedule as well
October 10th 2023, Release Note: WFM UK | Revenue and Labour-Based Scheduling: Shift Box Colours
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Shift Box Colours
Shift boxes will now be colour-edged with new job role colours
Payroll Module - New User Interface Releases
Each of these releases saw the rollout of the new user interface across the Payroll module
October 19th
November 2nd
November 16th
November 30th
Purchase-to-Pay & Inventory
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Bulk Edit Recipes, Pending Recipe Selling Price Added
Pending Recipe Selling Price (inc.) with effective date has been added to the Bulk Edit Recipes workflow -
Import API Refinement for POST ingredientcost, Reject invoice cost price of '0' (Zero)
Validation has been added so that neither a current nor a future 'invoice cost' of '0' can be uploaded -
Ingredient Price Update Template with Invoice Price, Reject invoice cost price of '0', Display Blank Cell Not '0'
Validation has been added so that a future 'invoice cost' of '0' cannot be uploaded -
Allow 'May' For 'Suitable For' Intolerance Values via Import API
'May' is now a valid value when populating the 'Suitable For' intolerance values via the import API
- VAT Code for Alternate Ingredients Sent to Inventory
- Updated 'Replace in Recipes' functionality for better performance enabled for all
'Replace in Recipes' has been updated and will be enabled for all customers who are currently using Replace in Recipes
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Inactivity Timeout Limit Extended to 30 Minutes
The current 15-minute 'inactivity timeout limit' has been extended to 30 minutes -
Recipe Card Report Layout Changed
The Recipe Card Report layout has changed so that ingredients are listed under the image
Adaco
No Adaco releases were made during Q4 2023.
Fourth Engage/Mobile apps
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Automatic Update Check when a Location is Selected
The app will now automatically check for updates (new periods, products, barcodes, etc) when a Location is selected -
Location Selection Improvement
When selecting a Location, up to 8 will now display onscreen, as well as a search filter -
Barcode Scanning for Inventory Users
The Counting app now supports barcode scanning, either with the device camera or an external scanner
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