Learn about what we're working on at Sparkrock. Please note: This roadmap reflects our current plans but is subject to adjustments.
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Legend:
- Productivity
- Platform
- Compliance
- Innovation
HRP 5.2
| Feature | Details | Category | Target Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supervisor report enhancements | Enhances the Supervisor Absence report with additional columns, ensuring that supervisors only have access to their own data and cannot view reports for other supervisors. Benefit: Increases supervisor oversight and security. | Productivity | Q2 2025 |
| Language preference setup at user level | Gives users the ability to change their preferred language within the application independently. | Productivity | Q2 2025 |
| Implement CRA T1198 Form Issuance for Retroactive Lump-Sum Payments | Supports school boards that need to issue T1198 to all staff who are qualifying retroactive lump-sum payments. Benefit: Boards will be able to report on new data for T1198 that is required for Bill 124. | Compliance | Q2 2025 |
| LTD Benefit Import Process | Introducing functionality to import Johnson-LTD Benefit Premium Deductions, process them in payroll, and generate a comprehensive reconciliation report to be sent back to Johnson. Automates the process of importing the deduction and attaching it to the required pay periods and deducting the required amount. | Productivity | Q2 2025 |
| Timesheet workflow for retroactively closed positions | When a timesheet is rejected by the system, make it visual for the employee, supervisor & Board. Benefit: Improved transparency for payroll. | Productivity | Q2 2025 |
EDAS V3 | Provide the ability to configure and run the British Columbia EDAS report
Benefit: Allows British Columbia customers to stay in compliance with relevant regulations. | Compliance | Q3 2025 |
| ATRF File Implementation | Generate the TRF History Extract Process Report. The report captures the ATRF information for each pay since the last time the process was run. A data file will be generated. Benefit: Removes repeated manual tasks. | Productivity | Q3 2025 |
| Multiple Bank Account Support | Provides ability to pay employees across multiple bank accounts. | Innovation | Q3 2025 |
| Remove Entitlements Automation | Create automation to remove unwanted entitlement records, which currently must be done manually. Benefit: Removes manual work and reliance on intervention from Support. | Productivity | Q3 2025 |
| Employee Work Calendar | Enables organizations to schedule, manage, and track employee work hours, shifts, absences, and other time-related data. Benefit: Improved organization, transparency, time management, and automated processes | Productivity | Q3 2025 |
| Alberta Report and Import Productization | Rebillable Salary Report, Payroll Vendor Import Files Benefit: Removes repeated manual tasks. | Productivity | Q3 2025 |
| British Columbia Pay Transparency Report | Pay Transparency Act in British Columbia requires employers with 1,000+ employees to report earnings for each employee in an anonymous format. Benefit: Allows British Columbia customers to stay in compliance with relevant regulations. | Compliance | Q3 2025 |
| Withheld Accumulator to be based on Net Pay | Makes Accumulator set to be based on "Net Pay" calculate based on future net pay. Benefit: Correct calculations and eliminates manual work. | Compliance | Q3 2025 |
| Replaced Employee Search Screen Enhancements | Enhancement to replaced employee search screen page for Board Entry and Board Approval screens so that users can uniquely identify replaced employee position. Benefit: Unique identification of replaced employee’s position for correct timesheet creation. | Productivity | Q4 2025 |
| British Columbia PEBT Reporting and Blue Automate | Migration from Lifeworks (Telus) to AdminNet with Pacific Blue Cross. Benefit: Allows British Columbia customers to stay in compliance PEBT reporting. | Compliance | Q4 2025 |
| UI for GL Substitution | Create an interface to add/change the GL substitution feature. Benefit: Allows customers to make GL substitution edits on their own and not rely on implementation team to do so. | Productivity | Q4 2025 |
| Comprehensive UI improvements to import screens | Subjects & Assignments, Absence Bank Adjustments, Payroll Calendars, Position & Assignments, Seniority Grids Benefits: Facilitates imports for mass changes. | Productivity | Q4 2025 |
| Custom Absences: Enhanced Workflow | Create an enhanced notification system, with board-level approval enhancements and supervisor review enhancements. Benefit: Will provide a more proactive and organized approach to managing absence approvals. | Innovation | Q4 2025 |
Finance
| Feature | Details | Category | Target Date |
|---|---|---|---|
Invoice Approvals | Improved auditing controls
| Productivity | Q3 2025 |
SIS
| Feature | Details | Category | Target Date |
|---|---|---|---|
ConnectEd Teacher Portal | Allows teachers to view student records, see timetable, take attendance, create seating plans, enter marks and comments, and post homework and achievement to the parent/student portal.
Benefit: Improve the technology, performance and user experience for teachers. Modernize the platform, and align with SIS | Innovation | Q3 2025 |
| PASI Digital Documents | Integration of PASI Digital Documents into the SIS. Benefit: Enable secure access, retrieval, and management of student records directly within the SIS interface | Innovation | Q3 2025 |
| Enhance "Summary of Student Achievement" Report with Advanced Customization and Improved Usability | Redesign the "Summary of Student Achievement" report interface and output. Benefit: Enhance usability, provide advanced customization options, and ensure compatibility with legacy layouts, thereby improving the overall user experience for stakeholders involved in student performance evaluation. | Productivity | |
| Enable Exam Mark Term/Topic Selection for Manitoba Completed Courses | Restore compliance for Manitoba Exam Mark entry by reintroducing term/topic selection in the Completed Courses UI. Benefit: Enables correct data entry for Manitoba Exam Marks across all students and topics. Eliminates manual correction for school boards. | Compliance | |
| Assign Homeroom Schedules | Introduce a centrally managed process that enables users to define reusable homeroom schedule templates by grade level and homeroom class type, and assign them to all or selected elementary schools. Benefit: Reduces repetitive data entry and ensures consistency in scheduling across schools that follow common homeroom structures. | Innovation | |
| Forms builder improvement | Enhancing the Usability and Functionality of the Forms Builder Benefit: Simplifies the form creation process, provides flexibility in form design, and allows customers to manage their own forms. | Innovation | Q4 2025 |
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