Recruitment now counts duplicate job applications more reliably by matching applicant email addresses regardless of capitalization. This helps recruiters see accurate duplicate counts even when candidates use different letter casing in their email address.

Improves the application count compute by ignoring case when matching
applications by email.

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This update improves the speed of automated checks across several HR-related areas by reusing shared test setup where appropriate. It helps development and validation run faster without changing day-to-day HR functionality for users.

TaskID: 2669222

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This update reorganizes several HR-related automated tests so shared setup work is done once instead of repeated for every test. It helps developers and maintainers get quicker feedback when validating HR, payroll, appraisal, referral, and Belgian payroll changes, without changing customer-facing features.

TaskID: 2669222