UZIO Product Updates — April 2026

This release introduces enhancements across Mobile, Payroll, Time Off, general platform features, and the Delievery Service Partner program — to improve operational control and support regulatory compliance. If you have any questions or feedback, please contact us at support@uzio.com.

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UZIO Mobile App Enhancements

• Emergency Contact Management — Now Available on the UZIO Mobile App
• Single Sign-On (SSO) — Now Available on the UZIO Mobile App

UZIO Payroll Enhancements

• SECURE 2.0 Act — Roth Catch-Up Contribution Support
• Washington Long-Term Care Insurance (WA LTI) — Employer Contribution Support
• Michigan SUTA — Delinquent Wage Base Support

UZIO Time Off Enhancements

• Restrict Employee Changes to Past Approved Time Off Requests

UZIO General Enhancements

• E-Verify — Automated Reminders for Cases Requiring Employer Action
• New API Endpoints — Employee Deductions and Contributions

DSP Program Updates

• Automatic Time Off Policy Setup for New York City DSPs

Coming Next

• New Home Page with Compliance & Risk Alerts and Action Center
• New Version of Custom Report Builder

UZIO Mobile App Enhancements

Emergency Contact Management — Now Available on the UZIO Mobile App

In March 2026, UZIO updated the Emergency Contact section to support the California Workplace Know Your Rights Act (SB 294), allowing employees associated with California work locations to optionally authorize notification to a designated emergency contact if they are arrested or detained at or during work. That update was released on the Employee Web Portal, and we indicated that mobile support would follow in April 2026.

That capability is now live. Employees can add, update, and manage their emergency contact information — including the California authorization — directly from the UZIO Mobile App.

What Employees Can Do on Mobile

• View, add, edit, and delete emergency contacts.
• For employees associated with a California work location, the “Notify this Emergency Contact in case of arrest or detention” checkbox is available, functioning identically to the web portal experience.
• Revoke the authorization at any time by updating the emergency contact record on the app.

Things to Note

• For existing employees, the California authorization checkbox is blank by default — this field is entirely optional.
• Employees can update this information at any time from either the mobile app or the Employee Web Portal.

What You Can Do

If you have employees in California who have not yet reviewed their emergency contact authorization, we encourage you to remind them they can now complete this directly from their mobile device. This helps ensure your organization remains in compliance with SB 294.

Single Sign-On (SSO) — Now Available on the UZIO Mobile App

In March 2026, UZIO introduced SAML 2.0-based Single Sign-On for the web portals, allowing organizations to authenticate users through an external Identity Provider such as Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD). We have extended this capability to the UZIO Mobile App, so employees in SSO-enabled organizations can log in to the mobile app using the same corporate identity they use on the web — a consistent, unified experience across all UZIO touchpoints.

How It Works

• On the mobile login screen, employees select the SSO login option and enter their work email address.
• UZIO redirects them to their organization’s configured Identity Provider.
• Upon successful authentication, access is granted automatically.

Things to Note

• The only action required from end users is clicking the SSO login option on the UZIO login page. The first time they do this, they must log in through the web portal so the system can link their corporate identity to their UZIO account and provision the SSO session. Once this initial linking is complete, they can sign in via SSO on either the web portal or the mobile app — no separate sign-up or activation step is needed on the user's side.
• When an employee is terminated, SSO access is automatically revoked. A registration link should be sent so the former employee can set up standard UZIO credentials if needed.
• Admin users retain the ability to use UZIO credentials as a fallback authentication method on both the web portal and the mobile app.
• For organizations that prefer SSO-only access, active employees' UZIO credentials can be removed so they sign in exclusively via SSO.
• This feature is available to organizations that have already enabled SSO through UZIO. Enabling it requires a technical review by the UZIO team. To initiate the review, contact support@uzio.com.

UZIO Payroll Enhancements

SECURE 2.0 Act — Roth Catch-Up Contribution Support

We have introduced enhancements to help employers stay compliant with the SECURE 2.0 mandatory Roth catch-up requirements effective 2026. This release automates both eligibility determination using prior-year Social Security wages and the creation of linked Roth catch-up deductions, reducing manual setup and improving payroll accuracy.

Why This Matters (SECURE 2.0 in Brief)

Under the SECURE 2.0 Act, starting January 1, 2026,

• employees aged 50 or older, and
• earned more than $150,000 in prior-year Social Security (FICA) W-2 Box 3 wages from the same employer

must make any eligible catch-up retirement contributions on a Roth (after-tax) basis instead of pre-tax.

Is Any Action Required?

• If your organization has no employees making catch-up contributions, this update does not affect 401(k), 403(b), or 457(b) contribution taxability and no action is required from your side.
• For most employers already running payroll on UZIO, no action is required. One scenario does require a manual step:
  • New UZIO clients, or employers onboarding employees who have not previously run payroll through UZIO, must enter prior-year Social Security wages (W-2 Box 3) for employees age 50+ who have a catch-up retirement deduction. This field appears on the employee deduction screen under Payroll, labeled “Previous Year Social Security Wages (W-2 Box 3).”
  • UZIO Support Team would collaborate with you to get the missing information.

Washington Long-Term Care Insurance (WA LTI) — Employer Contribution Support

We have enhanced the support for Washington Long-Term Care Insurance to give employers greater flexibility in how employee premiums are funded. Employers can now choose to pay all or a portion of the employee’s WA LTI premium, helping align payroll calculations with agency requirements and contribution policies.

What’s New

A new “WA Long-Term Care Insurance (LTI) Details” section under State Taxation lets payroll administrators:

• Mark the company as fully exempt from WA LTI.
• Elect to cover part of the employee premium and enter the employer-paid percentage (0–100%).
• View the auto-calculated remaining employee-paid percentage.
• Set an effective date for the contribution or exemption.

How It Works

When employer contribution is enabled:

• The system automatically calculates the employer-paid share
• The remaining percentage is assigned as the employee-paid share
• The employee contribution field auto-adjust using:
• For example, Employee Contribution % = 100 − Employer Contribution %
• The total WA LTI premium rate remains 0.58% of gross wages.

Is Any Action Required?

For most employers, no action is needed. If your current setup has employees paying 100% of the WA LTI premium, that behavior is preserved by default. To configure an employer contribution or exemption, navigate to State Taxation in the Employer Portal and use the new “WA Long-Term Care Insurance (LTI) Details” section.

Things to Note

• If the employer is marked exempt, both employer and employee LTI amounts are set to zero.

Michigan SUTA — Delinquent Wage Base Support

A new Michigan SUTA configuration option gives payroll administrators better control over unemployment tax calculations for employers designated as delinquent by the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA).

What’s New

A new “Michigan SUTA Tiered Wage Base Applicability” section is available under State Taxation. Under Michigan UI rules, employers with delinquent unemployment tax accounts may be subject to a higher taxable wage base than the standard limit. Administrators can now:

• Indicate whether the organization has been designated as a delinquent employer using a Yes/No toggle.
• Set an effective date for when the delinquent designation applies.

Is Any Action Required?

For most Michigan employers, no action is required. The setting defaults to “No” and your existing payroll calculations remain unchanged. Action is only needed if your organization has received a formal delinquency designation from Michigan UIA. In that case, navigate to State Taxation in the Employer Portal, locate the “Michigan SUTA Tiered Wage Base Applicability” section, set the toggle to “Yes,” and enter the effective date. UZIO will then automatically apply the correct delinquent wage base from that date forward.

Things to Note

• If you are unsure whether your organization is subject to the delinquent wage base, consult your Michigan UIA account notice or contact your tax advisor before enabling this setting.

Restrict Employee Changes to Past Approved Time Off Requests

Until now, employees could edit or cancel their own approved time off requests even after the leave dates had passed. This created risks to historical leave accuracy, caused payroll discrepancies when retroactive changes affected runs that had already been processed, and bypassed the manager and admin approval authority that exists for exactly these kinds of corrections. This release closes that gap.

 What's New

Employees can no longer edit or cancel approved time off requests that are past dated, including requests that:

• Are fully in the past.
• Started in the past and continued into future dates.

Manager and Admin Access

Managers and Employer Administrators continue to have the ability to modify or cancel past-dated leave requests for their team members from the Employer Portal when business corrections are needed. To return early from leave that has already started, or to extend an in-progress leave, employees should contact their manager or HR administrator, who can make the adjustment from the Employer Portal.

Things to Note

The update applies to both the Employee Web Portal and the UZIO Mobile App.

E-Verify — Automated Reminders for Cases Requiring Employer Action

Certain E-Verify case statuses require the employer to take action within a defined timeframe, and missing these deadlines can result in compliance violations. UZIO will now automatically send reminder notifications to HR administrators when an E-Verify case has been in a pending employer-action state and requires follow-up.

How It Works

• UZIO monitors open E-Verify cases for statuses that require employer action, such as Tentative Non-Confirmation (TNC) and Photo Match Pending.
• If a case remains in one of these statuses without action, an automated reminder email is sent to the designated HR administrator.
• Reminders help ensure employers meet E-Verify response deadlines without the need for manual monitoring.

Things to Note

• This applies to organizations using UZIO’s E-Verify integration.

New API Endpoints — Employee Deductions and Contributions

UZIO has released two new API endpoints for organizations using the UZIO REST API for integrations and data exchange.

• Get Employee Deductions: Returns deduction records for an employee, including deduction type, amount, method, start and end dates, arrear details, and auto-sync status.
• Get Employee Contributions: Returns employer contribution records associated with an employee’s benefit and retirement plans.

Delivery Service Partner Program Updates

The following updates apply to Delivery Service Partner (DSP) program clients only.

Automatic Time Off Policy Setup for New York City DSPs

For DSP clients with employees based in New York City, UZIO now automatically provisions the required unpaid time off policy at the point of employer setup. This ensures DSP clients in NYC are immediately compliant with applicable local leave regulations without manual configuration.

New Home Page with Compliance & Risk Alerts and Action Center

A new Employer Home Dashboard that surfaces your most critical workforce data the moment you log in. Until now, staying on top of workforce compliance has meant running reports, checking multiple screens, and reacting after the fact. The new dashboard changes everything in a single view, so you can act on what matters before it becomes a problem. When fully rolled out, this will replace the previous home page entirely.

A few highlights from what's coming:

• Live Workforce Banner — real-time counts of employees currently clocked in and on break, refreshed every minute, so you can spot coverage gaps or unusually long sessions at a glance.
• Your Action Needed — a prioritized queue of items that only you can unblock (pending timesheet reviews, missed clock-outs, I-9 verifications, time off approvals, and more), so nothing slips through the cracks.
• Risk & Compliance Alerts — proactive flags across time tracking, HR, and employee data, surfacing things like overtime thresholds, rest-period violations, pending I-9s, and configuration gaps before they turn into payroll or compliance issues.

The dashboard is currently live in Beta for a limited set of DSP customers, with additional enhancements rolling out in the coming weeks. General availability for DSPs and Other Employer clients is planned in an upcoming release.

New Version of Custom Report Builder

A new Custom Report Builder experience is coming in the next release — giving employers the ability to design their own report templates by selecting fields across multiple data sets, applying filters, running or scheduling reports on demand, and reviewing a full run history.