# Employee Central Payroll 1H 2025 - Link: https://www.lorenzo-datasolutions.com/employee-central-payroll-1h-2025/ - Published: 2025-04-30T07:44:27+00:00 - Author: Anipe Abraham Employee Central Payroll 1H 2025 , release provides exciting innovations across  SAP SuccessFactors** Employee Central** **Payroll 1H 202**5 that can help you transform your [HR](https://www.lorenzo-datasolutions.com/employee-central-payroll-videos/) operations, increase employee engagement, and deliver results. Don’t miss out on all the great innovations and enhancements. Here are a few key updates you should consider for SuccessFactors **Employee Central Payroll 1H [2025](https://www.lorenzo-datasolutions.com/successfactors-employee-central-1h-2025/).** ### 1H – 2025 Release Schedule | **Release** | **Preview** | **Production** | | 1H 2025 | 14th April 2025 | 16 – 18th May 2025 | ## 1. AI-Assisted Explain My Pay Statement for Employee Central Payroll Based on SAP Human Capital Management for SAP S/4HANA You can now use Joule to get an explanation of your most recent pay statement, or to compare your most recent pay statement with the previous pay statement. You can ask Joule to explain terms or amounts displayed on your pay statement. The explanations can include wage type names or wage type information from the payroll result, depending on whether the wage type is included in document grounding. **Restriction**: This feature is only available in English. We developed this feature to make it easier for users to [understand](https://www.lorenzo-datasolutions.com/successfactors-time-management-1h-2025/) entries and abbreviations on their pay statements without having to research different resources for explanations. ### Configuration Requirements * You’ve purchased the **AI units** license. For more information about **AI units** license, please contact your Account Executive. * You’ve enabled the **AI Services Administration**  **Explain Pay** option in ** Admin [Center](https://www.lorenzo-datasolutions.com/employee-central-payroll-content/)**. * You must have enabled Joule for SAP SuccessFactors.**Restriction**Joule isn’t enabled in production tenants until the May release date of Joule. Employee Central Payroll 1H 2025. How It Looks Now Here are screenshots that show examples of employees asking questions about their previous pay statements and deductions. Joule provides explanations in responses. ![Example: Explain My previous pay statement - UK-specific](data:image/gif,GIF89a% 01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01% 00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B "Example: Explain My previous pay statement - UK-specific") ![Example: Explain My Deductions UK-specific](data:image/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00% 80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00% 02%01D%00%3B "Example: Explain My Deductions UK-specific") ### Technical Details | **Reference Number** | **PAY-29740** | | Product | Employee Central Payroll | | Module | SAP Business AI | | Feature | Generative [AIJoule](https://anipeabraham.com/anipe-abraham-successfactors-videos/) Pay Statements | | Action | Info only | | Enablement | Contact Customer Engagement Executive or Account Manager | | Lifecycle | General Availability | | Type | New | | Major or Minor | Major | | Business Process Variant | Not Applicable | | Software Version | 1H 2025 | ## 2. New Fields Added to the National ID and Personal Documents Section of the Employee Profile Page Two new fields, **Valid From** and **Valid To** have been added to the **National ID and Personal Documents** section, displaying the validity of the national ID. These two fields will allow the addition of add multiple national IDs for one person, if required. The data of multiple national IDs can be stored now. ### Configuration Requirements You must have installed the relevant support package in your Employee Central Payroll system. SAP S/4HANA HCM (S4HCM 101): support [package](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anipeabraham/) 21 SAP ERP HCM (EA-HR EHP8): support package E5 Please note that you can’t use the feature as a whole until the support package mentioned has been released. The full documentation will be made available then too. **How It Looks Now** ![The Valid From and Valid To fields display for the national ID.](data:image/gif, GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00% 00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B "The Valid From and Valid To fields display for the national ID.") **How It Looked Before** ![The National ID Information doesn't display the validity period.](data:image/gif, GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00% 00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B "The National ID Information doesn't display the validity period.") ### Technical Details | **Reference Number** | **PAY-22039** | | Product | Employee Central Payroll | | Module | Employee Central Payroll | | Feature | Employee Master Data Replication | | Action | Info only | | Enablement | Automatically on | | Lifecycle | General Availability | | Type | New | | Major or Minor | Minor | | Business Process Variant | Not Applicable | | Software Version | 1H 2025 | ## 3. Payroll Information Available in Alumni Experience Former employees, referred to here as alumni, can now view and download pay statements as part of the alumni experience. The alumni experience allows former employees that have been assigned the new alumni role to access the system after their employment ends. In the Payroll tab, alumni can view and download pay statements, payroll and tax-related documents, as well compliance-related information. We developed this feature to allow alumni to easily access pay statements and payroll information after their employment has ended. ### What’s Changed ![The People Profile showing the alumni experience with the option to view Payroll Information](data:image/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9% 04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B "The People Profile showing the alumni experience with the option to view Payroll Information") **How It Looks Now** Alumni can now view payroll information in the People Profile. ### Technical Details | **Reference Number** | **PAY-29385** | | Product | Onboarding PlatformEmployee Central Payroll | | Module | OnboardingEmployee [Central](https://www.youtube.com/@LorenzoDataSolutions) Payroll | | Feature | Alumni ExperiencePay Statements | | Action | Info only | | Enablement | Customer configured | | Lifecycle | General Availability | | Type | New | | Major or Minor | Major | | Business Process Variant | Not Applicable | | Software Version | 1H 2025 | Thanks & Regards, [Anipe Abraham](https://twitter.com/anipeabraham),[Sr. #SAP #SuccessFactors Consultant | Employee Central | Employee Central Payroll | Recruitment Management l Onboarding | PMGM | Sap Hcm | Corporate Trainer.](https://www.youtube.com/c/AnipeAbraham/featured) The blogs on my personal website are designed to support consultants and students eager to expand their knowledge. Writing these posts is driven by my personal interest, and my hope is that they serve as helpful learning resources. **I focus on sharing the most up-to-date content in SAP SuccessFactors **to ensure readers get accurate, valuable insights. By [Anipe Abraham](https://anipeabraham.com/).