Enhancements

Changes to Identity Services - Monday 2nd September 2024

Enhancements

From Monday 2nd September 2024 there will be changes to the way that Users log in to the HR Platform, and the way that Users and Security settings are managed.

 

Changes to Validation of Email Addresses

 

Following these changes there will be additional validation applied to email addresses in the HR platform to ensure that they are in a valid, acceptable format for use.

• This applies to the “Work email” and “Personal email” fields on the Employee record.    
• This also applies to the “Username” field on the User record.  
• All Usernames must be valid email address.
• As part of this we have removed the Username column from the Table on the Company Users page.    
• The username will still be displayed when Editing a user on the Company Users page.

 

Changes to the Validation of User Passwords

    

• Following these changes there will be additional validation applied to passwords in the HR platform to ensure that they are in a valid, acceptable format for use in the Identity Service    

This occurs wherever the password is updated, eg:

•  By an Administrator or HR user using the Company users page.    
• By an Employee logged in to Self-service.    
• In all places where a password is automatically generated for a user.

 

The following are the requirements for a valid password:    

• Password length must be 9 characters or more.    
• Must have at least 1 upper case letter and at least 1 lower case letter.  
• Must have at least 1 numeric character and at least 1 special character.    
• The same character cannot be used more than 2 times consecutively.