 

 **What's new** 

 

*   Product improvements
     
*   Security fixes and improvements
     

 

 **What this means** 

 

*   More features and a better UX means a better more seamless experience for our customers.
     
*   We continue to invest in security to ensure we maintain our highest standards for protecting sensitive data.

march-2022-updates

March 2022 Updates

 

 **What's new** 

 

*   SOC 2 Type 2 security, confidentiality, and availability trust principle certification
     
*   Beta release of HRIS integration
     
*   Beta release of direct employee signups
     
*   Built-in support for multiple leaves per employee
     
*   Employees may specify preferred names and pronouns
     
*   Fixes and improvements to HR and Payroll reports
     
*   Fixes and improvements to the employee invitation flow
     
*   Updates to handle new benefit amounts for various states
     

 

 **Highlights** 

 

*   To assure our customers and its employees' data is completely secure, we followed up our SOC 2 Type 1 certification from earlier this year to get certified as SOC 2 Type 2. This is the most sought-after security achievement in SaaS and certifies that our systems are up to the industry's highest standards. SOC 2 verifies that service providers, such as Sparrow, securely manage your data to protect your organization and the privacy of their clients. Sparrow's software is updated regularly to guarantee we are providing our customers with an incredible leave experience.
     
*   With HRIS integration, we are able to automatically import employee data securely and reliably from employers' HR systems. This means employee data does not have to be manually entered, greatly reduces the likelihood of mistakes and ensures employee data is up to date.

december-2021-updates

December 2021 Updates

 

 **What's new** 

 

*   Moved our serving infrastructure to Heroku
     
*   Revamped Payroll Report generator
     

 

 **What this means** 

 

*   Moving to Heroku means we are able to take advantage of more features to improve the security of our application.
     
*   The new Payroll generator refreshes the look-and-feel for the reports to make it easier to get relevant information and includes more employee information such as Employee IDs.

august-2021-updates

August 2021 Updates

 

 **What's new** 

 

*   Added Employee Identification Field
     
*   Updated HR Report Format
     

 

 **What this means** 

 

*   The Employee ID number helps the HR and Payroll team to ensure that they identify the correct employee. This is important for customers who may have multiple employees with similar names or may go by a different name than their legal name.
     
*   The updated HR Report clarifies information on each employee's leave and their overall leave status. The HR report now also includes the Employee ID number.

april-2021-updates

April 2021 Updates

 

 **What's new** 

 

*   SOC 2 Type 1 Security Trust-Principle Certification
     

 

 **What this means** 

 

*   To assure our customers and its employees' data is completely secure, we acquired one of the most sought-after security achievements in SaaS to certify that our systems are up to the industry's highest standards. SOC 2 verifies that service providers, such as Sparrow, securely manage your data to protect your organization and the privacy of their clients. Sparrow's software is updated regularly to guarantee we are providing our customers with an incredible leave experience.

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