- The three step process has been refined into a two step process eliminating the initial calculation step. The first step, when run in update mode, now creates SafetySuite payments (IT9693) without the need for a subsequent approval step. The second step creates Employee remuneration records (IT2010) in payroll.
- The format of the output AWP report has been updated to ALV format with a range of detailed information for users to understand the calculations.
- Multiple payment category and sub categories amounts in a week are now posted as separate line items rather than as separate payments.
- Compensation amounts are calculated on a day by day basis and are consolidated by WorkCover Weeks. This allows predefined Current Weekly Earnings (CWE) allocated to a specific day in Employee remuneration records (IT2010) in payroll and earnings derived from time evaluation infotypes (IT2002) to be assigned to the day they were earned, such as overtime.
- Periods not covered by medical certificates can be discounted from calculations preventing the “smoothing” of Current Weekly Earnings in weeks that include days covered and not covered by a certificate.
- Automated retrospective payments are now supported. When the AWP process is run SafetySuite will recalculate all periods included in the payroll simulation back to the configured earliest AWP date. New configuration has been added allowing the identification of which fields on SafetySuite infotypes should be considered retrospectively sensitive. Upon saving a SafetySuite infotype the earliest retrospective date in the Payroll Status (IT0003) is updated.
- SafetySuite is shipped with templates for each jurisdiction and a set of baseline configuration. New customer configurable elements allow customers to adapt SafetySuite to their interpretation of the Workers Compensation legislation. This includes:
- Unlimited Average Weekly Earning elements can be established and configured as to which elements are relevant for by week count and capacity to work allowing for the automatic exclusion off of elements such as overtime and allowances upon a specific milestone.
- Unlimited Current Weekly Earning values can be established and configured as to whether dollar or hour amounts should be added, subtracted, or ignored in the CWE calculation.