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Core HR - Group Related Email Notification Types Together

Release Date: 23 July 2025 

Target Users: Global 

Summary: This update allows users to control email notifications by module, such as turning all notifications related to the Recruitment module on or off at once. Users can still manage individual notifications within each module if needed. This makes it quicker and easier to manage notification preferences without needing to update each one individually.

Key Features:

• Users can now select or deselect a module checkbox to turn all related notifications on or off at once.
• All notification types within each module are expanded by default, so users can immediately see what’s included.
• A tooltip has been added to explain that selecting a module checkbox controls all notifications within that module.

Core HR - Enhance Importing Terminated Employees

Release Date: July 21, 2025 

Target Users: All Employment Hero Clients (Global) 

Summary: We've enhanced the ability to import historically terminated employees by adding support for Termination Type and Termination Comment fields. This improvement provides more comprehensive data capture for your terminated employee records.

Key Features:

• Ability to import Termination Type.
• Ability to import Termination Comment.

Upcoming Enhancements (Fast Follows):

• Improved error messaging for CSV Imports to provide clearer guidance.

Grouped Email Notification Types in Notification Settings 

Release Date: 23 July 2025 

Target Users: Global 

Summary: This update streamlines email notification management by allowing users to control notifications by module. For example, you can now toggle all notifications related to the Recruitment module on or off with a single click. Individual notification settings within each module are still available for finer control.

Key Features:

• Module-based Control: Select or deselect a module checkbox to manage all associated notifications at once.
• Expanded Modules: All notification types within each module are expanded by default for immediate visibility.
• Informative Tooltip: A tooltip has been added to explain how module checkboxes control notifications.

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eBenefits and Fintech - Money - Benefits Library

Release Date: 23 July 2025 

Target Users: Admins 

Summary: The Benefits Library has been launched to help HR administrators overcome the initial "blank slate" barrier when setting up employee benefits in Employment Hero. It offers a set of common, customisable benefit templates to guide users.

Key Features:

• Daily Suggestions: Admins are shown 5 different, rotating benefit examples each day on the main benefits page to spark ideas and encourage action.
• Benefits Library Access: Users can browse a full list of up to 25 curated benefits—each ready to be added in one click.
• Quick Add & Customise: When adding a benefit from the library, key information like name and description are carried over. Admins can then easily complete details such as frequency, monetary value, redemption method, and assign to employees.
• Solves Blank Slate Friction: Provides HR admins with a clear starting point and inspiration.

Benefits - Perks - EWA

Release Date: 22 July 2025 (going live in September) 

Target Users: Canadian users 

Summary: We've updated the naming conventions within the Group Benefits Plan feature to align with Canadian terminology. This change clarifies the relationship between "Benefit" and "Coverage" to reduce confusion.

Key Changes:

• Updated Naming Convention: The hierarchy within Group Benefits Plan is now Group Benefits Plan → Benefit → Coverage. This replaces the previous Group Benefits Plan → Coverage structure.

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ITOps & Security - Enhanced Login Experience - Quick Login Page

Release Date: July 21, 2025 (Gradual Rollout Begins) 

Target Users: Employment Hero Clients 

Summary: We're excited to announce the public release of our new Quick Login Page, designed to make your daily login process smoother and significantly faster. This enhancement supports Password, Passkey, and single-click SAML Single Sign-On.

Key Features:

• Users targeted in the rollout plan will be directed to the quick login page upon logging out of the platform.
• Supports Password, Passkey, and single-click SAML Single Sign-On.
• A new feature banner on the quick login page links to a Knowledge Base Article for more information.
• In-platform pop-up messages will announce the gradual rollout of the quick login page upon login.

Public Release Plan:

• July 21: 10% Rollout (Organisations with ID ending in 00-09)
• July 25: 30% Rollout (Organisations with ID ending in 00-29)
• July 30: 70% Rollout (Organisations with ID ending in 00-69)
• August 4: 100% Rollout (All users)

ITOps & Security - Granular CSS Permissions for Reports

Release Date: July 21, 2025

Target Users: Global (All paid sub-plans)

Summary: We've enhanced our reporting module by splitting the 'People, Reviews, Time Reports' CSS permission into three distinct permissions: 'People,' 'Performance,' and 'Time.' Previously, these reports were bundled, limiting granular control over user permissions. This update provides greater flexibility for role-based access control, addressing feedback from our high-value clients.

Key Features:

• Separate Permissions: 'People,' 'Performance,' and 'Time' reports now have individual CSS permissions.
• Granular Control: Admins can assign specific report access based on user roles.

ITOps & Security - Allow Managed Payroll Team to Bypass Selected Admin Security Controls on Payroll

Release Date: 23 July 2025 

Target Users: Information Security SAP Users and Managed Payroll Services Teams 

Summary: A new setting within Access Levels has been introduced that provides the ability for users in selected access levels to bypass certain admin security controls. This is specifically to support the Managed Payroll Team's operational role, which was hindered by previously implemented controls restricting write access, limiting continuous access to a customer business to 72 hours, and limiting the number of businesses they can access in a day. Other compensating controls, such as offboarding automations and SAML SSO on company-managed devices, remain in place.

Key Features:

• Allows selected access levels to bypass specific admin security controls on payroll data.
• Retains other compensating security controls.

ITOps & Security - Block Use of Known Bad Domains on Payroll

Release Date: 23 July 2025 

Target Users: Information Security SAP Users for management of domains; All payroll web users for use of domains 

Summary: To prevent malicious activity, the use of known bad domains to create users on the platform has been blocked across the payroll platform (business level), Partner Dashboard, and Administration Tools.

Key Features:

• A new admin tool has been added to manage the list of known bad domains, allowing the Information Security team to add or remove domains.
• Domains on the blocked list are prevented from being used to create users across the payroll platform, Partner Dashboard, and Administration Tools.

ITOps & Security - Managed Payroll Team Security Control Bypass 

Release Date: 23 July 2025 

Target Users: Information Security SAP Users and Managed Payroll Services Teams 

Summary: To support the Managed Payroll Team's operations while maintaining robust security, a new setting within Access Levels now allows them to bypass certain administrative security controls. Previously, these controls restricted write access to customer data, limited continuous access to a customer business to 72 hours, and limited the number of businesses accessible in a day. This update ensures the Managed Payroll Team can effectively provide services without hindering their operational role, while still retaining other compensating security controls.

Key Features:

• Bypass Admin Security Controls: Selected access levels, including the Managed Payroll Team, can now bypass specific admin security controls related to write access, continuous access duration, and daily business access limits.

• Continued Compensating Controls: Other security measures, such as offboarding automations and SAML SSO on company-managed devices (coming soon), remain in place.

   

ITOps & Security - Block Use of Known Bad Domains on Payroll 

Release Date: 23 July 2025 

Target Users: Information Security SAP Users (for management) and All Payroll Web Users (for use of domains) 

Summary: To prevent malicious activity, the platform now blocks the use of known bad domains for creating users across the Payroll Platform (business level), Partner Dashboard, and Administration Tools. This release includes a new admin tool for the Information Security team to manage the list of blocked domains.

Key Features:

• Domain Blocking: Prevents the use of known bad domains for user creation across various platform areas.
• Admin Tool for Domain Management: The Information Security team can now add or remove domains from the blocked list.
• Request for Unblocking: If a customer requires the use of a blocked domain, the #ask-infosec channel can be contacted for review and potential unblocking.

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Pre-payroll

Release Date: 24 July 2025 

Target Users: Organisations with access to advanced rostering 

Summary: We've enhanced the Roster Rules & Warnings settings page to improve usability, provide greater control over scheduling, and help prevent employees from exceeding their weekly work hour limits.

Key Features:

• Improved Language and Grouping: Setting labels and alerts have been clarified, and settings are now grouped into clearly defined sections, making them easier to understand and use.
• Warn and Block Parameters: Each rule now includes "warn" and "block" parameters, giving administrators more granular control over scheduling.
• New "Maximum Weekly Work Hours" Setting: Roster Managers will now be notified if an employee exceeds their weekly hours limit, helping to ensure compliance.
   

Payroll Enablement - Conceal Earned Wage Access Bank Accounts

Release Date: 22 July 2025 (Implicit from context) 

Target Users: Earned Wage Access users in AU and UK 

Summary: To mitigate the risk of users incorrectly paying into or using Earned Wage Access (EWA) bank accounts, these accounts are now hidden in Australia and the float account in the UK.

Key Features:

• Earned Wage Access bank accounts are now asterisked in the employee record.
• Earned Wage Access bank accounts are blocked from the bank account API call (used by the EH Work app).
• Users are prevented from creating, updating, or deleting Earned Wage Access bank accounts.

Performance Management - mobile browser approvals for hiring & onboarding

Key Features:

• Improved Mobile UI: Approval forms are now clearly displayed on mobile browsers.
• Actionable Buttons: "Approve," "Decline," and "Withdraw" buttons are readily available for managing requests.
• Enhanced Accessibility: Managers can respond to requisition and onboarding requests from any mobile device.

Summary: Managers can now conveniently manage requisition and onboarding approval requests directly from their mobile browsers. Previously, accessing and acting on these requests on mobile was challenging due to display issues. This update significantly improves the mobile browser experience, allowing managers to approve, decline, or withdraw requests with ease, regardless of their location.

Performance Management - probation review workflow

Release Date: 21 July 2025 

Target Users: Platinum, Employment Unlimited, Employment Unlimited Plus 

Summary: We've enhanced the trigger functionality for the Probation Review workflow to ensure that all relevant employees are included when a new workflow is published. Previously, only employees onboarded after a workflow's creation were subject to it, leading to missing reviews for existing employees already in their probation period.

With this update, when a workflow is published, you'll be prompted to include any existing employees whose trigger date falls after the workflow's publish date. This ensures that all employees with a start date within the last nine months are considered.

Pre-Payroll (Leave & Expenses) - Leave Reports HD Migration

Release Date: 22 July 2025 

Target Users: Global 

Summary: New pages for the Accrued Leave and Leave-Taken reports have been generated and migrated to the new format defined by Core HR. This improves usability and reduces friction, ensuring a consistent and efficient reporting experience.

Key Features:

• Accrued Leave and Leave-Taken reports are now on separate dedicated pages.
• Reports use the new HD format for improved usability.

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Recruitment - Offer letter

Release Date: 25 July 2025 

Target Users: Canadian users 

Summary: Employment Hero Offer Letter templates are now available for Canada, providing standardised templates for indefinite-term hires in Ontario and British Columbia.

Key Features:

• Canadian Offer Letter Templates: The following templates are now available as both Offer Letter and Employment Contract types:
  • Offer Letter - Indefinite Term Hire Ontario (Full-time or Part-time Hours)
  • Offer Letter - Indefinite Term Hire British Columbia (Full-time or Part-time Hours)

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SSO Company Device Check Extension 

Release Date: 23 July 2025 

Target Users: Internal users with SAP and client organisation access 

Summary: The SSO company device check has been extended to 12 hours. This quality-of-life improvement means you'll only need to verify your device once within a 12-hour period, even if you log out of your support account. This works similarly to other "remember me" features and does not apply to other browsers or incognito mode.

Key Features:

• Extended SSO Device Check: The verification period for SSO on company devices has been extended to 12 hours.
• Reduced Verification Frequency: Users will need to verify their device less often, improving workflow.

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Update User Account Recovery Requirements 

Release Date: 23 July 2025 

Target Users: Global 

Summary: To enhance security and mitigate identity fraud, the account recovery process now requires customers to take a selfie while holding their selected form of ID, along with a note containing "Employment Hero" and the request date. Text updates and an example image have been provided to guide users through these new requirements.

Key Features:

• Enhanced Selfie Requirement: Users must now hold their ID and a specific note while taking their selfie for account recovery.
• Improved Identity Fraud Mitigation: This measure strengthens the account recovery process against fraudulent attempts.
• Clear Guidance: Text updates and an example image assist users in meeting the new requirements.

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Workflows - Workflows Template Hub – Slice 0: Updated Template Card UI

Release Date: 22 July 2025 

Target Users: All HR admins with access to Workflows (Platinum, EU+, EU) 

Summary: All existing workflow templates have been updated to use a new card-based UI, laying the foundation for a more intuitive and modern Template Hub experience. This refresh boosts clarity and readability, helping HR admins quickly understand what each template does and why it’s useful.

Key Features:

• All templates now use the new visual card format.
• Each card includes:
  • Template name and short description
  • Up to 3 key benefits that clearly explain the value of each template to users
• Category navigation (e.g., Leave, Expenses, Onboarding) remains intact.
• Added the '+ Create new' button to the template tab so users can create a new workflow from scratch if a template doesn't meet their requirements.