Software facilitates HR administration processes.November 28, 2005 -
Suited for SMBs, ACCPAC HR Series v6.5 keeps staff up to date with framework for organizing, streamlining, and automating benefits and administration processes. It helps manage human resources and employee benefits responsibilities with real-time data available through company's existing intranet. Along with employee self-service open enrollment capability, software features expansive reporting facility and ability to filter employee data by various criteria.
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Original Press release
ACCPAC International Inc.
6700 Koll Center Parkway
Pleasanton, CA, 94566
USA
Sage Software Launches ACCPAC HR Series 6.5
Sage Software announces the release of ACCPAC HR Series version 6.5 for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). With enhancements to the employee self-service function as well as other core functions, this new version will save human resources professionals and employees valuable time and effort.
ACCPAC HR Series keeps a company's staff up to date with a comprehensive framework for organizing, streamlining, and automating benefits and administration processes. Powerful and flexible, ACCPAC HR Series helps to accurately and efficiently manage human resources and employee benefits responsibilities with real-time data available through your company intranet.
New features of ACCPAC HR Series 6.5 include:
New open enrollment capability. Now, employees can enroll for their own benefits on their own time, right from their own computer. This feature, part of the Employee Self-Service module, will save HR administrators from getting bogged down in time-consuming paperwork.
Updated Employee Self-Service. Employees can now request time off through the ACCPAC HR Series Employee Self-Service module. Managers can view and approve the time-off requests online. If managers want to see all requests from their direct reports at once, a new "My Team" tab allows them to do so.
Expanded and improved reporting. HR administrators can now produce the following reports through the HR Series Report Wizard:
New EEO-4 report that allows government agencies to quickly and easily compile the information they need to complete the EEO-4 form provided by the federal government;
New Beneficiary report that produces a list of an employee's beneficiaries and their percentages for life and retirement plans;
The existing Remittance report has been improved to support consolidated billing, and;
New OSHA forms. OSHA incident tracking and reporting is now capable of producing OSHA forms 300, 300A, and 301.
Updated COBRA administration. The ACCPAC HR Series COBRA module has been updated to comply with the latest regulations, so that companies can quickly produce the proper notices and letters required by law. Additional improvements to the COBRA module now make it easier to mix Active and COBRA Active Coverage-a need that may arise when an employee is divorced from his or her spouse.
Expanded employee selection criteria. The Report, Employee Correspondence, and Batch Enrollment Wizards now allow users to filter employees by Hire Date, Termination Date, Next Review Date, Benefit Plans, Pay Period, and Self-Service Status.
Improved help system. Customers will now find more detailed information about the uses and capabilities of the tools available in ACCPAC HR Series.
More powerful importing. The Quickstart Import utility can now import employees' review histories, making it easier than ever to centralize all your employee data.
Expanded ACCPAC HR Series 6.5 Payroll Link. This link now works with the following payroll services and applications:
Sage Accpac ERP 5.1 or later, U.S. and Canada (formerly ACCPAC Advantage Series)
Sage Pro ERP 7.1 or later , U.S. (formerly ACCPAC Pro Series)
Sage MAS 90 4.0
ADP PC Payroll for Windows 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, U.S. and Canada
A number of additional payroll services/applications
Database consolidation. ACCPAC HR Series 6.5 now ships with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE) as the backend database, providing industry-leading database security, integrity, and performance. MSDE replaces Jet (Microsoft Access) as the backend database for existing ACCPAC HR Series, Corporate Edition customers. It also supplements existing support for existing ACCPAC HR Series, Enterprise Edition customers already relying on Microsoft SQL Server. ACCPAC HR Series 6.5 represents one North American edition of the product.
Other enhancements to ACCPAC HR Series 6.5 include multi-company support in Applicant Manager, a new Employee Picture report, and improved security for hiding employee social security numbers.
Pricing and Availability
ACCPAC HR Series 6.5 is now available from Sage Accpac business partners starting at $1,000 (USD) for a 25-employee system, with scalability to handle up to thousands of employees. To locate a Sage Accpac business partner, please contact Sage Accpac at 1-800-945-8007, or visit www.accpac.com.
ACCPAC HR Series is one of a number of award-winning Human Resources solutions available from Sage Software, including Sage Abra HRMS, and Timeslips by Sage.
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