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Week 42 2026 | Release Notes

Updated

Here are our product releases for Week 42 of 2026, which includes October 12 - 16, 2026.

AI

  • Hero AI can answer questions about management notes for employees you are permitted to view, helping managers prepare for performance conversations; HR admins and owners can also request company-wide note counts without exposing note contents. (Released: 14 October 2026, eligible plan subscribers)

Core HR

  • Maximum term contracts are available for full-time and part-time employees, with required end dates, editable termination conditions for documents, the option to end a contract early, and inclusion in workforce snapshot reporting. (Released: 13 October 2026, Australia, all commercial tiers)
  • Policy managers can rename policies from the policy list or an individual policy while retaining a record of previous names. (Released: 13 October 2026, Essentials plans and above)

HR Rostering & Timesheets

  • The EH Work mobile app now shows live roster and attendance status, including who is clocked in, on break, yet to start or on leave, for organisations using work sites and positions. (Released: 14 October 2026, eligible mobile users)

ITOps & Security

  • Permission groups now offer an All managers membership option that updates automatically as reporting relationships change, with a searchable list to help administrators verify who has access. (Released: 12 October 2026, HR admins and owners)
  • A dedicated Payroll Add-Ons permission lets administrators delegate access to payroll integrations, including manual payroll and payslip sync, without granting full admin or owner access. (Released: 14 October 2026, HR admins and owners)

Leave & Time Off

  • Managers can review flagged requests before confirming a bulk approval and remove individual requests from their selection. (Released: 15 October 2026, Australian organisations using the Pre-Payroll Checker open beta)
  • Leave requests will check an employee’s start date and onboarding status before submission. Employees and managers are prevented from booking leave too early; HR admins receive a warning and can make an audited exception. (Scheduled: 21 October 2026, all plans; not yet released in Australia)

OpenAPI & Developer Experience

  • The Compliance Document Tags API allows integrations to list, create, rename and archive document tags while preserving tags already attached to documents. (Announced: 12 October 2026, integration developers)
  • The Emergency Contacts API now supports creating, updating and deleting employee emergency contacts alongside reading them, helping integrations keep records in sync. (Announced: 15 October 2026, integration developers)
  • The Labour Rules API allows integrations to list, create, update and delete staffing targets across permitted work sites, reducing manual setup for workforce-management systems. (Announced: 15 October 2026, Advanced Rostering subscribers and integration developers)
  • The Pay Condition Comparison report public API lets payroll partners retrieve Australian annualised-wage comparison data in JSON, Excel or PDF for their own reporting tools; the report is not yet available directly in the HR interface. (Released: 13 October 2026, Australian payroll integration partners)
  • The Policies API now supports creating, publishing, assigning, archiving and deleting policies, as well as checking acknowledgements and sending reminders. (Announced: 15 October 2026, integration developers)
  • The Rostering Management API enables integrations to update rostered shifts and create, apply or delete roster templates, reducing repetitive scheduling work. (Announced: 14 October 2026, integration developers)
  • The Safety Incidents API lets authorised integrations create, retrieve, update, review and close workplace incident records while retaining existing access controls. (Announced: 13 October 2026, integration developers)

Payroll

  • Payroll administrators can archive unused locations without deleting historical records, hide them from active selections and restore them when needed; employees must be reassigned before archiving. (Released: 14 October 2026, Australian payroll admins)
  • Payroll report exports can optionally show the complete location hierarchy instead of only the final location name, simplifying reconciliation with finance systems. (Released: 14 October 2026, Australian payroll admins)
  • Partner admins can update employee tax file declarations in Partner Dashboard, review field-level changes before saving and rely on safeguards and audit records for sensitive updates. (Released: 12 October 2026, Australian partner admins)
  • Ask Hero AI now shows unread update counts for support and payroll-partner conversations and moves recently active payroll queries to the top of the list, making replies easier to spot. (Released: 15 October 2026, authorised users at eligible Autopay organisations)

Recruitment

  • Recruiters can recall a sent offer letter, revise pre-filled details and resend it without rescinding the offer; candidates are informed while the offer is being revised. (Released: 14 October 2026, authorised offer-letter senders)