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# New onboarding experience: Move faster and always know where things stand

> We've completely redesigned the onboarding experience for contractors, international employees, U.S. employees, and vendor contacts.

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For a full breakdown, see [What's new in onboarding →](https://help.plane.com/en/articles/14063867-what-s-new-in-onboarding)

*Note: This feature is rolling out gradually. You'll see an in-app banner once your company has access. If you have a customer success contact, they may also be reaching out to you directly.*

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### Other improvements and fixes

* **Vendor department mappings:** Vendor profiles now include a Department field. If you use accounting automation, you can apply department-based mapping rules so vendor expenses route to the correct GL account.

* **More flexible chart of account mappings:** When configuring account mappings with department-specific rules, the top-level account can now be set to "No account." For example, if a worker is missing a department or a rule hasn't been configured for them, their accounting item will remain unmapped and surface as an exception instead of being silently misclassified to the top-level account.

* **Benefit type locked after saving:** Once you define and save a benefit, the benefit type can no longer be updated. This change avoids potential downstream issues.

* **Benefit end dates:** We fixed issues related to setting end dates on benefits so they now work as expected.
