Project: Guardhouse Web

Sprint Number: Sprint 14Oct – 1Nov

Release Dates: 12 Nov 2024 AUS & 19 Nov 2024 UK



I. Scope

Guardhouse enhancements:

  • [GH-4359] Timesheet Event Report for UK – released as hotfix in AU 24Oct

    • Updated parameters and report format for the Timesheet Event Report when country = United Kingdom


  • [GH-4422] [Mobile API] Offered Shifts Acceptance Block UK – released as hotfix in AU 24Oct

    • API changes required for the implementation of the Compliance and Max Hours checking when accepting an Offered Shift

    • If staff is going to exceed his Max Hours allotment, he won’t be able to accept the shift

    • If staff compliance is not going to meet the Compliance/Skill Matching requirements, he won’t be able to accept the shift


  • [GH-3757] Subby Staff Approval Process – *{customer name}*

    • New feature that will put all newly shared subcontractor staff into an approval process where the Top Company can approve or reject a staff depending on their requirements

    • The “Subcontractor Staff Approval Process” needs to be turned on through the Company Settings > General

    • Once turned on, the Top Company can set an “Approval Timeout Interval (in hours)” that will automatically reject a subcontractor staff that hasn’t been approved yet after a certain time

    • On Top Company’s side, the new widget “Subcontractor Staff Submissions” will be available in the dashboard

      • All new staff shared through the following proces*{customer name}* will be included in the widget

        • Normal sharing process through the Subcontractor company’s account – Customers > Shared Staff > Share button

        • When Subcontractor Company assigns a new staff to a shared shift


  • For each staff in process of approval, the Top Company will be able to see the following sets of data which they can review to as*{customer name}*s if the staff will be approved or not

    • Employee Details – First Name, Last Name, Email address, Mobile number, Known as First name, Known as Last name, Employee ID, Employee Reference Number; only “Known as” names will be editable

    • Sites – list of all sites available in the Top Company; Top Company will be able to select which sites the staff will have access to, which sites they will be preferred/blacklisted

    • Licen*{customer name}* / Compliance – contains all licen*{customer name}* and GH compliances that the staff has

    • Schedule – shows the calendar for the staff so that the Top Company will be able to see which shifts the staff is currently assigned to

    • Salary / Wage – will allow the Top Company to select the Payroll Calendar and the Pay Template that will be applied to his profile

    • Approval – where the Top Company can decide if the staff is approved or not;

      • saving the widget with “Yes” means the staff is approved, and Top Company will have option to enter Remarks

      • saving the widget with “No” means the staff is rejected and will require a rejection reason; rejected staff will be removed from any shift assigned to them, their profiles will be unshared (deactivated) on the Top Company’s side


  • IMPORTANT NOTE: Only super admins, admins, and managers who has the “Can approve subcontractor staff submissions” claim ON will be able to approve

  • On Subcontractor Company’s side, the new widget “Rejected Staff Submissions” will be available in the dashboard

    • Will show all staff that were rejected by the Top Company either by automatic rejection or manual rejection, along with the rejection reason applied for the staff

    • Subcontractor company needs to manually address the feedback first, then once done, they can mark the rejection as Resolved

    • Until the rejection is Resolved, the Subcontractor Company will not be able to re-share the staff

    • Once re-shared, the staff will undergo the Approval Process again and needs to be approved by the Top Company


  • [GH-4360] Subby approval reports

    • New report “Staff Sharing Approval Process Report“ that will be available under the Subcontractor 

Reports section for companies where the Subby Staff Approval Process is turned ON as this will generate reports that are related to this process

  • The generated report will list all the subcontractor staff that are undergoing the approval process, the status of their approval, and the reasons for rejection if rejected


  • [GH-4361] Subcontractor Performance Report

    • Additional report under Subcontractor Reports to track the speed of shifts being filled and published by subcontractor and if the staff member assigned met required criteria


Guardhouse bug fixes:

  • Company Settings:

    • [GH-4111] Add validation when setting Offer Shift Expiry, should not allow 0


  • Dashboard:

    • [GH-4393] [GH-4404] Implement infinite-scroll in Publish vs. Unpublish widget


  • Schedule:

    • [GH-4418] Can't change a Shift- *{customer name}* - Released in AU hotfix 24 Oct

    • [GH-3954] Offer Shift bug: not auto publishing accepted offered shifts

    • [GH-4344] *{customer name}* Offered Shift Shift Shows as filled When It Isn't

    • [GH-4226] Fw: error hiring staff with Offering Shifts - HIGH - *{customer name}*

    • [GH-4300]Fwd: Offered shift preferred staff - Med- *{customer name}*

    • [GH-4399] Publish Roster: None to publish - *{customer name}*


  • Invoicing:

    • [GH-3878] Quickbooks Invoice Export – addressed additional feedback related to Customer Name showing incorrect field value - Released in AU hotfix 24 Oct

    • [GH-4367] -16.5 hours calculation for *{customer name}* shift - *{customer name}*


  • Reports:

    • [GH-4439] Annual Leave Accrual - *{customer name}* VIC – remove inactive staff from the Leave Management Report

    • [GH-4474]Timesheet Event Report for UK-*{customer name}*


  • Xero:

    • [GH-4413] CSA: Allowances cannot be pushed to Xero when Rate Type is Fixed - Released in AU hotfix 24 Oct


  • Others:

    • [GH-4426] Skill Matching - duplicate state licen*{customer name}* with varying statu*{customer name}* - Released in AU hotfix 24 Oct

    • [GH-4450] SSO Company Group handling - Released in AU hotfix 24 Oct

    • [GH-4048] Critical Compliance Access Level - UK All Accounts – Low

    • [GH-4283] Fwd: UK - Welfare Checks - App and SMS notification - Notifications been sent ahead of scheduled time - *{customer name}*