What's new or changed in Dynamics 365 Human Resources August 23, 2021

Applies to these Dynamics 365 apps:
Human Resources

This article describes features that are new, changed, or coming soon in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Human Resources.

For more information about our update process and schedule, see Update process.

For more information about new features and their expected general availability dates, see Overview of Dynamics 365 Human Resources 2021 release wave 2.

In this release

This release includes the following new features and bug fixes. Changes apply to build number 8.1.4419.

Bug fixes

The following bug fixes are included in this release.

Note

Our goal is to get you this information as soon as possible. We might update this article to include bug fixes that made it into the build after this article was initially published.

Issue number	Issue	Description
594066	Unable to delete Contact Information	When selecting to delete a Contact information record for an employee, a contact information record other than the selected record is deleted instead.
611339	Adding a personalization causes the bank account to ignore filter and fetches the first record	Adding a personalization causes the bank account list to run a personalization query after the datasource query runs, resulting in the query fetching the top record regardless of the worker for whom the details are being viewed.
591806	Onboarding due date tasks are incorrectly calculated	Due dates are incorrectly calculated when the following conditions exist: The checklists that are created are using a calendar that uses an extended time range (example from 2005 to 2050) and the user's preferences utilize a time zone other than Central Standard Time.
592749	Leave balance is incorrect on Employee self service	If the employee has employment in more than one legal entity and cross company leave view is enabled, the leave balance might be incorrect.
603133	Unexpected warning when requesting time off	When requesting time off, filling the Half-day field before the Amount field will cause an unexpected warning.
606546	Select field not visible in Approved time off	The check box to select multiple approved leave requests was not visible.
597059	Worker not visible in Leave and Absence company calendar	A worker is not visible in the Leave and absence company calendar if the applied date range includes any day for which they have been denied a leave request.

In preview

The following new features are in preview. For more information about how to turn features on or off, see Manage features.

Feature	Release plan	Documentation
Benefits management workspace	Benefits management workspace (Preview)	Benefits management workspace
Enable simplified payroll integration (Payroll integration APIs)	Enable simplified integration with payroll providers	Payroll integration API
Enable an absence manager to manage leave	Enable an absence manager to manage leave	In this release, we are updating the absence manager workspace view. For more information, see Configure absence manager role.
Configure attachment requirement per leave type	Configure attachment requirement per leave type	Configure leave and absence types
Configure leave units per leave type	Configure leave units per leave type	Configure leave and absence types
Enable employees to be marked as ready to be paid	Enable employees to be marked as ready to be paid	Ready to pay

Coming soon

For a complete list of planned features and their scheduled releases, see Overview of Dynamics 365 Human Resources 2021 release wave 2.

Feature	Details
Platform update 10.0.21 (45)	Roll-out of Platform update 10.0.21 is scheduled to begin with the service release on October 4, 2021. For more information, see Platform updates for version 10.0.21 of finance and operations apps (October 2021).

See also

What's new or changed in Human Resources
Overview of Dynamics 365 Human Resources 2021 release wave 2
Update process
Manage features