I just updated to that and it didn't fix it.  I tried printing earnings report by department and it doesn't work.  If I choose to print a report by department, it'll print the employee from department 2 in between department 1, since it prints it alphabetically first.  I need it to print by department, then alphabetically within that department.  This is what it was doing before all these issues was created with the new software upgrade.

I don't know if it fixed printing checks by department.  I will try it when I do a payroll today.