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HCM: pages switching to Redwood in 26C (5)
Oracle announces these HCM changes in its HCM What's New documents as Redwood default switches (and a few end-of-support, migration or removal notices), not as opt-in expirations. They are not on Oracle's Current Opt-In Expirations list and are not part of the former opt-ins counts on this site. 9 more are already announced for 26D. All HCM pages switching to Redwood →
Redwood workforce structures pages by default (first set)
Global HRSwitches to Redwood by defaultFrom 26CRevert: Profile option can be set back to No
Five workforce structures pages switch to Redwood by default from 26C.
Pages affected: Grades, Grade Rates, Legal Entity HCM Information, Legal Reporting Unit HCM Information, Reporting Establishments
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Redwood Benefits pages by default
BenefitsSwitches to Redwood by defaultFrom 26CRevert: None stated on this page
Benefits self-service and administration pages default to Redwood from 26C; Oracle delivers new Benefits enhancements in Redwood only.
Pages affected: Benefits Employee Self-Service, Benefits Administration
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Redwood UK self-service payroll pages by default
Payroll (UK)Switches to Redwood by defaultFrom 26CRevert: Profile option can be set back to No
The UK Pension Enrollment and New Starter Declaration self-service pages switch to Redwood by default from 26C.
Pages affected: Pension Enrollment, New Starter Declaration
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Suggested Career feature no longer supported
LearningMigrationFrom 26CRevert: None stated
Oracle stops supporting the predictive-AI Suggested Career feature from 26C and replaces it with generative-AI career role suggestions.
Pages affected: Career role suggestions (Grow, Opportunity Marketplace)
Oracle's title: “Mandatory migration to enhanced career role suggestions using generative AI”
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Hybrid skill-suggestion logic retired
RecruitingEnd of supportFrom 26CRevert: None stated
Oracle retires the Hybrid skill-suggestion logic after 26B; requisitions not on the Redwood creation flow and details page no longer show suggested skills.
Pages affected: Suggested Skills in job requisitions
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Delivered switched on (25)
Impact: highAutomatically onHCMAbsence Management · Absence Management
If you use the Entry Level Approval timecard task, compensatory time earned now goes to Absence Management as each time entry is approved, so the balance is usable straight away, not after the whole timecard is approved. Compensatory time also now works for customers using only Projects with a third-party payroll.
Oracle's own impact label: Small scale · Action to enable: None ·
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Impact: highAutomatically onHCMHuman Resources · EmploymentRedwood Platform
From 26D, the Redwood versions of the employment pages (Add Assignment, Add Contingent Worker, Add Nonworker, Add Pending Worker and more) are switched on by default through their profile options. Nothing changes in 26C, so plan your testing for 26D.
Oracle's own impact label: Larger scale · Action to enable: None ·
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Impact: highAutomatically onHCMHuman Resources · EmploymentRedwood Platform
From 27A, the Redwood Resign from Employment, Terminate Employment and Mass Assignment Change pages are switched on by default. Nothing changes in 26C.
Oracle's own impact label: Larger scale · Action to enable: None ·
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Impact: highAutomatically on (setup may apply)HCMHuman Resources · PersonRedwood Platform
The Redwood person pages (Personal Details, Contact Info, Identification Info, Family and Emergency Contacts and more) become the default in 26D, not 26C as Oracle first planned. You can switch back to the older pages by setting their profile options to No.
Oracle's own impact label: Larger scale · Action to enable: Potential Setup ·
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Impact: highAutomatically on (setup may apply)HCMLearning and Development · Learning administratorsRedwood Platform
Learning specialists can now manage assignment status changes with more precise control. Some actions were already available in Redwood, and this release adds new restrictions and expands support for specific statuses.
Oracle's own impact label: Larger scale · Action to enable: Potential Setup ·
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Impact: highAutomatically on (setup may apply)HCMLearning and Development · Learning Experience and ManagementRedwood Platform
These Redwood catalog management enhancements let you manage courses, offerings, events, self-paced learning, learning paths, catalog security, and catalog administration more efficiently.
Oracle's own impact label: Larger scale · Action to enable: Potential Setup ·
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Impact: highAutomatically onHCMPayroll · Payroll for the United States
When a valid address is created or updated, the affected local tax jurisdictions now sync automatically to the employee's Tax Withholding card: Ohio and Kentucky school districts and Pennsylvania PSD and school districts (Indiana gets component creation only).
Oracle's own impact label: Larger scale · Action to enable: None ·
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Impact: highAutomatically onHCMPayroll · Payroll for CanadaIdea Lab
Enhancements were made to the Tax Credit Information pages to support additional fields for the federal and provincial forms. These enhancements impact both the employee self-service and the professional Tax Credit Information pages.
Oracle's own impact label: Larger scale · Action to enable: None ·
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Impact: highAutomatically onHCMTime and Labor · Time and Labor
If you use the Entry Level Approval timecard task, compensatory time earned now goes to Absence Management as each time entry is approved, so the balance is usable straight away, not after the whole timecard is approved. Compensatory time also now works for customers using only Projects with a third-party payroll.
Oracle's own impact label: Larger scale · Action to enable: None ·
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Impact: mediumAutomatically onHCMAbsence Management · Absence Management
Absences entered on the timecard now also show the unpaid break deducted from the absence duration, in a read-only field on the Redwood absence pages (26B did this for absences entered in Absence Management).
Oracle's own impact label: Small scale · Action to enable: None ·
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Impact: mediumAutomatically onHCMAbsence Management · Absence Management
Employees can no longer withdraw an approved absence that they've edited and resubmitted while the change is awaiting approval. The manager has to approve the change first, and withdrawing it after that needs approval too.
Oracle's own impact label: Small scale · Action to enable: None ·
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Impact: mediumAutomatically on (setup may apply)HCMBenefits · Benefits
Benefits administrators now have greater flexibility when a certification document has already been approved and a later life event requires additional documentation.
Oracle's own impact label: Small scale · Action to enable: Potential Setup ·
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Impact: mediumAutomatically on (setup may apply)HCMBenefits · Benefits
Benefits administrators can now simulate a life event for a person from the Benefits Summary page and see the estimated eligibility and rates it would produce. The simulation is read-only and saves nothing.
Oracle's own impact label: Small scale · Action to enable: Potential Setup ·
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Impact: mediumAutomatically on (setup may apply)HCMBenefits · Benefits
Employees can now upload required certification documents in Redwood Self-Service Benefits after the enrollment window closes, provided the certification action item is associated with the employee’s latest life event.
Oracle's own impact label: Small scale · Action to enable: Potential Setup ·
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Impact: mediumAutomatically onHCMHuman Resources · Workforce Directory ManagementRedwood Platform Idea Lab
Admins can now apply Connections page properties, such as hiding the Feedback card, conditionally: by the viewer's role, whether they're viewing their own profile, or the profile's business unit, department, country, legal employer or location.
Oracle's own impact label: Larger scale · Action to enable: None ·
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Impact: mediumAutomatically onHCMPayroll · Global PayrollRedwood Platform
The Element Classifications, Consolidation Group and Payment Methods Preferences setup pages are now Redwood pages, with Oracle Search for HCM built in. They're on by default, and any personalizations of the old pages have to be redone.
Oracle's own impact label: Larger scale · Action to enable: None ·
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Impact: mediumAutomatically onHCMPayroll · Payroll for Canada
This feature delivers a detailed online tax calculation statement for a specific employee and payroll run. Access the content using the new Tax Calculation Statement tab on the Person Results page.
Oracle's own impact label: Larger scale · Action to enable: None ·
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Impact: lowAutomatically onHCMAbsence Management · Absence Management
You can now use Visual Builder studios to further extend the Redwood absence entry page. Extend the enhanced Redwood Absence entry page which now supports guided journeys, setting up of default values, and allows to show or hide buttons based on user roles.
Oracle's own impact label: Small scale · Action to enable: None ·
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Impact: lowAutomatically onHCMAbsence Management · Absence Management
When you enter absences against past or future assignments using the enhanced Redwood pages, the date picker now allows selection of only the valid dates for the chosen assignment.
Oracle's own impact label: Small scale · Action to enable: None ·
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Impact: lowAutomatically onHCMAbsence Management · Absence Management
You can now set up absence plans so users must pick a reason, from the new ORA_ANC_DISBURSEMENT_REASONS lookup, when they enter or upload discretionary disbursements. Nothing changes until you attach reasons to a plan.
Oracle's own impact label: Small scale · Action to enable: None ·
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Impact: lowAutomatically onHCMAbsence Management · Absence Management
Absence Management enables users to record absences for past assignments that concluded within the last year, as well as, for all active future assignments. You can now further refine these options using two new page properties in the Visual Builder Studio.
Oracle's own impact label: Small scale · Action to enable: None ·
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Impact: lowAutomatically on (setup may apply)HCMBenefits · Benefits
Benefits Redwood page properties can now use rules in Visual Builder Studio. Previously, page properties were typically configured as static values, such as enabling or disabling a setting, adding a guided journey, or defining text for the welcome area.
Oracle's own impact label: Small scale · Action to enable: Potential Setup ·
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Impact: lowAutomatically on (setup may apply)HCMBenefits · Benefits
Certification-related pending actions in Redwood Benefits now display document type names based on Benefits configuration. Previously, the document type shown in the panel drawer was derived from the Document of Record (DOR) document types.
Oracle's own impact label: Small scale · Action to enable: Potential Setup ·
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Impact: lowAutomatically on (setup may apply)HCMBenefits · Benefits
The Benefits Analyst Agent now includes additional tools to answer more Benefits-related questions for employees. The agent continues to answer questions only for the logged-in employee.
Oracle's own impact label: Small scale · Action to enable: Potential Setup ·
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Impact: lowAutomatically on (setup may apply)HCMBenefits · Benefits
You can now preview the supported certification attachments directly in the Redwood Benefits Summary page of Benefits Service Center. PDF and image attachments open in an inline preview.
Oracle's own impact label: Small scale · Action to enable: Potential Setup ·
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