AI
HR admins in the beta cohort can now generate custom HR reports using natural language inside Hero AI, making it faster to build, refine, and download tailored reports without manual report setup. (Released: 3 September 2026, HR admins in closed beta customers, AU only)
Digital Onboarding
Redesigned the desktop QR code page for new employees invited by email so it clearly explains the purpose of the Employment Hero Work app, builds trust, and guides employees to complete onboarding from mobile. (Released: 7 September 2026)
HR Rostering & Timesheets
Added an employee details side panel in rostering so managers can view contact details, work summaries, and unavailability without leaving the roster screen. (Released: 7 September 2026, Admins, owners, and managers in W&P orgs using Rostering)
Added custom events in Calendar so teams can create and view shared events across calendar surfaces, helping them plan work and leave with better visibility. (Released: 5 August 2026)
Introduced automatic rounding to rostered shift times, reducing manual timesheet corrections when employees clock in or out slightly early or late. (Released: 8 September 2026, Organisation admins using Rostering & Timesheets)
Launched a public Sales Data API so POS vendors and enterprise customers can push actual and forecast sales data into Employment Hero for faster integrations and labour modelling. (Released: 31 August 2026)
ITOps & Security
Added a Policies Employee File permission so admins can grant scoped access to view the Policies tab and send reminders for outstanding policies. (Released: 8 September 2026, Admins and authorised users)
Improved account security by invalidating other active sessions when a user changes their email address, ensuring old sessions no longer remain signed in. (Released: 10 September 2026, All employees)
Introduced step-up verification for account email changes on mobile, requiring users to re-verify their identity before an email update can be completed. (Released: 10 September 2026, All employees using mobile app v2.86.1 or later)
Standardised SMS 2FA rate limits across Payroll Web and the Employment Hero Work app, helping protect payroll accounts from SMS pumping attacks. (Released: 8 September 2026, Payroll users)
The mobile app now actively signs users out when their email address changes and displays a clear security message explaining the logout. (Released: 10 September 2026, All employees using mobile app v2.86.1 or later)
OpenAPI & Developer Experience
Added API support for assigning assets to employees and returning them to inventory, making asset workflows easier to automate during onboarding and offboarding. (Released: 10 September 2026)
Added API support for bulk asset creation, assignment, and reassignment so integrators can complete high-volume asset operations in fewer requests. (Released: 10 September 2026)
Added API support for renaming and deleting company-specific asset categories, helping integrators keep asset data accurate without manual UI updates. (Released: 9 September 2026)
Added API support for reading and creating asset custom fields, giving integrators a programmatic way to prepare asset data structures before automations run. (Released: 10 September 2026)
Added API support for renaming and deleting asset custom fields, completing the lifecycle management of custom asset metadata. (Released: 9 September 2026)
Performance Management
Added a Chat Engagement report so admins with the Chat add-on can measure adoption and activity through summary metrics and trend charts. (Released: 3 September 2026)
Admins can now set separate start dates for employees and reviewers in performance review cycles, giving organisations more flexibility in how reviews are rolled out. (Released: 7 September 2026)
Updated Tip Tap variables so common fields now sit under a shared Recipient section, allowing the same variables to work across employee, contractor, and volunteer documents. (Released: 8 September 2026)
Recruitment
Added a Find Talent introduction to hiring manager assignment emails, helping new hiring managers discover candidate search faster with a direct link to relevant results. (Released: 10 September 2026, Hiring Managers)
Added a dedicated recruiter role to jobs so teams have clearer hiring ownership and more accurate recruiter-based reporting across recruitment reports. (Released: 27 August 2026, Recruiters)
Improved ATS bulk actions and disqualification flows with a unified action bar, simplified disqualification modal, and support for larger background-processed bulk updates. (Released: 9 September 2026, Recruiters, hiring managers and admins using the ATS)
Introduced recruitment disqualification workflows and activity logs so admins can automate rejection emails and recruiters can confirm workflow activity from the candidate timeline. (Released: 9 September 2026, Recruiters, hiring managers and admins using the ATS)