QuickBooks Online Payroll users with Premium or Elite payroll subscriptions already are the recipients of certain functionalities and services provided through 'Mineral, Inc.*'. Currently, the Mineral HR Support Center is only available to QuickBooks Online Premium and Elite payroll subscribers. Mineral's HR Advisor support is currently only available to QuickBooks Online Payroll Elite subscribers.
Source: Intuit QuickBooks Online Payroll
QuickBooks is planning enhancements to these existing HR experiences as of March 18, 2024 when existing Mineral functionalities will be upgraded to the Mineral Platform.
To better serve users of these payroll products, QuickBooks will be enhancing the HR experience with updated tools and resources to improve the way users manage policies and HR documents. In addition, users will have access to an expanded library of benefits information (including health, welfare & retirement benefits) and expanded expertise and guidance from Mineral Experts (available in QuickBooks Payroll Elite) to answer benefits questions.
As part of these enhancement there will be an update to the HR Handbook feature allowing for a streamlined handbook creation and maintenance process. The enhanced Handbook experience will allow users to:
- review and automatically update handbook policies, due to a legislative or regulatory change
- Create as many handbooks as needed for their business
- Keep handbooks compliant with real-time policy notifications and in-platform updates
As part of these changes, you need not take any action on your part, and your existing HR Handbook data will remain the same.
To enhance the handbook experience, the services around handbooks will be updated. Moving forward, the previous one-hour handbook consultation will no longer be included. HR Experts will no longer be customizing individual policies and documents. According to Intuit, the new platform automation and service-related changes should result in a more streamlined experience in creating and maintaining your documents by delivering a ready-to-use finalized version.
HR Experts (available in QuickBooks Payroll Elite) will still be happy to answer any specific questions Elite users have regarding handbook administration best practices.
For details about exactly what HR features/services are included in the QuickBooks Online Payroll Premium and Elite subscriptions, see this official 'Mineral' webpage.
For more information about the upcoming changes, you can visit the official 'Mineral' webpage regarding these changes to the QuickBooks HR functionalities in QBO Premium and Elite Payroll.
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