Deprecated Features
Company Properties, Membership Types & Ethnic Race were removed from the Admin module.

Deprecated Features
The reports module is no longer available as a single module.

Deprecated Features
The previous recruitment has been completely removed.

Deprecated Features
The ability to create timesheets for the past is no longer available. The weeks are now available on drop down.

The following sections were addressed in this release.

• "Work Experience", "Education", "Skills", "Languages" and "License" all under one screen called "Qualifications".


• Photograph moved into left side of PIM screens.


• Custom fields per each PIM screen.


• Attachments per each PIM screen.

Deprecated Features

The ability to create user groups for the PIM module was dropped in this release.A few fields from the PIM & the Tax Exemptions tab were removed, but an ability to switch on these fields were also given under a new option, PIM>>Configure.
The fields are;Nick Name, Smoker and Military Service, SSN & SIN.

Defining a leave period

The system now allows you to define a company's leave year, this can be from 1st January to 31st December or 1st April to 31st March or any other selection. Once a leave period is defined the leave summary will display details within your leave period.

Filter your leave summary by Employee, Location, Leave Type, Job Title and Sub Unit while you can select the No. of Records per Page. Compared to previous versions we have done some theme improvements to give a much crisper look to the interface.

Along with more search options and a crisper UI the leave list features an extendable text area where comments can be entered. Earlier only a small text box was available. This will allow users to enter better descriptions of the leaves while making it easier to read.

Leave notifications sent to when leaves are applied, approved, rejected or cancelled are now more meaningful and allows you to track actions performed by users. Eg. When a user applies for leave the approval mail will now contain the name of the approver and the comments, if any.

• New look and feel: With community collaboration we have created a new look and feel for version 2.5. We have taken into consideration key usability issues from the previous version. For an example in the PIM module you can display up to 100 users (up from 10 in the previous version). Software ergonomics, human factors science and design considerations were used to ensure usability and consistency throughout the application.


• Separation of the project time tracking and attendance: With the new release, administrators can track employees' attendance (Punch In/Out) and create reports separately. Project time tracking can be done with the new grid view that allows users to enter time spent on project activities for the week.


• The Recruitment engine is better equipped with new features including the ability to attach resumes and expand or collapse the Job description


• Over 150 issues were fixed and the system is much more stable than the previous version.


• Implementation of Advanced security measures: Cross-site scripting (XSS) security vulnerabilities that were discovered by our global community members have been fixed.


• The performance of the application has been increased by optimization of the database and re-factoring of the code base.

• We had got many requests regarding this issue and we addressed it in version 2.4.2. Now you can use an already created empty MySQL database at OrangeHRM installer. If you have MySQL root access, you can still let OrangeHRM create the database for you. We have provided a method to switch between these two methods where OrangeHRM installer asks database details.


• In addition to this, we have made some security enhancements in 2.4.2. We have also added automated upgrades for version 2.2.2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.4.0.1 and 2.4.1. You can download OrangeHRM 2.4.2 here and update instructions are available here. We hope OrangeHRM stable version 2.4.2 will bring you a stable and enhanced experience till we release much awaited version 2.5.

This release includes the following bugs fixed since 2.4-beta.7:

• 2067151 - Leave:Ess Apply leave,doesnt filter properly
• 2040006 - Time: Approved timesheets can be edited
• 2057167 - Leave:Entering for some text boxes, gives Stoper
• 2041376 - 2.4b6:Benefits:ESSuser having(') in his name,cant submit req
• 2037561 - TIME:It gives an incorrect report if the user add time event
• 2059239 - Renaming Leave Type leads for incorrect displaying of data
• 2023269 - [CRB] Leave list for a month not filtered properly
• 2056846 - Admin: Entering ' for some text boxes, gives Stoper

OrangeHRM has given a wider option for the organizations to select their Health Saving Plans out of the 6 options been specified. These can be listed as HSA, HRA, FSA, HSA+HRA, HSA+FSA, HRA+FSA. All these options are based on the level of contribution by the employee and the employer.

This lists out all the records of a particular employee with regards to his HSP. This lists out the annual limit, the employer and the employee contributions, the accrued amount and the current status of the HSP.

This is the place where the HR admin can go and check the due HSP payments due for the employees.

This displays all the used HSP payments as well as the due HSP payments of a particular employee.This list provides a clear idea of the current status of the overall HSP system in the organization

This provides a request form for the employees to apply for the HSP in a particular year. Certain fields in this form are set inactive in the case of the ESS users and being made active for the HR admin only,when approving the HSP requests.

- Punch in/out time allows employees to enter the time of arrival to and departure from the workplace

- Easy and hassle free attendance tracking by incorporating the punch in/out times into employee timesheets

- Administrator’s ability to define the start of the working week for the timesheets adds on the flexibility for the system
- The detailed timesheet view ensures the easy access to all the timesheet information within a single button click

- Filtering by certain criteria, preview and printing of the timesheets

- The new role of Project administrator has been introduced, granting project administrators with the privileges to define and modify their project activities and monitor project reports

- The project reports for the certain time period display the functionality

- By specifying the project and the relevant activities, employees can register and track the working time. The project and employee reports appear to be a handy tool for the project administrators, who can now manage the allocation of the tasks and time, in regards with the past performance and occupancy of the employees.

- The leave management module has been re-engineered to provide more precise management of employee leave related operations in hours (the previous versions of the system allow day/half-day scaling).

- Administrators of the system can define working shifts, specifying the number of working hours per day assigning employees who are working according to this work shift.

Features of the new application involving administration and management of time sheets include:

The ability of HR administrators to specify an organization's current projects and customers

A way for employees to easily create and modify timesheets, to specify time allocated to specific projects and customers

- Submission and cancellation of timesheets by employees
- Modification of subordinate timesheets by supervisors and HR administrators to include new or edit existing time events
- Rejection, approval and cancellation of timesheets by HR administrators

OrangeHRM has improved the data access and security by providing separate PIM module for the Supervisors. From now on Supervisors can view and edit the personal information of their subordinates.

The Danish, Spanish and Russian translation of OrangeHRM is already available. The system will be translated into other languages so that SMEs from all over the world could benefit from the solution in their native language. For those who would like to contribute - please, contact info@orangehrm.com

The feature improvements in OrangeHRM 2.1 release include:

• Ability to define employee ID (previously it was auto generated by the system);
• Display more employee details in the employee list;
• Ability to search employee list according to more criterion;
• Application and assignment of leave, valid for a range of days;
• Auto notification emails for supervisors and subordinates after performing leave operations;
• Ability to view and modify leave summary information of all employees through one screen form;
• More fields added to reports;
• Full translation of OrangeHRM into Russian language.

The following features are available:

• HR admin can define leave types and entitlements of leave for employees.
• Employees can apply for leave.
• Supervisors can approve/reject leave
• Employees can view their leave summary
• Supervisors can view leave summary of employees who report to him/her.
• HR Admin can view leave summary of all employees.

Several structural enhancements and improved wording that have made the whole flow of the system more logical.

• Improved user interface in the personal information module.
• Removal of features and fields which were not found usable in their present form. Thereby, customizing and configuring the system to match your company can be done much faster and easier.
• Improved Web installer for fast installation and setup on both Windows and Linux.

Features

• PIM (employee photograph/Report To)
• ESS
• Reports

• Employee Information now contains Employee photograph Employee photograph could be added (not mandatory) when an employee is added in the Employee Information, and it can be changed to any other picture when editing is done in the employee information.


• Report To can be used to define the 'report to' hierarchy of all employees (supervisors/subordinates) and type (direct/indirect); assigns supervisors/subordinates employees. On selecting an employee all the supervisors/subordinates assigned to that employee will be listed separately bottom of page. To add a new supervisor you simply select supervisor/subordinate, click the button for pop-up window to select the employee whom you are going to assign as supervisor/subordinate and reporting method: direct/indirect. To edit an existing supervisor/subordinate you simply click a supervisor/subordinate from the bottom lists and you can do the changes. To un-assign a supervisor/subordinate simply delete supervisor/subordinate from the relevant list

Employee Self Service facilitates employees to edit their own personal data without the intervention of HR Department. However sensitive will not be editable using ESS and will only be displayed. If the logged on user is a not a HR Admin user he/she will be presented with this module with his/her employee information. Using ESS users can edit their personal data. (sensitive data like salary grade, corporate tile, etc. will remain read-only).
Note: All users are now classified as normal users and HR Admin users. A user is taken as HR Admin if the HR Admin checkbox is selected in the user creation form under maintenance module. All other employees are considered as ordinary users.

Customized reports (Users will be able define report criteria, result fields), once the reports are defined they will be stored, and once the criteria data are given the report will be generated. The reports can only be generated by the users who belong to user groups that are allowed to view those report at the time of report definition.

Depending upon the user group of the currently logged on user if the user group has the ability to define reports, they will be given separate tab to define reports. When defining reports a set of reporting criteria as well as fields will be given to the user. Users can name the report, select the relevant search criteria, and required fields. After saving the reports the user will then be asked to assign user groups to the reports. Only users from the selected user groups will be able to view reports. You add and remove user-groups as necessary later by selecting reports and clicking on Assign User Groups to go to the Assign User Groups page.

To view report, select the report from the list after selecting View Reports. Depending upon the criteria defined for that report, you will be asked to enter criteria data required to generate report. To summarize the report you can de-select fields (only selected criteria and fields during report definition would appear in this form), and click Generate Report.

• All Admin/PIM/Maintenance
• All items newly created, having system generated codes, may not be stored with the same code displayed earlier.

• User
• Users will not be able to delete the user account they have used to login
• Users are divided into HR Admin Users and Ordinary users. If the 'Is HR Admin' flag is selected, the all the modules (Admin, PIM, Reports, Maintenance, Bug Tracker will be available to them). However if the 'Is HR Admin' flag is not selected the user will only be given access to ESS module.


• User-Groups
• Admin User group cannot be deleted
• Ability to define reports is given at time of User Group creation.