Backstage changes, July to December 2025

16-Sep-2026 · Wing Au Yeung

Dear Backstage Users,

Please find below list of new features that we introduced from July to December 2025.

Backstage Team


System Level

Placement

  • Benefit import and export - on Placement Import / Export
  • Activity Approver and Attendance Application Approver - new supervisor types when adding a subordinate

Job Order

  • Copy - also copies consultant allocation

Recruitment (New Module)

  • Job Opening - new Recruitment menu (shown when recruitment is enabled): Job Opening, Job Application Form, and Job Application Source
  • Job Application - Status on the application; Job Opening -> Job Application -> Convert to Placement

Attendance

  • Related Rosters - on Holiday Group, a list of rosters that use the holiday group

Activity

  • Activity Type Attachment/Remark option - on Activity Type: None, Attachment Only, Remark Only, Attachment Or Remark, or Attachment And Remark

Payroll

  • Autopay:
    • BOC Macau ISO - new format
  • eMPF Remittance Advice - new MPF contribution report with cover letter. Contribution Template Name: EmpfExcelMpfContribution
  • Select from Clipboard - Payroll Batch -> Select Placement also matches Applicant Number
  • Payroll Variables:
    • Activity Duration - [ActivityDuration] with ACTIVITY_CODE=, UNIT=HOURS / UNIT=DAYS, and EXCLUDE_LUNCH
    • Overtime Minutes - [OVERTIME_MINUTES] with DEDUCT_BREAK_HOUR and DISCARD_START_TIME_BEFORE=
    • Timesheet Work Day - [TWD(ACTUAL_HOURS=…)] with HOLIDAY_ONLY / WORKDAY_ONLY
    • Termination Leave Day - [TLD(ROUNDING=…)] to round up when the decimal part is at or above the value

Invoice

  • Select Payroll - Select from Clipboard also matches Applicant Number

Leave Management

  • Email template variables - [LAST_APPROVER_REMARK] and [LAST_APPROVER_REMARK_WITHOUT_NAME]
  • Unmatched expiry warning - on Placement Leave Entitlement, a warning when expiry/settlement does not match the expected days

Expense

  • Custom Fields - can be added on Expense Payment

Taxation

  • Submit IR8A via API - Singapore IR8A Form Batch -> More -> Submit IR8A via API, validate then submit to IRAS

Employee Portal

  • Leave History (New Version) - Leave Type and Year selection, and an Entitled/Used/Expired tab for leave types with auto forfeiture. Please let us know if you want this update
  • Delete pending activity - In Employee Portal, staff can delete their own pending activity if nobody has approved or rejected it yet