Please find below list of new features that we introduced from January to June 2025.
Backstage Team
System Level
Client Contacts export and import - on the organization
Applicant
Anonymize - Applicant profile -> More -> Anonymize. Marks personal fields (name, HKID, passport, contacts, bank, and similar) as [ANONYMIZED], removes attachments, and cannot be undone
Placement
Expected End Date - new date field on Placement
Recalculate Group Join Date on Import - option to recalculate Group Join Date during Placement Import
Job Order
Service Type - new master data (shown when billing is enabled), and a Service Type field on the job order
Job Order Import / Export - consultant allocation; import can leave job order number blank to generate it
Consultant Allocation effective date - including a default next date
Payroll
Autopay:
UOB UFF - new format
JPM Taiwan - new format
Post Payroll Batch MPF calculation warning - Before posting, Backstage recalculates MPF pay items (pay types whose name includes "MPF") and compares them with the amounts on the payroll. If they do not match, posting stops and you can choose to force post
MPF Trustee Employer field - new Employer field for eMPF
MPF Industry Scheme / daily-rated - calculation for employee and employer mandatory contributions
SSF Panel - Macau SSF information on the payroll
Payroll Variables:
Work Day - [WD(ON_DAYS=…)] to count days worked on specified days of the week
Holiday Day - [HD(THREE_MONTHS_AFTER_CONTINUOUS_CONTRACT)] to count holidays on or after the continuous-contract date
Leave Day - [LD(THREE_MONTHS_AFTER_CONTINUOUS_CONTRACT)] to count leave on or after the continuous-contract date
Leave Management
Resend Notification email for approved/rejected leave application - Leave Application record -> More -> Resend Notify also works when the application is Approved or Rejected, and sends the matching approved or rejected email
Appraisal
Form Template warning - if the template is already in use, a warning is shown that changes will also apply to appraisals that use it
Expense
Void withdrawn expense claim - Employee Portal Expense Claim: a withdrawn claim can be voided by the staff member; submitter and approver can be the same person, with separate Edit and Review
Timesheet
Project import and export - on Project
Recalculate single day attendance - Timesheet -> the "gear" of each day -> Recalculate, recalculate the attendance data (start, break, and end times)
Taxation
Email IR56E - to the staff
Employee Portal
Add staff on Team Roster - on a location header, the person-plus icon (on the right-hand corner) opens a list to add a staff member who is not already on the roster and create their schedule
Payslip password reminder - when payslips are password-protected