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Week 26 2025 - Release notes

Performance Management

Improved Visibility and Reminders for Assigned Learning Content

Release Date: 19 May 2025
Target Users: Global - NextGen: Plus + Unlimited, Classic: Premium + Platinum
Regions: Global
Description:
We've made enhancements to how we handle assigned learning courses to improve completion rates and drive timely course completion with automated reminders.

  • Due dates will now display for newly assigned courses, even when the course is still in an 'Assigned' status.
  • The system will check daily at 6AM AEST to update and reflect due date information.
  • Learners will now receive reminder emails 2 days before the due date for courses with an 'Assigned' status.
  • If a course is already past due, no reminder will be sent to avoid unnecessary notifications.

AI People Insights

Release Date: 7 July 2025 (Beta), 21 July 2025 (Public)
Target Users: Admins and people managers (Platinum, Plus and Unlimited)
Regions: Global
Description:
AI People Insights consolidates employee data into a clear overview for managers, surfacing relevant, actionable insights to help provide meaningful support and guidance, with initial focus on leave patterns and behaviors.

  • Available in Employees List and Employee Profile for reporting employees.
  • Highlights patterns such as repeated absences, spikes in leave or behaviors that may require a check-in.
  • Provides detailed insights including reasoning, suggested actions, and feedback options.
  • Access is limited to data and employees the manager already has permission to view.

Pre-Payroll (Time & Attendance)

Roster Setup Launch

Release Date: Available Now
Target Users: All customers
Regions: Global
Description:
We've introduced a step-by-step Roster Setup Wizard to simplify first-time rostering setup for new users and improve onboarding success.

  • New users are guided through a structured onboarding process, from creating a worksite to building their first roster.
  • Improved Worksite Page Experience with clear visual cues and step-by-step instructions.
  • Quick employee addition via '+ Add a new employee' button on the worksite page.
  • Enhanced cost centre management for non-Employment Hero Payroll users with redirects for Employment Hero Payroll-connected orgs.

Enable Copy Shifts for Worksite and Position Structure

Release Date: 11 March 2025 (Closed Beta)
Target Users: Beta customers
Regions: Global
Description:
We've expanded the Copy Shifts feature to support Work Sites and Positions instead of Cost Centres, as part of a phased update for full Time & Attendance integration.

  • Standard Copy: Copy shifts to the following week.
  • Advanced Copy: Copy shifts for selected employees to a specific start date.
  • Disabled work sites and positions are automatically removed.
  • New error-handling options allow users to create empty shifts for conflicts or skip overlapping shifts.

Clock In/Out and Submit Timesheets with Work Sites & Positions

Release Date: 12 March 2025 (Closed Beta)
Target Users: Beta customers
Regions: Global
Description:
Employees can now clock in/out and submit timesheets with Work Sites and Positions, replacing Cost Centres where applicable.

  • Employees can select their work site and position when clocking in.
  • Timesheets can be manually created with work site and position details.
  • Upcoming rostered shifts will be auto-populated with work site and position information.

Automations

Contractor Payments Security Timeout

Release Date: 23 June 2025
Target Users: All customers
Regions: Global
Description:
We've introduced security timeout modal to Contractor Profile as part of enhanced session security measures.

  • Contractor profile now has a 30-minute sensitive timeout in line with other sensitive screens.
  • Viewers will be required to authenticate their sessions if 30 minutes have passed since their last authentication prompt.
  • This prepares for future enhancement works to allow syncing profile to Payroll.

Workflow Engine Restrict Admin Overrides (Expense Module)

Release Date: 25 June 2025 (Employment Unlimited, Plus), 26 June 2025 (Global)
Target Users: Global workflow users, includes Classic plan customers
Regions: Global
Description:
We've added a "Restrict Admin Overrides" toggle to custom expense workflow settings to balance operational flexibility with regulatory compliance requirements.

  • Configure admin override permissions per workflow (OFF by default).
  • Toggle is locked after publishing; requires unpublish, update, and republish to change.
  • Admin override restrictions are enforced based on the toggle state at request creation time.
  • All override attempts are backend-validated, including API and browser-based actions.

Simplified Approval Workflows – Leave Approval Workflows

Release Date: 25 June 2025
Target Users: Platinum, EOS Plus & EOS
Regions: Global
Description:
We've simplified leave approval workflows by introducing single-action approval logic, eliminating the need for complex multi-step approval chains.

  • Single-action approval logic eliminates the need for chaining extra nodes to mark outcomes.
  • Support for Sequential, Parallel, and Any-Approver flows.
  • Configurable backup approvers (individual, single, or none).
  • Dynamic role-based options like "Team Leader of Specific Team".

Security & Login

Enhanced Login Experience - Quick Login Page

Release Date: 7 July 2025
Target Users: All customers
Regions: Global
Description:
We're introducing quick login functionality that saves your last signed in account and login method to remove unnecessary clutter from the login screen for returning users.

  • Automatically redirects to quick login page after logout for eligible users.
  • Streamlined experience for users with password-based authentication.
  • Future support planned for multiple account selection, SAML SSO, and Passkey login methods.

Global Benefits

Custom Security Settings for Benefits Management

Release Date: 23 June 2025
Target Users: Paid plans
Regions: Global
Description:
Admins can now create Custom Security Settings (CSS) groups for Benefits Management to control access levels for all employees.

  • View access: Can see Benefits Management feature and view benefits but cannot create/edit/delete or assign employees.
  • Edit access: Can create/edit/delete benefits and assign employees, with access to Employee List.
  • Currently available for "All employees" scope, with Reporting employees & Teams coming later.

Email Compliance - Personal Details

Release Date: 24 June 2025
Target Users: All customers
Regions: Global
Description:
Admins and payroll admins will now get notified when certain employee details are changed to ensure employers are up to date with key information changes.

  • Email notifications triggered for address changes.
  • "Quick Add & Open" feature tested to ensure emails don't get sent inappropriately.

Move ALL Candidate Data Across When Onboarding (Slice 2)

Release Date: 25 June 2025
Target Users: All customers
Regions: Global
Description:
We've enhanced the recruitment-to-onboarding handover by expanding the data automatically transferred from EH Recruitment (ATS) into the Employee Profile.

  • Auto-populates Phone Number, Address, and Job Title from Candidate Profile.
  • Displays "Talent Channel" as the source in the 'Source' field when applicable.
  • Reduces manual effort for Admins and strengthens reliability of onboarding data.

eOS/Payroll

eOS IO: Support Live Validations

Release Date: Public
Target Users: eOS Intelligent Payroll customers (Employment Lite, Employment Plus, Employment Unlimited)
Regions: Australia Description:
We've simplified the UX of our Create Employees table and Configure Employee Payroll Information tables by adding live validations and removing manual review steps.

  • Added validations after data in a cell is updated to give instant feedback on changes.
  • Removed the "Review & save" button and "Pending review" status.
  • Employee data validations now occur live for immediate feedback.

eOS Intelligent Onboarding - Welcome Guide Modal v3

Release Date: 24 June 2025
Target Users: eOS Intelligent Onboarding customers
Regions: Australia Description:
We've introduced a new step in the Onboarding Checklist's Welcome Guide that explicitly captures user consent for Employment Hero to review submitted documents and launch date.

  • Step 1: Pay schedule setup + launch date.
  • Step 2: Acknowledgement of file access.
  • Updated dashboard widget allows users to view and edit their launch date.
  • Completion of both steps is required to proceed with onboarding checklist.

eOS IO: Configure Employee Payroll Information - Adding Superannuation Logic

Release Date: Public
Target Users: eOS Intelligent Payroll customers (Employment Lite, Employment Plus, Employment Unlimited)
Regions: Australia Description:
We've added intelligent autofilling of superannuation fund information based on partial input to eliminate repetitive manual entry and reduce setup time.

  • Super Fund Search-as-you-type with real-time suggestions.
  • Auto-population of USI/ABN/Fund Name fields when valid values are entered.
  • Significantly reduces friction in onboarding and cuts down data entry errors.

Data & AI

Extending SmartMatch to All Job Boards

Release Date: 30 June 2025 (Pilot), TBC (Public)
Target Users: Pilot customers, then public launch
Regions: Global
Description:
SmartMatch scores are now applied to candidates from all external sources to improve screening efficiency and reduce time spent on low quality applications.

  • Covers external sources like SEEK, Indeed, manual upload, LinkedIn and more.
  • Candidate profiles extracted from CVs using Affinda when external job board doesn't provide a profile.
  • External sources account for ~90% of inbound volume, previously unscored and manually reviewed.
  • Provides consistent signal across all candidates, not just SmartMatch internal talent.
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