Announcements

New updates and improvements to Mbrella

  1. 🚲 Manage your ‘sociaal abonnement’ as SD Worx eBlox or X-Tend customer

    New Feature

    Mbrella now seamlessly manages the 'sociaal abonnement'—a key Belgian legal reimbursement scheme for commuting, for eBlox and X-Tend users.

    Here’s how it works:

    • Default car mode: If an employee’s default commute is by private car, the reimbursement is automatically handled by SD Worx, based on dynamic per km rates.
    • Other transport modes: On days when employees commute by bike, public transport, or any mode other than their car, Mbrella steps in. We'll send these 'deductible days' to SD Worx via payroll, ensuring that these are subtracted from the default car days to prevent double reimbursement.

    For example, if you bike 5 days in a month, those days are reported and deducted from your usual car commute days, keeping your commuting reimbursements accurate and hassle-free.

    Bonus: payroll corrections are included as well.

    👉 SD Worx customers can go to their Payroll Settings and set a pay code for the deductible days, per transport mode (bike, pedestrian, public transport)

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  2. 🚆 Introducing SNCB B-Parking & 1st class subscriptions

    New Feature

    SNCB B-Parking and 1st class subscriptions are now available in Mbrella, making commuting even more flexible and stress-free.

    B-Parkings are conveniently located at or near train stations, making your journey hassle-free and accessible. Both for motorised vehicles and bicycles. Enjoy affordable parking rates and guaranteed access to train station parking, even if the parking is full. The formula is available for a duration of 1 month, 3 month or 12 months and always has be combined with another SNCB subscription.

    As always in the third party system, any subscription will be billed directly to your company. Avoiding any reimbursement administration.

    👉 Activate in your Mobility Hub > B-Parking 

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  3. 🏢 Manage your company addresses & automate calculations

    New Feature

    Manage your company addresses and effortlessly assign employees to each one.

    Our system will now calculate kilometer allowances faster than you can say "shortcut," all based on your office addresses. As an added bonus, your employee's Commute Planner will come pre-loaded with their assigned address, making their kilometer registration smoother than ever.

    For those of you using the legal mobility budget, we've got you covered too. No more manual checks to ensure compliance with the 10km rule. Our system will do the heavy lifting for you, using the company address in the distance calculation (as the crow flies).

    👉 Manage company addresses in your Settings > Company addresses 

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  4. 🗓️ Update km allowance amounts for specific periods

    Improvement

    Ever found yourself caught in the complexity of changing km allowance rates? €0,27/km one day, €0,35/km the other day? Without a clear system to keep things in check, chaos ensues. Retro-active corrections, future amounts stuck in the past— it's enough to make your head spin!

    We’ve now got your back with our kilometer allowance periods. No more sweating over wrong km amounts. As an HR admin, you hold the power to change kilometer allowance amounts for specific periods with just a few clicks.

    So whether it's adjusting rates for past periods or planning future amounts, consider it done with ease. With this new feature, you can ensure that all allowances within a period get the correct amount, no matter when they were created.

    👉 Update km amounts via your Mobility hub > Any km allowance > Settings: Edit 

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  5. 🔗 SD Worx eBlox and X-Tend 365 payroll compatibility

    New Feature

    We are pushing our integration with SD Worx one step further by integrating with their payroll services. Mbrella now supports payroll files compatible with all SD Worx tools: KMO, eBlox, and X-Tend.

    You can directly download your payroll files from Mbrella, fully pre-filled with the correct SD Worx pay codes, ensuring accuracy and compliance. Each file is meticulously formatted to adhere to the unique SD Worx standards, simplifying your end-of-month payroll rush.

    👉 Go to your Payroll Settings and select eBlox or X-Tend 365 to get started. Dive into our detailed guides for eBlox here and X-Tend 365 here, and see how easy your next payroll cycle can be.

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  6. 📅 Import your Protime calendars

    New Feature

    At Mbrella, we're committed to making your mobility management integrated and seamless with your existing HR tools. That's why we're excited to introduce our latest feature that syncs Protime calendar data directly into Mbrella. This integration ensures that commute reimbursements are only made for actual office attendance days, aligning perfectly with your day-to-day operations and keeping your allowances in check.

    Here’s why you’ll love this update:

    • No more guesswork: Automatically sync non-office days like holidays, sick leaves, or any other absences into Mbrella. If they're not at the office, they're not on your dime for commutes.
    • Fraud prevention: With automatic disabling of non-office days in the Commute Planner, there’s no chance of accidental or fraudulent km claims. Already created trips will get automatically deleted as well.
    • Effortless import: Just export your txt file from Protime and upload it to Mbrella. In seconds, watch your calendar align with real employee presence.

    👉 Go to your Payroll Settings and select SD Worx as payroll provider. Make sure your file is in the right txt format and includes all non-office dates from the first day of the previous month (M-1) till the current date.

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  7. 💳 Charge Mbrella Pay transaction fees to your employees

    Improvement

    Until now, the €5 shipping and 2% transaction fees for Mbrella Pay cards could solely be paid by the employer. But we know that some of you want your employees to shoulder these costs and create a truly cost-neutral mobility budget.

    With our latest update, HR admins can now decide whether they prefer to carry the costs of Mbrella Pay themselves or via their employees. The choice is yours. 💪

    If activated, each Mbrella Pay expense will clearly display the employee's transaction fee, leaving no room for hidden surprises. We believe in crystal-clear clarity when it comes to your mobility expenses.

    👉 Activate in your Mobility Hub > Mbrella Pay > Settings 

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  8. 📱 Introducing the Mbrella mobile app

    New Feature

    Keep your expenses in tap with our Mbrella app! We're bringing the power of mobility budget management to your employees with our new mobile app.

    With the Mbrella app, your employees can:

    • Manage expenses on-the-go: Whether it's a business trip or a daily commute, your employees can quickly and easily add expenses to their budget.
    • Keep track of their remaining budget: With real-time updates on their remaining budget, your employees stay on top of their spending and avoid going over budget.
    • Upload receipts on-the-go: No more searching for receipts or struggling to upload documents. Snap a picture of your mobility receipt on-the-go.
    • Register commuting trips: Our commute planner allows your employees to easily register their trips and immediately get the correct km allowance reimbursement.

    👉 Go to the Apple App Store (iOS) or the Google Play Store (Android) to download the Mbrella app.

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  9. 🔗 Mbrella integrates with the Flex Income Plan (FIP) of SD Worx

    New Feature

    Mbrella now proudly stands alongside extra holidays, gadgets, and more within the FIP tool of SD Worx. Your employees can allocate a portion of their FIP budget to Mbrella and unlock a world of alternative mobility possibilities.

    Once the budget is selected, employees can log in on Mbrella using their SD Worx credentials via Single-Sign-On. Finding their chosen Flex budget right there, waiting for them.

    Little nugget of wisdom: commuting mobility is tax and social contribution-free!

    👉 Contact us via chat (or at support@mbrella.eu) to request the activation of Mbrella on SD Worx FIP

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  10. ➗ Align your employees’ mobility budgets with their activity rates

    New Feature

    You now have the power to set the activity rates for your employees right within Mbrella. When the activity rate changes, your employee’s mobility budget gets an immediate and precise adjustment.

    Let's break it down with an example: Imagine someone switches to a part-time role at 80% activity rate. Bam! Their mobility budget aligns perfectly, offering 80% of the usual amount. No need to manually adapt budgets anymore. As always: a real HR time saver.

    With this feature, we're taking things to the next level by covering every possible career event and its impact on the mobility budget. Whether it's a change in function, work suspension, contract termination, or now, even a change in activity rate, Mbrella's got your back. It’s these technicalities that truly avoid any HR hassle.

    Set the activity rate via an employee’s personal details, or use our Public API or bulk file import to manage activity rates in bulk. It’s designed for companies using user groups, or companies who synchronise their users via integrations.

    👉 Enable activity rates in your Settings > Customisation > Budgets. Only available if you’re using User Groups.

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