Employment Hero Release Notes

Last updated: Feb 12, 2026

  • Feb 6, 2026
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    Week 6 2026 | Release Notes

    Week 2 2026 brings a broad batch of product updates across HR, payroll, recruitment and the mobile app. Highlights include form assignment tracking, site-based time reporting, smarter payroll 2FA, enhanced EH Work and API endpoints for pay rules, plus AI powered recruitment upgrades.

    Automations

    Custom Forms - Form Assignment Status

    Form owners can now track assignment and completion status for custom forms, reducing manual follow-ups and improving compliance.
    (Released: 2 February 2026, Global Forms users)

    HR Rostering & Timesheets

    Worksite-Based Time Reporting for Managers

    Non-admin managers can now access time reports for their assigned worksites, reducing admin overhead and enabling faster, self-serve operational insights. Reports are scoped to authorised worksites, ensuring privacy and data security.
    (Released: 4 February 2026, Worksite-based managers)

    Mobile App

    EH Work App v2.71.4

    Employees can now submit timesheets without an assigned work site or position, and benefit from UI and navigation enhancements including a global header, sticky navigation, and improved dashboard layout.
    (Released: 2 February 2026, All users)

    Payroll

    Remember 2FA for Multiple Accounts on Payroll

    The "Don’t ask me again for 24 hours" 2FA setting now persists across up to three saved accounts, making it easier for users managing multiple payroll accounts.
    (Phased rollout from 3 February 2026, Payroll Web Users)

    Enhanced Login Experience on Payroll

    Payroll web login now features tailored sign-in options, faster account switching, and visible password entry for a smoother and more secure experience.
    (Released: 4 February 2026, Payroll Web Users)

    Create API Endpoints for Pay Condition Rule Sets

    New API endpoints allow users to manage pay condition rule sets, including creating, updating, deleting, and cloning rule sets for streamlined payroll management.
    (Released: 3 February 2026, API consumers on Plus/Premium plans)

    Platform Experience

    Scalable Filters & Cascading Menu

    A new, consistent filter design has been introduced across the platform, starting with high-traffic features, to improve usability and reduce visual clutter.
    (Released: 3 February 2026, HR Users)

    Enhanced Layout & Navigation in EH Work

    The EH Work app now features modernised layouts, sticky navigation, global search, and improved dashboard design for a more intuitive user experience.
    (Released: 2 February 2026, HR Users)

    Recruitment

    Enhanced Search and Filtering in the Recruitment Module

    Recruiters can now shortlist candidates faster with new filtering and search options, including screening question answers, SmartMatch score, and free-text search across profiles. This upgrade streamlines high-volume hiring and ensures the right candidates are surfaced quickly.
    (Released: 4 February 2026, Recruiters)

    Talent Search - Saved Candidates and Recent Searches

    Recruiters can save candidates directly in Talent Search, view live profiles, invite to jobs, and access recent searches for a seamless experience.
    (Released: 5 February 2026, Employer SmartMatch users)

    Operationalising the Recruitment AI Commercial Billing Model

    Recruitment AI features are now available as a paid add-on, with flexible credit tiers and accurate usage tracking for features like Video Interview Agent and AI JD Suggestions.
    (Released: 2 February 2026, Customers on eligible subscription plans)

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    Release Notes | Week 5, 2026 | Singapore

    New HR and IT workflows rollout including on behalf submissions and a first‑time admin onboarding experience, plus smarter HR reporting. SSO delegation, payroll UX improvements, mobile app revamp, API alignment, advanced approvals, AI job descriptions, and recruitment enhancements follow.

    Automations

    Managers and HR can now submit forms on behalf of employees, with clear subject selection, affected-employee-based workflow triggers, and explicit visibility controls for confidential submissions. (Released: 27 December 2025, Global Forms users)

    Digital Onboarding

    A new onboarding experience for first-time admins, including a landing page, guided setup checklist, and default "welcome to the team" content, helps new organisations set up induction content with confidence. (Released: 22 January 2026, New orgs AU/UK/NZ)

    HR Rostering & Timesheets

    Uniform filters have been added across Core HR reports, including Workforce Snapshot, Headcount, Probation, HR Documents, Certifications, Audit Trail, Safety Incidents, Tenure, Induction Content, Termination, Work Eligibility, and Policy, improving navigation and user experience. (Released: 29 January 2026, All users)

    Audit Trails in HR and SAP now show who made changes to emergency contact details in the employee profile and what details were added, updated, or deleted. (Released: 28 January 2026, All users)

    When adding a policy template, the country filter now defaults to the organisation’s country, making it easier to find relevant templates. (Released: 28 January 2026, All users)

    ITOps & Security

    A new CSS permission allows organisations to delegate Single Sign-On (SSO) configuration to IT staff without granting full admin rights, improving security and flexibility. (Released: 29 January 2026, IT Admins)

    Payroll web login now features tailored sign-in options, faster account switching, and visible password entry, aligning the experience with HR web login. (Released: 27 January 2026, All Payroll Web Users)

    Permissions for updating and resetting daily limits on Payroll have been separated, supporting better segregation of duties for InfoSec and UK-based staff. (Released: 27 January 2026, Information Security and UK Payroll SAP Users)

    Mobile App

    The latest EH Work app introduces a new bottom navigation bar, restructured settings, and an allowance dashboard for real-time visibility. The app is now built on React Native v0.81, improving performance and stability. (Released: 26 January 2026, All mobile users)

    OpenAPI & Developer Experience

    OpenAPI and CSS permissions are now aligned, enabling non-admins to use APIs according to their platform permissions. This includes new support for offboarding employees and worksites/positions APIs. (Released: 26–29 January 2026, Global, HR Platinum, eOS Plus and Unlimited subplans)

    Performance Management

    Admins can now configure approval workflows with multiple conditions and restrict hiring group selection, ensuring accurate and consistent approval routing. (Released: 27 January 2026, Global for Admins and Owners on Platinum, Plus and Unlimited)

    Recruitment

    Recruiters can now automatically generate high-quality job descriptions from structured job fields, reducing manual effort and improving time-to-publish. Manual edits and AI suggestions are supported for further refinement. (Released: 21 January 2026, Recruiters)

    The Voice Agent can now call and SMS candidates in New Zealand, the UK, and Canada, with new callback workflows and improved date parsing for localised screening. (Released: 20 January 2026, Recruitment teams)

    The job posting process now features a per-job-board workflow, improved LinkedIn field rehydration, real-time readiness states, and safer partial publishing, making job board management more reliable and user-friendly. (Released: 29 January 2026, Recruiters and Admins)

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  • Jan 22, 2026
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    Singapore (SG) Release Notes - Week 4, 2026

    A sweeping set of AI powered and workflow updates ships across recruiting, payroll and policy compliance. Highlights include tailored candidate relevance, job mode sourcing, smarter pre screening and stronger data controls for access, holidays, and policy reminders.

    Recruitment

    AI Tailoring for Job Applications

    AI relevance engine now tailors candidate profiles to specific job requirements, highlighting only the most relevant information for each application. This streamlines the application process for candidates and recruiters, improving the quality of applications and reducing manual effort. (Released: 22 January 2026, Job Seekers, Recruiters)

    Talent Search - Job Mode

    Recruiters can now source candidates directly from an active job using Job Mode Search. This feature uses the job description to return a ranked and scored list of candidates, surfacing high-quality matches before they apply. SmartMatch scores and summaries are now available at the sourcing stage, closing the loop between jobs and sourcing. (Released: 19 January 2026, Recruiters)

    ATS - AI Pre-Screening Question Generation Improvements

    The AI-powered pre-screening question generator now delivers smarter, industry-specific transportation and commute questions, ensuring candidates are only asked about vehicle access or commute reliability when relevant to the role. This enhancement speeds up job creation and improves the relevance of screening questions. (Released: 14 January 2026, Recruiters)

    Payroll

    IRAS PDF Form Compliance Enhancements

    The Singapore payroll platform now automatically captures and displays essential designation and date fields on PDF versions of IRAS tax forms (IR8A, Appendix 8A, and Appendix 8B), ensuring full statutory compliance. Administrators can save authorised person designations, and declaration dates are dynamically populated based on the filing method. (Released: 21 January 2026, Admins, Employees)

    Mandatory Fields Settings Page

    Employers can now set certain fields, such as Emergency Contacts, Cost Centres, and Managers, as mandatory. This update helps maintain compliance and ensures critical information is captured for business practices. (Released: 20 January 2026, SG, Platinum, Employment Plus, Employment Unlimited)

    Enhanced Login Experience on Payroll

    The Payroll web login experience has been refreshed to align with the HR web login. Users benefit from tailored sign-in options, faster account switching, and a visible password entry option to reduce lockouts. (Phased release from 19 January 2026, All Payroll Web Users)

    Security API Limits

    API limits have been introduced to restrict the amount of data that can be requested from Leave pages, reducing the risk of system overload and improving reliability. (Released: 19 January 2026, All users)

    Permission Enhancements - People Reports

    Organisations on high-tier plans can now grant users access to individual people reports within Permissions, providing more granular control over report access. (Released: 21 January 2026, Platinum, Employment Unlimited, AIOP)

    Core HR

    Public Holiday Indicator

    A visual indicator now displays the name of public holidays applied to leave requests, helping users distinguish public holidays from regular working days when selecting leave dates. (Released: 20 January 2026, All users)

    Policy Due Dates

    Policy due dates can now be set, providing clear timeframes for employees to acknowledge policies. Automated reminders and updated reporting make it easier to track outstanding and overdue acknowledgements. (Released: 15 January 2026, All users)

    Performance Management

    9-Box Talent Grid Visibility and Accessibility

    The 9-Box Talent Grid is now more accessible, appearing as a standalone item under Performance. Admins and managers can manage visibility settings and edit existing ratings, improving adoption and data accuracy. (Released: 20 January 2026, Platinum, Plus, Unlimited)

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    Week 2 2026 | Release Notes

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    Week 2 2026 | Release Notes

    Week 2 2026 delivers a flood of product updates from centralising Company Policies to new reporting, AI evaluation, payroll controls, and enhanced recruitment and communications tools. It also adds in app learning, timesheet previews, public holiday rostering, and sales data visualisation for rostering.

    Core HR

    Display Notice Periods in Employment Details

    Description: As a follow-up to the recent notice period uplift, we’ve extended support to employment contracts by making notice period values available as pre-populated contract variables.
    This ensures that notice period information captured in employment details can now be automatically inserted into contract templates, reducing manual effort and improving consistency between employee records and generated contracts. Note that this will only be available on the new document editor.
    Release schedule: 24/12/2025

    Add Company Policies module to the HeroForce Portal

    Objective: Enhance HeroForce team efficiency
    Description: Previously, our Global Teams (GT) team had to manage each GT organisation’s policies within each individual organisation. This release centralises the control of policies for all GT organisations to the HeroForce Portal. We now also provide visibility of GT policies to Host organisations, so they are aware of HeroForce employee compliance status.
    Key Features

    • HeroForce Portal:
      • Added Company Policies module to the HeroForce Portal
      • Each policy can be assigned to multiple organisations at once, with the same level of employee team/entity/location/etc granularity as before
      • Templates are taken from custom templates within GT organisations at the moment - in the future, this can be switched over when template management is introduced to the HeroForce portal. Regardless, the current GT use case for policies is only file upload rather than template-based.
      • Template variables are applied uniquely for each assigned organisation to avoid exposing client data
      • Aside from sharing logic, all other behaviours are the same as existing organisation policy flows.
    • Host organisation: GT policies can now be viewed in their policy management module and GT employee files, with an “Assigned by Global Teams” tag. They cannot edit these policies, but can view their contents. In the employee file, they can view the policy status and details.
    • GT Employee: GT employees will now see an “Assigned by Global Teams” tag in their E/F policies tab and policies module
      Release Date: 7/1/2026

    Turnover Report Enhancements

    Description: The Turnover Report now includes a table view of data that can be exported via CSV, making it easier to access, analyse, and share. Additional improvements include updated filters and greater flexibility when generating reports.
    Key Updates:

    • Timeframe filter updated to Date Range: Offers greater flexibility to customise the data displayed in the report
    • New filters added:
      • Primary Manager
      • Personnel Type
      • Tenure Duration
    • Table report added: Displays the termination data used in the column chart, showing the individual personnel that make up the chart, including: Personnel Name, Groups, Location, Job Title, Employment Type, Start Date, Termination Date, and Duration
    • CSV export added: Can download the table report for further analysis
      Release Schedule: 09/01/2026
      Target Users: All regions

    Data and AI

    Recruitment Agent - Employer flow - AI Evaluationb

    Description: We’ve enhanced the AI Evaluation for completed video interviews in the Recruitment Agent. The updated experience provides employers with clearer, more transparent insights into candidate responses and allows them to give feedback on the AI-generated scoring.
    What’s included in this release:

    • Structured, evidence-based evaluation: Candidate responses are assessed using clearly separated
    • Strengths and Considerations, each directly referencing evidence from the candidate’s answer to support decision-making.
    • Clearer score context: AI-generated scores are displayed prominently alongside the evaluation.
    • Employer feedback on scores: Employers can let us know if the AI score feels accurate. This helps us assess how well our agent is scoring candidates and improve its performance over time.
      Release Date: 23/12/2025
      Target Users: Recruitment teams on Employment Unlimited subplans

    HR Rostering and Timesheets

    Public Holiday Icon Displaying Work Site and Positions Rosters

    A public holiday icon will display on the work site and positions rosters to increase awareness and help rostering managers better schedule their rosters.
    Why It Matters: Public holidays can be a stressful time for rostering managers as employee availability might reduce due to people take leave. Additionally, employees are entitled to penalty rates for working on public holidays, which can impact their roster budgets. The public holiday icon will help roster managers have proactive conversations with their employees to avoid understaffing or increased operational expenditure.
    Key features:

    • A new umbrella icon will appear on the roster for impacted dates - assuming that the public holiday is linked with the work site
    • The ability to link an existing public holiday with a work site via the public holiday settings
    • Public holidays will be inferred based on the work site's address
    • Public holidays can be copied from existing work sites
      Target Users: All orgs using work sites and position rostering
      Public Release: 31st December, 2025

    ITOps and Security

    Additional Settings for Payroll Partner Account Recovery Flow

    Description: We've rolled out the following updates to give partners more control over how Account Recovery Requests are managed within their business. Partners can now designate a specific user to receive email notifications for all submitted account recovery requests, instead of the default "all partner users." This is set either at the Brand or Partner level, depending on their current payroll champion setup. Account recovery requests, which default to being actioned at the partner level, can now be made actionable by brand-level users.
    Release Date: 6 January 2026
    Target Users: Payroll Partner and Brand Users

    Leave and Expenses

    Ensure Compliance with Leave Requests

    Objective: Prevent employees from being able to delete a leave request that has been approved or previously approved.
    Description: Admins/Owners/Managers can be certain that employees will be unable to delete any leave request that has been approved or previously approved they have already taken. Previously, employees were able to submit a leave request, have this approved, take the leave and then cancel the leave request before it gets processed in payroll. This posed a risk that employees were able to get back a leave balance for leave they have already taken and only relying on a payroll admin email to prevent this. We have now prevented this within platform and only admins/owners/managers/security group users (with access to leave management) will be able to delete a leave request after it has been approved (or previously approved).
    Release Schedule: 8th Jan 2025 (Public Release)
    Target Users: Global (All regions)

    Performance Management

    Recruitment – Email Notification Improvements

    Objective: To reduce notification noise and provide HR Admins and hiring teams with clearer, more controllable recruitment email notifications, while ensuring important candidate activity is still surfaced in a timely way.
    Impact: Previously, individual emails were sent for each candidate application and for every hiring stage movement, often resulting in multiple notifications being delivered on the same day. This contributed to inbox fatigue and reduced engagement with recruitment communications. HR Admins also lacked visibility into email content. With this update, we’ve improved the recruitment notification experience by:

    • Consolidating pending candidate application emails into a single daily summary, reducing redundant sends when multiple candidates apply on the same day
    • Consolidating hiring stage movement emails into a single daily summary, reducing noise when candidates are moved through stages multiple times in a day
    • Enabling Candidate Application Report emails by default, with Pending candidate application emails OFF
    • Introducing a template preview, allowing admins to view a live sample of the email with placeholder data before it’s sent
      These changes reduce email noise while improving transparency and confidence in recruitment communications.
      Release Schedule: 05/01/2026
      Target Users: Global, Admins and Owners, Standard, Premium, all EOS subs

    Email Notifications: Consistency for Existing Toggles

    Objective: Improve consistency and transparency in Organisation Emails by adding previews for existing notifications
    Description: Email previews are now available for several existing notifications in the Organisation Emails settings page, bringing them in line with newer emails. HR Admins can view a read-only preview of each email, showing the subject line and full email content. The following emails now support previews:

    • Onboarding
      • {Employee} has completed their onboarding setup
      • Don’t delay your pay and complete your onboarding process
    • Offboarding
      • Employee offboarding reminder!
      • Reminder to create a backfill role for an offboarding employee
    • Work eligibility
      • Employee visa expiry reminder!
      • Employee passport expiry reminder!
    • Payslips
      • Your pay slip for pay period ending {Date} is now available
        Release date: 7/1/26
        Target users: Global

    Emails Notifications: Timesheets

    Objective: Give HR Admins greater transparency and control over Employment Hero’s email notifications
    Timesheets-related emails are now surfaced in the Organisation Emails settings page (Time > Timesheets), giving HR Admins visibility into what the email is for, when each notification is sent and the ability to toggle delivery on or off at an organisation level. Email previews are now supported for all timesheet-related toggles, allowing Admins to review email subjects and content before managing delivery.
    Release Schedule: Jan 9, 2026
    Target Users: Global

    Support Learning via the Mobile App

    Objective: Employees can now access and complete their assigned learning directly from the Employment Hero Work mobile app. This feature is coming with the latest Employment Hero Work app (version 2.70.1) and will be available to all users as the update rolls out.

    • A new Learning menu item is available in the app
    • Employees can view all assigned learning, including status and due dates
    • Courses open securely in-app via Go1, with no additional login required
    • Learning progress and completion sync across web and mobile
      Release Schedule: Jan 9, 2026
      Target Users: Global

    Email Notifications: Company Feed & Milestone Reminders

    Objective: Reduce email noise while improving transparency and control over notifications
    Description: Company Feed email notifications are now both supported in Organisation Emails.

    • “New post from {organisation}” and “New announcement from {organisation}” can be toggled on/off individually at an organisation-level.
      • "New post from {organisation}" is now → "You have new posts on your Company Feed"
      • Announcement emails continue to be sent immediately when an announcement is published.
    • The “You have new posts on your Company Feed” email is now delivered as a daily summary instead of an email for every new Company Feed post.
      • The summary provides a snapshot of the previous day’s Company Feed activity, including post counts and a highlights section.
      • Individual user preferences in My Notifications > Company Feed > General Posts continue to be respected.
    • Milestone reminder emails (Birthdays, Work Anniversaries and Probation Periods) are now sent as daily summaries, reducing email volume while continuing to respect existing reminder timing configurations such as on the day or X days before.
      • Milestone summaries are generated and delivered based on the recipient’s local timezone, ensuring reminders are sent at an appropriate time for each recipient.
      • Emails now use explicit dates instead of relative phrasing (e.g. "in 2 days") to improve clarity across timezones.
    • Email previews are available for Company Feed and milestone reminders, allowing Admins to review email content before managing delivery.
      Release date: 9/1/26
      Target users: Global

    Rostering and Timesheets

    Sales Import via CSV and Sales Data Visualisation

    As teams grow, sales quickly become one of the clearest signals of staffing demand. Relying only on static budgets can lead to over- or under-staffing. Sales-driven rostering is optional, and teams with simpler needs can continue using budget-based rostering.
    What’s New: Rostering Management now supports Sales Import via CSV and Sales Data Visualisation. You can upload your sales data directly into the platform and view it, giving you clearer insight into your schedules, timesheets, and budget info.
    Why It Matters: Previously, rostering decisions were made without visibility into sales data, despite sales being a key driver of how many people you need on shift. With sales data now available in Rostering Management, you can make more informed, commercially-driven rostering decisions
    Target Users: All orgs on work sites and position rostering to all regions
    Public Release Date: 09/01/2026

    Talent Marketplace

    Job Application Abandonment Notifications

    Description: To address a 30% drop-off rate during the application process, we have implemented an automated re-engagement system to recover lost conversions and improve funnel efficiency.
    Key Changes:

    • Integrated an automated email trigger for abandoned application flows.
    • Included a direct "Finish my application" link for users to resume.
    • Established logic to ensure emails are only sent after a defined period of inactivity post-initiation.
      Release Date: 08/01/2026
      Target Users: Job seekers
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    Week 53 2025 | Release Notes

    Week 51 release adds clear approval level labels for Employee File Change histories and introduces induction content workflows to automate onboarding. It also bundles seven task emails into a single daily summary to simplify HR updates and enhance visibility.

    Automations

    Employee File Change Approvals – Approval History Clarity

    Overview: We’ve added clear approval level labels to Employee File Change approval history, making multi-level approval workflows easier to understand at a glance.

    What’s New? Approval Level Labels: Approval histories now show labels like “Approval Level 1”, “Approval Level 2”, and more, helping users quickly:

    • See where a request is in the approval process
    • Understand approver groupings by level
    • Identify sequential vs. parallel approval flows

    Why It Matters?

    • Improves transparency in complex approvals
    • Reduces confusion for approvers and HR admins
    • Saves time troubleshooting approval issues

    Release Date: 26/12/2025
    Target Users: Global, Platinum, EU, E+

    Compliance Workflows – Induction Content

    Overview: We’ve added induction content workflows, enabling HR teams to automatically share, track, and follow up on required induction content without manual effort.

    What’s New?

    • New Triggers: Workflows can now start when:
      • Induction content is shared
      • Induction content is acknowledged
    • New Conditions: You can now filter workflows using:
      • Induction content name
      • Induction content is required (mandatory or not)
    • New Action: Share induction content: A new global action (available to all WF modules) lets workflows automatically assign induction content to static or dynamic recipients.
      • Templates -> see image 1 or watch the demo

    Why It Matters?

    • Eliminates manual induction content sharing and tracking
    • Improves compliance by automating acknowledgements and follow-ups
    • Saves HR teams time during onboarding

    Release Date: 30/12/25
    Target Users: Global, Platinum, Employment Plus, Employment Unlimited

    Performance Management

    Email Notifications: Tasks

    Objective: Give HR Admins greater transparency and control over Employment Hero’s email notifications
    Description: 7 task email notifications are now combined into a single daily task summary email, making it easy to scan and stay on top of updates.

    • Shows overdue/upcoming tasks, new assignments or collaborator updates, and completed tasks.
    • Sections appear only when relevant, with a “plus more” link for extra updates.
    • Admins can preview, manage, and toggle this email in Organisation Emails.

    Release Schedule: 30/12/2025
    Target Users: Global

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    Week 52 2025 | Release Notes

    December 22 2025 brings new automation tasks in Custom Form Workflows and a Probation Report across GT Portal and core platform. SSO is now supported for Hero Time Clock, unlocking adoption for more orgs. Leave to Timesheet gains bulk actions and clearer approvals, boosting payroll accuracy.

    Automations

    Support Create Task Action in Custom Form Workflows

    Release Date: 23/12/2025
    Target Users: Global Forms Workflow users (EU, Employment Plus and Platinum)

    Problem: Custom Form Workflows do not support automated task creation, requiring admins and teams to manually create follow-up tasks after reviewing form submissions which leads to operational overhead and inconsistent execution. Downstream work cannot be reliably triggered from form workflows, meaning approved requests do not automatically translate into actionable tasks for HR IT or Operations reducing the effectiveness of Custom Forms as operational tools.

    Product features:

    • Workflow Configuration
      • Add Create Task as a supported THEN action in Custom Form Workflows
      • Allow multiple Create Task actions within the same workflow step
    • Task Setup
      • Configure a required task name with a short title
      • Configure an optional task description with dynamic field support
      • Add optional subtasks as simple text items
    • Task Assignment
      • Assign task owners using existing Create Task patterns including submitter managers teams or specific employees
      • Support external recipients via free-text email address
    • Timing & Execution
      • Set relative due dates using offset direction and reference date
      • Create tasks immediately or after a delay using existing workflow timing logic

    Core HR

    Introduce Probation Report in the GT Portal

    Objective: Improve probation visibility for Global Teams
    Initiative: We have released the Probation Report in the Global Teams Portal. GT Admins can now view probation start dates, end dates, lengths and current status for workers across their PEO organisations. The report provides a single view to identify employees who are currently in probation, ending soon or who have completed probation, helping GT teams proactively manage probation periods across clients and entities.
    The report includes filtering, sorting and CSV export, making it easier to monitor probation timelines and support operational workflows directly within the platform.

    Key improvements:

    • New Probation Report available in the Global Teams Portal
    • Visibility of probation start date, end date, length and status
    • Status indicators including In Progress and Ending Soon
    • Filtering by employee, host organisation, PEO organisation, employing entity and status
    • CSV export for offline analysis and sharing
    • Report layout aligned with existing GT reporting patterns
      Release date: 23/12/2025

    Release Probation Report to All Customers

    Objective: Improve probation visibility across the platform
    Initiative: The Probation Report is now available to all customers. Following the initial release in the Global Teams Portal, the Probation Report has been rolled out to the main Employment Hero platform. All customers can now access a dedicated report to view probation start dates, end dates, lengths and current status for their workforce.
    The report provides a central view to help HR teams and managers track active probation periods, identify employees whose probation is ending soon, and review completed probation periods without relying on manual tracking. This release brings parity between Global Teams and the core platform, ensuring consistent probation visibility for all customers.

    Key improvements

    • Probation Report available in People reports for all customers
    • Visibility of probation start date, end date, length and status
    • Status indicators including In Progress, Ending Soon and Completed
    • Filtering and sorting to quickly find relevant employees
    • CSV export for analysis and reporting
    • Consistent reporting experience aligned with existing reports

    Performance Management

    FTU - Happiness Survey

    Objective: Help admins understand Happiness Survey, it's value, and complete setup with confidence
    What we’ve added:

    • New FTU landing page for first-time admins explaining value and showing a feature preview
    • Guided setup pane with a clear, ordered checklist (Create Employees → Configure happiness survey settings)
    • Automatic transition to the live Happiness Survey page once setup is complete
    • Prompt to schedule their first survey if they haven’t done so during setup
    • Uplift to post setup experience:
      • Within Happiness Survey settings, once the first survey scheduled date has passed, then the field “Start Date” will be replaced by “Next survey date”
    • Confirmation modal on “save & update” survey settings

    Why?

    • Shares the value behind the feature to users at a glance, including the employee view
    • Ensures users have all the right things set up to start using the feature
    • Guides admins through setup in the right order and clearly shows how to get to “live”

    Impact: Increase in adoption and reduce Time To Value
    Release Schedule: 19 Dec 2025
    Target Users: New orgs created after 19th Dec 2025.

    Rostering & Timesheets

    Hero Time Clock Now Supports Single Sign-On (SSO)

    Organisations configured with Microsoft, Okta, or Google SSO can now access Hero Time Clock! :yay-frog:
    Why It Matters: Previously, Hero Time Clock did not support SSO, which prevented some organisations from using the product altogether. This change removes that limitation, enabling SSO-configured organisations to adopt Hero Time Clock seamlessly.
    Target Users: All
    Public Release: 19/12/2025 - please ensure Hero Time Clock app is on 1.10 or above

    Time & Attendance

    Leave to Timesheet

    Release Date: (Closed Beta - 23/12/2025) (Public - Early Jan)
    Target Users: Admins/ Payroll Managers

    What’s New:

    • Approved Leave Request Banner: Review and bulk-create leave timesheets directly from Timesheet Management for the selected pay period.
    • Edit Before Create: Adjust per-day start/end times, worksite, position, and work type before generating timesheets.
    • Summary Modal (Final Review): Preview all leave entries to be created, including non-blocking warnings, before confirming.
    • Accurate Time Calculation & Pending Status: Leave timesheets are created with calculated times and set to Pending for final admin approval.
    • Clear Leave Indicators: Leave timesheets are visually highlighted with a pink leave badge and a Show Leave Only filter.
    • Linked Leave Reference: View the original approved leave request directly from the timesheet for easy verification.
    • Payroll-Safe Work Type Enforcement: Only valid work types mapped to the leave category can be selected, preventing payroll sync errors.
    • Safe Deletion & Cascading Updates: Editing or deleting approved leave automatically removes linked, non-processed timesheets and returns the leave to the approval banner.
    • Clear Warnings & Audit Trail: Admins are warned before changes that affect timesheets, and all actions are logged in the TSM audit trail.
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    Week 51 2025 | Release Notes

    Week 51 2025 delivers broad EH Work upgrades, from Assign Form automation across workflows to document sharing, a revamped EH Editor, AI-powered recruitment pre‑screening, stronger SSO with Passkeys, and a new Personal To Do view plus direct shift editing. These changes streamline tasks and compliance.

    Release notes — Week 51, 2025 (Dec 15–19, 2025)

    Automations

    Introduce Assign Functionality to Custom Forms

    Problem We’re Solving:

    1. All published forms was appearing on To Do widget. The "To Do List" is cluttered with all published forms, overwhelming the employee and burying forms that have been assigned to them. Users must manually scan through numerous forms to find which ones have been assigned to them. Users learn to ignore the "To Do List" widget entirely because it is perceived as a "noisy" and unhelpful list of links, not a curated list of tasks.
    2. There is no way to automate the assign for forms to users. Right now, admins must assign these forms manually outside the workflow, which breaks automation and relies on manual follow up. This creates delays, missed steps, and a disjointed experience. Many complex business processes require additional, contextual information to be gathered during the process itself. For example: A new hire needs an IT setup form raised during onboarding, covering things like laptop allocation, software/tools access, system permissions, and account provisioning. Currently, our workflows have no native ability to request this information, creating an "information gap."

    Solution:

    • Removal from To-Do List by Default: Forms no longer automatically appear in the to-do list upon publishing. This change was made because the functionality was opened up to support multiple submissions and self-serve, and having all published forms appear in the to-do list was causing confusion and a "false sense of urgency".
    • Intentional Assignment: To have a form appear on an employee's to-do list, it must now be intentionally assigned.
    • Assign Form Functionality: A new "Assign Form" functionality has been introduced, accessible via a pop-up, allowing a user to send the form to everyone who has access or to specific employees.
    • To-Do Item and Email Notification: Assigning the form creates a to-do item on the employee's dashboard and provides the option to send an email notification, from which the form can be quickly filled out.
    • Workflows Integration: The Assign Forms functionality has been added to workflows, allowing for automated assignment.
    • Configuration: Within a workflow, a new "Assign Forms" action is available. Users select which form to use and who to fill it out for (e.g., the leave requestor in a leave workflow).
    • Notifications: Users can choose to use the system default notification or tailor the email messaging by turning off the system default.
    • Global Availability: The "Assign Forms" feature will be available globally across modules like expenses, leave, onboarding, offboarding, and employee file change, providing flexibility for setting up custom workflows.
    • Permission Check: The workflows functionality includes a permissions check to ensure the form is only assigned to employees who actually have permission to access and submit it

    Release Date: 16th of December, 2025
    Target group: Global, Employment Plus, Employment Unlimited, Platinum subplan

    Initiative: Compliance Workflows – Documents

    Overview: We’ve added document-based triggers, conditions, and a new sharing action to Workflows, enabling automation around key document events like sharing and signing. This reduces manual follow-ups, improves compliance, and unlocks document-driven workflows across the platform.

    What’s New?

    • New Triggers - Workflows can now start when:
      • Document shared to employee — Covers all documents shared via Document Management, issuing, employee file uploads, and bulk issue
      • Recipient signature is added to a document — Fires when an employee signs a document
    • New Conditions - You can now filter workflows using:
      • Document — Target specific documents from Document Management
      • Document tag — Filter using tags from Document Management
      • Document status — Run workflows based on document status
      • HR document type — Filter by document type from the Template Library (already existed in employee file change workflows, now available in onboarding as well)
    • New Action - Share Documents via Document Management
      • A new global action (available in almost all workflow modules) lets workflows automatically share published documents using existing Document Management access rules.
      • Recipients are dynamic and can include onboarding employees, leave requesters, expense creators, offboarding employees, etc. As well as managers, team leaders, specific employees, or teams.

    Why It Matters?

    • Reduces manual document handling and follow-ups
    • Improves compliance by reducing manual steps
    • Saves HR admins time
    • Enables document-driven automation across HR workflows

    Release Date: 16/12/25
    Target Users: Global, Platinum, Employment Plus, Employment Unlimited

    Core HR

    Initiative: New EH Document Editor

    Description: The document editor has been revamped! We have created a new document editor experience which ensures feature parity with the existing CK Editor. You can expect a refreshed UI, new variable library and overall a greater experience compared to the current CK Editor.

    EH Template Library Availability: It is expected that an organisation with access to the new EH Editor will only see documents created with the new EH Editor under EH Templates. We are currently in progress with this migration please see the schedule below. We have migrated the majority of high-impact documents. Please note the specific availability dates for Policy documents in different regions:

    • Document Type| Offer Letters, Contracts & Agreements: Availability| 19 Dec (Launch), Region Scope| All Live Regions
    • Document Type| Policies: Availability| 19 Dec- 22 Dec (Launch), Region Scope| UK & Canada
    • Document Type| Policies: Availability| 23 Dec, Region Scope| New Zealand
    • Document Type| Policies: Availability| 24 Dec, Region Scope| Singapore & Malaysia
    • Document Type| General HR Docs: Availability| 19 Dec (Launch), Region Scope| Rolling out through the New Year

    Critical Support: While we are progressively migrating General HR Docs in the new year, we want to ensure no blockers for new clients. If a key template is required to support a New Organisation immediately, please provide us with the Template Name, and we will prioritise its migration.

    Release Date: 19/12/2025 Newly Created Organisations Only Regions NZ, UK, MY, SG, CA

    Data & AI

    AI Screening Question Suggestions

    What’s New: Recruitment teams on Platinum and Unlimited plans will now see AI-powered pre-screening suggestions to improve the quality of their screening questions. When you type a question manually or use a template, the AI suggestion LLM analyses it for structure and clarity, surfacing improvements in the AI Suggestions pane. Suggestions can include:

    • Generates relevant screening question suggestions based on the job description that you can quickly add to your list.
    • Analyses manually typed or template questions to suggest structural improvements, such as converting open text to Yes/No or applying industry-standard wording for clarity.
    • Suggests "Auto-Disqualify" rules and preferred answers to automate candidate filtering.

    Benefits of this feature

    • Speed/Efficiency: Eliminates manual drafting time by automatically generating tailored questions, allowing managers to move to the next step faster.
    • Quality/Filtering: Optimises questions into scorable formats (Yes/No) to enable automated filtering, reducing hours spent reviewing unqualified candidates.
    • Relevance: Tailors suggestions to specific role requirements (e.g. certifications, shift work) rather than generic templates.

    Release Date: Monday 15 December 2025
    Target Users: Recruitment teams on Unlimited subplans

    HeroForce Candidate Screening in Talent Search and the ATS Profile

    Objective: Enable recruiters to quickly assess vetted candidates by surfacing HeroForce screening questions and screening highlights within the candidate card and profile.

    • Adds HeroForce screening summary to vetted candidates' talent search card and profile
    • Displays screening responses in a dedicated HeroForce Screening tab
    • Surfaces key screening insights to enable faster, more informed hiring decisions

    Release Date: 19/12/25
    Target Users: Recruiters

    ITOps & Security

    Enhanced SSO Flow in EH Work App to Support Passkeys and Physical Security Keys

    Description: We have modernised the Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication flow for Google, Microsoft, and Okta in the EH Work App to address a critical security and accessibility gap. The previous flow, using an embedded webview, did not support modern WebAuthn standards, preventing users with mandated Passkeys or Physical Security Keys (e.g., YubiKey) from logging in.

    Problem Solved: Users who were locked out of the mobile app due to their employer's high-security mandates (requiring a Physical Security Key or Passkey for Google SSO) can now successfully log in.

    Solution Implemented: The SSO flow has been migrated from the non-compliant embedded webview to a system browser-based library.

    Release: Fully rolled out on 11/12/2025
    Target Users: EH Work App users leveraging SSO sign on

    Increase Adoption of Passkeys on Payroll

    Description: To increase the awareness and adoption of Passkeys and in turn reduce the frequency of account recovery, we have added in a prompt for users who have recently had their account recovered.

    Release Date: 16 Dec 2025
    Target Users: All users going through the Account Recovery process

    Mobile App

    EH Work v2.69.1 Release on the App Store and Google Play Store

    Included in this build:

    • To Do Widget:
      • The "Team" To Do list now includes Recognition Approvals for managers.
      • A new "Personal" To Do list highlights key action items for employees, including acknowledging mandatory Policies and Induction Content.
    • Cost Centre to Work Sites & Position migration support in EH Work (legacy rosters & timesheets)
    • We’ve added support for BPAY in Banking Details so you can choose the payment method that works best for you.
    • Employees now get a confirmation prompt before discarding a form, helping prevent accidental loss of work on mobile.
    • A warning will appear when a shift has been clocked into and the locked setting(s) have been enabled.

    Performance Management

    Emails Notifications: Leave (Time Off)

    Objective: Give HR Admins greater transparency and control over Employment Hero’s email notifications

    Description: Leave-related emails are now surfaced in the Organisation Emails settings page (Time > Leave), giving HR Admins visibility into what the email is for, when each notification is sent and the ability to toggle delivery on or off at an organisation level. Previously, the “Leave requests status updates” toggle covered multiple different emails. This has now been split into more specific toggles, including:

    • Your leave requests have been updated (approved / declined)
    • Personnel leave calendar events
    • Manager leave calendar events

    For organisations that previously had “Leave requests status updates” turned off, the newly split toggles have been migrated and are also off by default. Email previews are now supported for all leave-related toggles, with the exception of calendar event notifications, allowing Admins to review email subjects and content before managing delivery.

    Release date: 12/12/2025
    Target users: Global

    360 Reviews – Custom Security Permissions

    Objective: Give admins control over which users can access and manage 360 reviews for their reporting employees.

    Impact: With this release, access to 360 Reviews is controlled via Employee Permissions. HR Admins can now:

    • Assign permissions by employee access: Users can be given View, Delete, or Use access for 360 reviews of their reporting employees only.
    • Control actions based on permission level:
      • View – see reviews and feedback
      • Delete – archive or delete reviews
      • Use – create new reviews, edit details, and send reminders

    Notes: Users cannot access 360 reviews for employees outside their direct reporting line. Existing 360 Reviews Management CSS remains unchanged.

    Release Schedule: Dec 16, 2025
    Target Users: Managers (Platinum, Unlimited, Unlimited Plus)

    Performance Reviews - Do Not Override Reviewers

    Objective: Prevent reviewers from being automatically updated when reporting lines change

    Description: The Performance Review module supports reviews between an employee and their assigned manager. However, in the past, when a manager is updated for an employee in a review period, the reviewer would be automatically replaced by the new manager. As a result, any existing responses or submissions made by the past manager would be lost.

    Reviewer/manager assignment for Performance Reviews is now fixed at the point an employee is added to a review. It will no longer update automatically when reporting lines change. This prevents reviewer changes that could result in lost review comments or reviews being completed by someone without the appropriate historical context.

    This change applies to all existing open reviews. This change also applies to both Primary and Secondary managers. HR Admins who intentionally want to update to the new manager for an active review can do so by removing and re-adding the employee to the review.

    To support intentional actions, a confirmation modal has been added when removing an employee from a review, clearly communicating that any existing review notes or responses will be lost. An outdated confirmation message shown when updating an employee’s manager in their profile has been removed, as manager changes no longer impact reviewer assignment in open reviews.

    Release date: 17/12/25
    Target users: Global (Premium, Platinum, Plus, Unlimited)

    Platform Experience

    To Do Widget in EH Work - Personal View for Employees and Recognition Approvals for Managers

    Description: Following the release of our To Do List for Manager Approvals in EH Work, we’ve launched a new “Personal” view in the To Do Widget for employees. This view separates personal tasks from team tasks, making it easier for employees to see, prioritise, and complete critical To Do items faster and more efficiently — starting with Mandatory Policies and Induction Content. This update addresses the friction and delays in completing high-impact compliance and onboarding tasks — particularly on mobile, where limited visibility and prioritisation have made it harder for employees to work efficiently.

    Note: Non-mandatory versions of Policies and Induction Content are not shown in the To Do Widget to maintain clarity and reduce noise.

    Recognition Approvals have now also been added to the Team view in the To Do List, expanding the scope of actionable items for managers and approvers.

    Release Schedule: 15/12/2025
    Target Users: EH Work Employees and Managers

    Rostering and timesheets

    Directly Edit Published Shifts

    Release Date: 16/12/2025
    Target Users: All users of work site and position rosters and timesheets

    Background: Currently there is no way for managers to simply edit a published shift without first unpublishing → editing the shift → republishing the shift. This frustrating and lengthy process for our roster managers and also requires extra notification to be sent from our system. Managers can now edit a published shift directly, as long as the shift isn’t locked. This removes friction from day-to-day rostering and keeps things moving quickly and cleanly.

    Key features include:

    • Edit published shifts directly (when the shift is not locked)
    • Edit via the shift panel
    • Drag and drop unlocked published shifts
    • Copy and paste unlocked published shifts
    • A new notification for employees so they are aware of any updates to their shifts
    • Push notification
    • In app notification
    • Email notification

    The timesheet management page will seamlessly handle edits to rostered data while also keeping clocked data true to the employee's clocking behaviours

    Lock Shifts

    Release Date: 16/12/2025
    Target Users: All users of Work Site and Position rosters and timesheets

    Background: We have introduced 3 x new lock shifts settings to promote data hygiene between the roster management page and the timesheet management page. When enabled the locked shifts will prevent the roster managers from edited locked shifts which in turn will limit discrepancies between the pages.
    These settings will be disabled by default, however organisations can opt-in to enforce these data hygiene practices. Furthermore, the settings will support the new 'edit published shifts' feature to reduce human error while scheduling shifts.

    Key features

    • New settings which automatically lock shifts when certain conditions are triggered
    • X day(s) after the scheduled end time
    • When an employee clocks in
    • When timesheets are approved
    • Clear warnings explaining why a shift is locked
    • A new CTA button that redirects the manager to the TSM page where they can directly edit the timesheet
    • Shifts will also be locked on the EH Work app within the roster management feature

    What’s New: This quarter, we focused on improving MPS through a series of QoL improvements across Rostering & Timesheets. These are smaller, behind-the-scenes changes that didn’t get individual spotlights, but together make the product feel smoother, clearer, and easier to use.

    What’s Improved: A snapshot of the QoL work shipped this quarter:

    • Rostering experience
      • Auto-select work sites and positions where possible
      • Paste multiple times in rostering
      • Shift duration and costing added to shift cards (2-week, 4-week, month views)
      • Rostered shifts now auto-display (no swipe to refresh)
      • Clearer week / multi-week filters
      • Improved shift ordering on the Rostering Management page
      • Warning shown when creating shifts for employees on leave
      • Alphabetical ordering in dropdown selectors
    • Timesheets & clock in/out
      • Status name change from Partial to Clocked In
      • Clock-ins can be discarded (removal of 24-hour logic)
      • 24-hour time picker removed
      • Work sites and positions auto-filled when submitting or clocking in via EH
      • Custom work hours
      • Custom work hours now optional and can be cleared

    Why It Matters: Individually, these changes may seem small but together they reduce friction, improve clarity, and remove everyday annoyances.

    Target Users: Orgs using work sites and position rostering

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    Week 50 2025 | Release Notes

    Week 50 release adds Send Email actions for Custom Forms, dynamic EFC approvers, a one-click Tasks Widget, and cert due date reminders. It also launches Talent Search in the ATS, smarter SmartMatch scoring, automated screening reminders, and AI job description suggestions.

    Automations

    Support Send Email Action in Custom Form Workflows

    Release Date: 08/12/2025
    Target Users: Global Forms and Workflow users (EU, Employment Plus and Platinum)

    Problem: After a form is submitted or fully approved/declined, Custom Form Workflows cannot send additional automated email notifications, meaning HR, Payroll, IT, and other stakeholders do not receive timely updates unless someone manually notifies them. This creates gaps in follow-up actions and communication. Stakeholders miss key updates, operational teams don’t know when to act, and admins are forced to manually chase outcomes for every form, leading to delays, errors, and inconsistent processes.

    Product features:

    • Add Send Email Notification as a workflow action for Custom Forms.
    • Support sending emails on Form Submitted, Form Approved, and Form Declined triggers.
    • Allow selecting relational roles, teams, or specific employees as recipients.
    • Provide dynamic fields for both Subject and Content (form data, submitter info, recipient info, organisation info, links).
    • Support immediate or delayed email delivery with before/after offsets.

    Workflow Engine Parity – Employee File Change Dynamic Approver Types

    We’ve introduced two new dynamic approver types—Admins and Owners—to the Request Approval action for Employee File Changes (EFC). These options ensure full parity with legacy approval routing and enable accurate migrations for organisations relying on admin-only or owner-only workflows. They also give customers more targeted control, reducing unnecessary approval noise.

    What’s New?

    • New Dynamic Approver Types (EFC Only)
      • Workflows can now route EFC approvals to:
        • Admins — Only users with the Admin role
        • Owners — Only users with the Owner role
        • Any admin or owner — Existing option
      • These appear exclusively in EFC workflows (although we plan to extend to other workflow modules in future).
    • Improved Routing Accuracy
      • Matches legacy admin-only and owner-only behaviour 1:1 on the WF engine
      • Reduces noise for users by directing approvals to the correct audience
      • Supports accurate migration for the last 50 organisations (next gen and platinum, premium still tbd) using these legacy patterns

    Release Date: 11/12/25
    Target Users: Global, Platinum, EU+ and EU

    Core HR

    Tasks Widget – One-click Approvals

    Description: We’ve introduced a new Tasks Widget on the Home Dashboard to streamline Leave, Timesheet, and Expense approvals. Admins, Owners, Managers, and Employees with CSS permissions can now approve these tasks with one click, directly from the Home Hub - reducing time and clicks to get work done, and boosting efficiency for everyday tasks. Once approved, tasks are automatically synced with the To Do List in the HR Platform, collapsing if already actioned in-app.

    To keep things user-friendly:

    • If there are 10 or fewer tasks in a category → users see individual approval cards on the Home Dashboard
    • If there are more than 10 tasks for a category → users see a summary card for that category

    Only tasks created from 18 November 2025 onwards will display in the widget and sync across.

    Release Schedule: 8/12/2025
    Target Users: EH Work Managers, Admins, Owners, Employees with CSS Permissions

    Allow Due Dates to be Set for Certifications for All Organisations

    Description: This change improves compliance control by allowing users to optionally set a due date for certifications. This update is not just for HeroForce, but also an improvement available for all customers using certifications.

    Key Features

    • Due date can be set relative to the date a certification is assigned to a user
    • An email will be set to the employee one day before the due date if certifications are still outstanding
    • If multiple certifications are due on the same day, one email is sent which summarises the certifications due the next day
    • Certification will be tagged 'Overdue' in the employee profile after due date has passed. This can be used for future reporting
    • Added organisation email setting for certification due date notifications to allow control

    Release Schedule
    Release Date: 11/12/2025

    Introduce Bulk Reminder Notifications in the GT Portal

    What’s new: We have released bulk reminder notifications in the Reports and Documents module of the Global Teams Portal. GT Admins can now send reminder notifications for overdue Policies and Induction Content, Certifications, and other supported compliance items directly from their respective reports. This gives Global Teams a faster way to follow up on outstanding items across all PEO organisations and removes the need for manual reminders outside the platform.

    Admins can remind all personnel, remind selected individuals, or trigger one off reminders for a specific row, all from within the same reporting view. This brings consistency to compliance workflows across HeroForce and improves completion rates for time-sensitive items.

    Key improvements

    • Bulk reminders available in Policies and Induction Content, Certifications, and supported report types
    • Remind all personnel and Remind selected personnel actions added above each report
    • Per row Remind action for content types that support acknowledgement
    • Certification reminders now notify the employee and the host organisation manager
    • Updated reporting UI aligned with the HeroDesign system

    Release date: 12/12/2025

    Performance Management

    Certifications – Notification Improvements

    Objective: To reduce notification noise and give HR Admins greater visibility and control over Certification-related emails, while improving the experience for employees and employers receiving these notifications.

    Description: Users frequently received multiple emails on the same day for certificate assignments, approvals, or expiries, creating a perception of spam. HR Admins also lacked the ability to preview email templates, understand triggering rules, or adjust delivery controls. With this uplift, we’ve improved both the experience and the manageability of Certifications notifications:

    1. Redundant emails have been reduced. Expiry emails are now consolidated into a single daily summary, instead of separate sends for each certificate event. They will be sent at the start of each day for the following emails:
    • You are required to obtain new certifications
    • You are required to review an employee's certification
    • Your certification has been approved
    • Certification reminders: team members requiring action
    • Certification reminders: expiring soon or expired
    1. All Certifications-related emails are now available in the Organisation Emails section of the Notification Control Centre, each with:
    • A clear name and purpose
    • Trigger and recipient details
    • An on/off toggle to control whether the notification is sent
    • A template preview with placeholder data so Admins can understand the exact email content

    These improvements give HR Admins better oversight and control while ensuring employees receive fewer, more meaningful notifications.

    Release date: 12/12/25
    Target Users: Global

    Recruitment

    Unified Talent Search: Slice 1

    Objective: Introduce Talent Search in the ATS as the single, faster entry point to SmartMatch candidates, giving hirers a clearer path to discover talent and increasing SmartMatch-led placements. We've launched Talent Search in the ATS. This foundational release is the first step toward consolidating our hiring tools, creating a faster, more intuitive search experience, and establishing the new entry point for sourcing talent with SmartMatch. This feature currently sits alongside the existing SmartMatch dashboard and sets the groundwork for future unification in upcoming releases.

    Key Features

    • Talent Search: Integrated directly into the ATS via the Recruitment menu, evolved from Free Hiring.
    • Natural Language Search: Enter descriptive phrases (e.g., “Accountant in Sydney with Xero experience”), parsed into structured search criteria.
    • Quick Start: Suggested organisation roles to launch a search quickly.
    • Global Talent Access: Search without a location to reach global talent.
    • Invite Candidates: Invite candidates to an existing job or create/post a new job for them to apply.
    • 1-Click Job Posting: Create a job directly from search with an upgraded AI-generated JD.

    Release Date: 9/12/25
    Target Users: Global (orgs with access to SmartMatch, users with admin and hiring manager permissions)

    Talent Marketplace

    Improving SmartMatch Scoring with Pre-Screening Answers

    Target Users: Recruiters using SmartMatch
    Objective: Make SmartMatch scores more accurate by ensuring BOY scoring takes candidate pre-screening answers into account.

    Description: We’ve improved the SmartMatch model so it can now factor in key eligibility signals from pre-screening questions—things like work rights, availability, and required certifications. This means SmartMatch scores will better reflect whether a candidate meets the basics before you even open their profile.

    • More reliable scores: Fewer cases where candidates who clearly don’t meet requirements receive high scores.
    • Better screening efficiency: Recruiters can trust SmartMatch scores earlier in the process and spend less time weeding out obviously unqualified applicants.

    Automated Screening Question Reminders for SM, FMI, and Job Alert Applications

    Description: We have introduced a new automated reminder system to increase the completion rate of mandatory Screening Questions (SQs) for job applications. Previously, 30-40% of applicants who expressed interest in a job failed to complete the required SQs, leading to automatic disqualification by employers and reduced efficiency.

    • Automated Reminders: Users who apply but don't complete SQs now receive action-oriented reminders and one click into screening questions page.
    • Mandate screening questions: Only send to applications to the recruiter when screening questions have been completed

    Improving Job Descriptions with AI-Suggested Additions

    What’s New: Recruiters on Platinum and Unlimited plans will now see AI-powered suggestions that help improve the quality of their Job Descriptions. When a JD contains enough content, the system detects opportunities for improvement and surfaces an “AI Suggestions” button in the JD editor. Suggestions can include:

    • Missing requirements commonly found in similar roles
    • Clearer or more action-oriented phrasing
    • Additional details that help attract better-mmatched candidates

    Why This Matters: High-quality JDs = better SmartMatch scores and more relevant applicants. This update helps recruiters quickly fill gaps, strengthen requirements, and produce stronger job ads without needing to rewrite the JD from scratch.

    Key Features in This Release

    • AI Suggestions button appears when improvements are detected
    • Each suggestion shown has “add” and “regenerate” options
    • “Add All” applies every suggestion at once
    • Changes are highlighted and can be undone immediately
    • Clear messaging shown if no improvements are available
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    Week 49, 2025 | Release notes

    A broad product release adds mobile forms, manager approvals, compliance workflows, and centralized reports across HR, Global Teams, Payroll and more. New dashboards, security controls, and AI-assisted recruitment streamline admin tasks and frontline experiences.

    Automations

    • Custom Forms Employee Experience: Employees can now view, submit, and track forms directly from the EH Work app, including a new Recent Forms section, full form library, and My Submissions list. (Released: 1 December 2025, All Forms users)
    • Custom Forms Manager/Approver Experience: Managers and approvers can now review and action assigned form submissions in the EH Work app, with mobile approvals and advanced filters. (Released: 2 December 2025, All Forms users)
    • Compliance Workflows: New certification triggers and conditions enable automated reminders, escalations, and lifecycle management for compliance items. (Released: 2 December 2025, All users)

    Company Feed

    • Custom Security Permissions for Company Feed: HR Admins can now control who can post, which post types are available, and posting audiences. Contractors can no longer create posts but can still comment and react. (Released: 1 December 2025, All users)

    Global Teams

    • Certifications Report and Policies & Induction Content Report are now available in the Global Teams Portal, providing consolidated compliance and certification data across all PEO organisations. (Released: 1–4 December 2025, GT Admins)
    • Centralised certifications management for Global Teams, with visibility for host organisations and employees. (Released: 1 December 2025, GT Admins and employees)

    HR Rostering & Timesheets

    • Roster performance enhancements for large organisations, including faster shift loading, smoother navigation, and improved drag-and-drop and copy-paste experiences. (Released: 1 December 2025, Work site and positions roster users)

    ITOps & Security

    • Security Dashboard Enhancement: Contractors are now visible in the Payroll Security Dashboard, allowing admins to monitor access and compliance for all user types. (Released: 5 December 2025, All users)

    Mobile App

    • EH Work App v2.68.3: New consolidated Home Dashboard with personalised quicklinks, announcement and shift widgets, enhanced search, and improved clock-in/out experience. (Released: 1 December 2025, All EH Work users)
    • Custom Forms Employee Experience: Recent Forms and My Submissions are now available on mobile, improving transparency and ease of use for frontline employees. (Released: 1 December 2025, All Forms users)

    Payroll

    • Singapore CPF Additional Wages Ceiling Updates: All Singapore businesses are now transitioned to the updated CPF calculation engine, ensuring compliance with the CPF Board’s revised methodology for 2026 pay runs. (Released: 3 December 2025, Admins)
    • Consistent and customisable leave calendar colour legend: Organisation administrators can now customise leave category colours, ensuring consistent display across all views and reducing scheduling errors. (Released: 8 December 2025, All users)

    Performance Management

    • Employment Documents email notifications can now be managed at the organisation level, with daily summary emails and previews for HR Admins. (Released: 28 November 2025, All users)

    Recruitment

    • Simplified 3-Step Job Creation with AI and Natural Language Processing: The job creation flow is now faster, with AI-powered screening questions, improved UI, and a streamlined process for all customers. (Released: 5 December 2025, All customers)
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