Week 19 2026 | Release Notes

Gabriella Adelyne Alicaya

03 June 2026 09:01

EH Content Team

Here are our product releases for Week 14 of 2026, which includes May 4 - 8, 2026.

AI

Hero AI can now answer questions about upcoming and past 1:1s, helping users prepare for meetings, review recent discussions, and identify follow-up actions more easily. (Released: 29 April 2026 and 6 May 2026, Global plans)

Introduced certification triggers in workflows so admins can automate reminders and follow-up actions before and after certifications expire, reducing manual tracking and compliance risk. (Released: 5 May 2026, Global workflows users)

Added audit logging for medical disclosure statements, giving HR admins a complete record of who viewed, created, edited, or deleted each disclosure to strengthen governance and accountability. (Released: 4 May 2026, HR Admins)
Introduced temporary manager reassignment, allowing HR admins to bulk assign a temporary manager to direct reports and automatically restore the original reporting line when the coverage period ends. (Released: 4 May 2026, All regions)
Publicly released Bulk Issue Documents, making it easier for HR admins and signatories to issue, review, sign, track, and manage large batches of documents in one place. (Released: 4 May 2026, HR Admins and Document Signatories)
Users can now reorder onboarding and offboarding checklist tasks, giving admins more control over how checklist steps are displayed. (Released: 6 May 2026, All organisations with access to Checklists)

Added roster warning view in the toolbar so managers can quickly identify, focus on, and resolve roster issues before publishing. (Released: 7 May 2026, All orgs using work sites and position rostering)
Improved bulk selection and roster management so managers can select published and unpublished shifts together, review summaries more easily, and complete actions faster across employee and work site views. (Released: 7 May 2026, Admins and Managers)
Roster managers can now customise the order of work sites, positions, and employees in the roster grid, reducing scrolling and creating a more personalised scheduling experience. (Released: 7 May 2026, All orgs using work sites and position rostering)
Unavailability restrictions can now be applied during blackout periods, helping businesses prevent employee unavailability requests during peak trading periods while still allowing manager overrides when needed. (Released: 8 May 2026, All orgs using work sites and position rostering)

Added the requested date to partner account recovery requests so partners and brand users can prioritise and escalate stale cases more effectively. (Released: 5 May 2026, Partner and Brand Users)
Updated the Jobs site authentication flow to support a more secure password-first sign-up and sign-in experience for job seekers, including account verification and support for stronger security options. (Released: Public release 13 May 2026, Job Seekers)

Improved leave audit history so approval and decline events now show richer detail, including approver information, approval stage, and direct access to the related leave request. (Released: 5 May 2026, HR Admins and Employees)
Updated the Time Off Balances table with new group and employee filters, making it easier for admins and managers to view leave balances for specific teams or individuals. (Released: 6 May 2026, Users with access to Leave Balances)

Added new Forms webhook events to OpenAPI so external systems can respond in real time when form responses are submitted, approved, or declined. (Released: 7 May 2026)

Leave accrual journal exports now automatically inherit dimension values from matching earnings lines, improving reporting consistency and reducing manual mapping in journal exports. (Released: 7 May 2026, Australian customers)
Leave earnings added to pay runs now automatically populate reporting dimensions from pay run defaults, reducing manual entry and improving payroll consistency. (Released: 7 May 2026, Australian customers)
Added break start and end times to timesheet report exports, giving payroll admins more detailed records to support labour law and compliance reporting. (Released: 6 May 2026 beta, AU only in global rollout cohort for release communications)
Updated salary data structure so payroll-related fields now sit separately from pay rate history, improving platform consistency ahead of future pro-ration enhancements. (Released: 11 May 2026, AU)