NHRS Release Notes

Stay up to date on current and past updates to our system.

🟢 Released on June 19, 2025

🆕 Summer Wages

Tags: Employer, DRS, Salary Variance

What Changed:
A new “Summer Wages” checkbox has been added to the Schedules screen in DRS. Employers reporting for full-time 10-month (FT10) employees can now flag summer pay periods. In addition, this update to our logic allows for accurate support of balloon payments, typically the final contract payout before summer begins.

 Why It Matters:
This helps by providing designated summer compensation from regular contract pay and reducing non-reporter exceptions for FT10 employees that have no compensation during summer months.

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🆕 Expanded Salary Variance List

Tags: Employer, Salary Variance, Exception Reasons

What Changed:
We’ve added more detailed variance reasons such as annual increases, stipends, and contract pay changes.

 Why It Matters:
These updates make reviewing and resolving salary variance exceptions faster and more accurate.

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🆕 Updated Guidance on Contract Pay Period Frequency

Tags: Employer, School Year Contracts, Teachers

What Changed:
NHRS has multiple Contract Pay Period Frequencies for Teacher Members. To support the updated logic for Balloon/Lump Sum payments we have updated our guides to provide better guidance.

Why It Matters:
Its important that contract pay period frequencies are correct to support balloon/lump sum payments.

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📘 Contract Pay Period Examples

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🆕 Leave of Absence Exception Fix

Tags: Employer, Leave of Absence, Error Fix

What Changed:
Employers will see a reduction in non-reporting exceptions for members in approved Leave of Absence (LOA) status.

 Why It Matters:
This reduces confusion and saves time by eliminating unnecessary exceptions.

Note: No action required—informational only.

📁 Past Releases - Released on May 28, 2025

Member Enrollment – Upload Documents Before First Payroll

Tags: Employer, DRS

What Changed:
NHRS has introduced a new New Member Enrollment feature in DRS that allows employers to enter member details and upload documentation before submitting the member's first payroll.

This process is intended for brand-new members who have never been reported to NHRS. Use of this feature is optional. Employers may continue to enroll members using a Transmittal File or Web Entry when submitting their first reported contributions.

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Position Title – New Field for Accurate Role Reporting

Tags: Employer, DRS

What Changed:
NHRS has introduced a new optional field called Position Title to help capture each member’s role more accurately.

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