CHICAGO and BLUE BELL, Pa., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- HR Technology Conference, Booth #309 -- PDS, a leading developer of human resource, benefits, recruiting and payroll systems, today announced Vista HRMS(® )4.1 at the 12th Annual HR Technology Conference & Exposition being held September 30 through October 2, 2009 in Chicago. This new version of the company's flagship System offers significant enhancements to its Performance and Compensation Management, Recruiting and Position Control components, among other areas.

"We believe that much of our success is a result of our dedication to our customers," explained Patricia Palmer, senior vice president at PDS. "Many of the enhancements have been requested specifically by our customers at our Users Group Conference brainstorming sessions. We take their wish lists, prioritize them and incorporate their requests into the system. Vista HRMS 4.1 has more than a dozen new enhancements that were requested by our customers."

Some of the new functionality in Vista HRMS, includes:

    --  Performance Administration - This component now provides more
        flexibility in defining performance review templates associated with
        specific roles, the ability to perform weighted review appraisal and
        more reporting capabilities.
    --  Compensation Management - Managers now have a Salary Administration tool
        to use to model their own department increases and also a Bonus
        Administration page that provides them with a list of their direct
        reports and bonus data to help them identify individual bonuses for each
        employee.  HR can now automate the generation of related pay increase
        and bonus payroll transactions.
    --  Position Control - Users now have the ability to budget the number of
        positions (or jobs) within a control group and issue the appropriate
        warning if the number of budgeted seats or full-time equivalency is
        exceeded.
    --  Recruiting - The Vista HRMS Recruiting component has been enhanced to
        provide the recruiter with more tools to screen and select appropriate
        applicants.  A variety of additional pages and reports have been
        provided to simplify the recruiter's communication process with both the
        hiring manager and the applicant.
    --  Position and Job-based Pay - This new feature provides for the optional
        setup of position- (and job) based pay rates and labor distribution
        information, versus employee-based pay rates and labor distribution.

    --  Security - Vista HRMS security has been enhanced to include more
        configurable control of individual product components and users level of
        access. In addition to using Company and Organization information to
        identify data access for employees, users now have the ability to define
        security by location.

About PDS

In the HRMS software development business for more than 35 years, PDS is a provider of a feature-rich, completely integrated human resource, benefits administration, recruiting and payroll software application that enables organizations to focus on more strategic issues and less on administrative HR, benefits and payroll activities. In addition to core HRMS functionality, Vista HRMS(®) offers recruiting, self-service, English-language query tool and workflow automation. PDS also provides a full range of professional services to a wide variety of industries in the U.S. and in Canada. Founded in 1974, PDS is a privately-held company headquartered in Blue Bell, Pa. For more information on PDS or PDS' Vista HRMS solution and services visit www.pdssoftware.com.

PDS and the PDS logo are registered trademarks and Vista is a trademark of Personnel Data Systems Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

    Contact:
    Karen Higgins
    A & E Communications, Inc. for PDS
    610-831-5723
    khiggins@aandecomm.com

SOURCE PDS