Product updates

We’ve shipped two improvements to the Previous Provider Access Component, which directs employers participating in Embedded Setup on how to grant access to their prior payroll provider account. 

1. Previously, the component included a required step asking for the employer’s prior payroll provider. This step will now be skipped if the `previous_payroll_provider` field on the Enrollment Profile has been provided. This will make for a smoother experience in situations where prior provider information may have already been collected in a previous step.
2. The UI has been simplified to prioritize guided instructions upfront, and now includes a double confirmation for the employer to attest that they have both granted access and set the appropriate permissions level for the new account. 

For more details, see the Guide to the Previous Provider Access Component.

Starting March 4th, Check will update our default throttle policy in the live production environment from 10,000 requests/hour to 25 requests/second. This rate limit update to the throttle durations is aimed at reducing the severity in hitting rate limits and aims to improve Check API performance overall. The new throttle policy is already active and successfully running without issue across all partners in Sandbox. We have backtested your API usage over the past two months and do not expect this change to impact access. However we recommend you review your own API usage metrics to confirm. Learn more about how to handle rate limits and best practices.

Previously, in the event of a failed funding, employers would immediately be downgraded to 4-day processing. We’re rolling out an update so that now in the event of a failed funding, your employer will remain on 2-day processing unless they do not resolve the failed funding within 5 business days. Note that these failed fundings will still count towards the 6-failure limit before being de-platformed. This update will take effect Monday 3/4. Head to our FAQ in our Help Center to learn more.

We have enhanced the Historical Payroll Audit Report, which provides an output of payroll data comparing calculated payroll results from a company's previous provider to calculated payroll results in Check. Namely, we’ve added variances to the report, which contain the differences between the payroll calculations on the historical payroll and Check’s payroll calculations for that payroll. We’ve also removed empty columns to streamline review of the report. Head to the FAQ in our Help Center to learn more.