AI
Hero AI can now answer natural language questions about employee profile data, helping teams quickly find information such as tenure, probation status, and upcoming birthdays without manually searching records. (Released: 15 June 2026)
Hero AI can now answer questions about employee HR documents and signature status, making it easier to identify unsigned contracts and pending document actions. (Released: 15 June 2026)
Hero AI can now summarise 360 review themes, strengths, and development areas for employees, managers, and admins while protecting reviewer anonymity through built-in thresholds and access controls. (Released: 12 June 2026, Platinum, Plus, Unlimited and Elite)
Automations
Employees can now save partially completed forms as drafts on web and mobile, then return later with answers and uploaded files preserved. (Released: 16 June 2025, Global forms users)
Core HR
HR admins can now view all members of any group directly from the Groups settings screen, making it easier to confirm group composition before sending surveys or checking compliance. (Released: 17 June 2026)
HR admins can now record probation periods in either weeks or months, with the system automatically calculating the correct end date and supporting the same format in HR documents. (Released: 12 June 2026)
eBenefits and FinTech - Benefits
Employers can now configure HeroPoints anniversary rewards using tenure-based models, allowing more tailored recognition programs that automatically apply the right reward based on years of service. (Released: AU 1 June 2026, Employer Admins and HR Managers)
Finance Ops
Admins, managers, and authorised employees can now submit expense claims on behalf of other employees from web and mobile, with policies, approvals, and audit trails applied to the selected employee. (Released: 16 June 2026, Admins, People Managers, and employees with submit-on-behalf permission)
Finance Ops - Heroforce
Admins now see a clear notice when active employees are not assigned to an expense policy, helping them resolve configuration gaps before employees encounter claim submission problems. (Released: 17 June 2026, Admins and Owners with expense management permissions)
ITOps & Security
Payroll users can now review their account security health from a dedicated Security page, with clear actions for issues such as two-factor authentication, password risk, and email verification. (Released: 16 June 2026, Payroll Web Users)
CSRF validation is now fully enforced across the payroll platform, helping block unauthorised requests and strengthening protection against malicious submissions. (Released: 17 June 2026, Payroll Users)
Leave (Core HR)
The Unified Calendar now includes team schedules, blackout periods, contractor unavailability, direct leave request actions for managers, and visibility toggles for key day states. (Released: 16 June 2026 for all new customers created after 1 June 2026 and broader rollout continues, Global)
OpenAPI & Developer Experience
New OpenAPI read endpoints for Goals key results now let integration engineers retrieve key result information programmatically for reporting and workflow automation. (Released: 17 June 2026)
Payroll
Payroll admins can now view pay category units alongside amounts in Gross to Net reports, with flexible controls for on-screen reporting, exports, and report packs. (Released: 17 June 2026, Admins and reporting users, AU only)
Australian award businesses can now automate STP classification and super treatment of all-purpose allowances, reducing manual workarounds for overtime and leave scenarios. (Released: 17 June 2026, AU award businesses employing staff under Awards with all-purpose allowances)
Partner and brand admins can now access a brand-wide event log in the Partner Dashboard, making it easier to monitor activity across customer businesses and export records when needed. (Released: 3 July 2026, beta release 10 June 2026, Partner admins and brand admins)
Partner admins can now reset stuck pay runs directly from the Partner Dashboard, turning a repeat support task into a fast self-service workflow. (Released: 3 July 2026, beta release 12 June 2026, Partner admins managing payroll across multiple businesses)
Partner admins managing Australian businesses can now reset stuck awards directly from the Partner Dashboard, reducing delays caused by support-dependent processes. (Released: 3 July 2026, beta release 17 June 2026, Partner admins managing Australian businesses)
Partner admins can now override incorrect timesheet statuses individually or in bulk from the Partner Dashboard, with compliance warnings and full audit logging for every change. (Released: 3 July 2026, beta release 17 June 2026, Partner and brand admins managing payroll across multiple businesses)
Performance Management
Managers and authorised users can now view employee feedback and goals directly in the Employee File, giving them a more complete picture of development and performance in one place. (Released: 15 June 2026)
HR admins and managers can now edit questions in the review bank even after they have been added to published templates, avoiding the need to recreate questions for wording changes. (Released: 16 June 2026, Users with access to Performance Reviews)
Performance Reviews on mobile now offer clearer statuses, improved admin visibility, stronger filtering, search, and UI fixes that make review navigation faster and more reliable. (Released: 17 June 2026, Global, Premium, Platinum, Plus, Unlimited, Engage, Elite)
Platform Experience
Platform admins can now browse, understand, enable, and track beta features from a new self-service Early Access page, improving visibility into product changes and upcoming releases. (Released: 16 June 2026, all users)
Recruitment
Recruiters can now view, review, and invite matched Talent Marketplace candidates directly inside ATS job workflows, helping teams discover relevant talent without leaving the job view. (Released: 12 June 2026, Recruiters and Hiring managers)
Recruiters can now request compliance documents and residential addresses from candidates directly inside the ATS, with submitted information flowing into the employee record during onboarding. (Released: 15 June 2026, Platinum and Employment Unlimited subplans, Mid-market)
Recruiters can now view more than 200 applicants per board column through pagination, making it easier to manage large hiring pipelines without switching views. (Released: 17 June 2026)
Referral workflows now support configurable digest cadence, redesigned mobile referral experiences, digest notifications, and unsubscribe preferences to improve employee referral engagement. (Released: gradual rollout this week, Recruiters and Hiring managers)
Recruitment & AI
Recruitment Agent customers can now use AI Notetaker publicly across Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, receiving transcripts, summaries, and AI insights directly in the candidate record. (Released: 18 June 2026, Recruitment Agent customers)
Recruiters can now see Recruitment Agent credit balances, low-credit warnings, and usage context directly where they make hiring decisions, reducing disruption during recruitment workflows. (Released: 18 June 2026, Recruitment Agent customers)
Standalone Recruitment Agent customers can now send offers, collect digital signatures, and mark hires complete entirely inside the platform. (Released: 9 June 2026, SRA recruiters in AU)
Rostering & Timesheets
Managers using Unified Timesheets can now filter by cost centre on the Timesheet Management page, helping them find and approve relevant timesheets more efficiently. (Released: 15 June 2026, Global audience)
Rostering and Timesheets now include easier break duration entry, bulk resolution of outstanding shift swaps, and configurable minimum notice periods for employee unavailability. (Released: 16 June 2026, Admins and managers using Rostering and Timesheets)
Chat
Chat now supports public channels, mobile search across people and messages, improved channel management, offboarded user indicators in direct messages, and notification preference nudges. (Released: 16 June 2026, Employment Unlimited and Chat add-on customers)