ABRA HRMS 8.4 Features:

The new U.S. payroll module includes expanded capabilities, like support for step rates and variable pay plans, to further support the payroll processing needs of U.S.-based businesses and organizations in such specific industries and categories as unions, manufacturing, government, and others. New veteran tracking capabilities help government agencies hiring veterans as federal contractors to comply with new reporting requirements, while new online recruitment functionality can help employers fill open positions more quickly.

 Payroll Processing:

The new Sage Abra Payroll (U.S.) 8.4 module includes:

–  user-controlled HR/payroll data sharing

–  added functionality for accruals, shift differentials, and overtime

    calculations

–  support for variable pay plans, such as sales commissions, draws, and

    piece-rate production

–  support for step rates; and

–  an extended set of pay frequencies.

 Veteran Reporting

Sage Abra HRMS includes new functionality for the tracking of veteran reporting categories to accommodate the required annual reporting for federal contractors on or after December 1,2003. A new VETS-100A form implements certain provisions of the Jobs for Veterans Act (JVA) and raises the VETS-100 reporting threshold from $25,000 to $100,000. Veteran reporting categories were also revised to match JVA changes.

 Online Recruiting

 Sage Abra delivers tightly integrated functionality across HR, payroll, benefits, training, and attendance, with rich reporting and analysis, and a Web workforce portal  with employee self-service, company communications, benefits enrollment, recruitment and more.

The product line features support for multiple databases, with versions 8.x of Sage Abra HRMS supporting Microsoft SQL Server, and versions 7.x of Sage Abra Suite supporting Visual FoxPro. Customers also have the option to run Sage Abra HRMS or SageAbra Suite either as a turn-key hardware/software solution or in a hosted environment.