Here are our product releases for Week 52 of 2025, which includes December 22-26, 2025.

Automations

Support Create Task Action in Custom Form Workflows

Release Date: 23/12/2025

Target Users: Global Forms Workflow users (EU, Employment Plus and Platinum)

Problem: Custom Form Workflows do not support automated task creation, requiring admins and teams to manually create follow-up tasks after reviewing form submissions which leads to operational overhead and inconsistent execution. Downstream work cannot be reliably triggered from form workflows, meaning approved requests do not automatically translate into actionable tasks for HR IT or Operations reducing the effectiveness of Custom Forms as operational tools.

Product features:

• Workflow Configuration
  • Add Create Task as a supported THEN action in Custom Form Workflows
  • Allow multiple Create Task actions within the same workflow step
• Task Setup
  • Configure a required task name with a short title
  • Configure an optional task description with dynamic field support
  • Add optional subtasks as simple text items
• Task Assignment
  • Assign task owners using existing Create Task patterns including submitter managers teams or specific employees
  • Support external recipients via free-text email address
• Timing & Execution
  • Set relative due dates using offset direction and reference date
  • Create tasks immediately or after a delay using existing workflow timing logic

Core HR

Introduce Probation Report in the GT Portal

Objective: Improve probation visibility for Global Teams

Initiative: We have released the Probation Report in the Global Teams Portal. GT Admins can now view probation start dates, end dates, lengths and current status for workers across their PEO organisations. The report provides a single view to identify employees who are currently in probation, ending soon or who have completed probation, helping GT teams proactively manage probation periods across clients and entities.
The report includes filtering, sorting and CSV export, making it easier to monitor probation timelines and support operational workflows directly within the platform.

Key improvements:

• New Probation Report available in the Global Teams Portal
• Visibility of probation start date, end date, length and status
• Status indicators including In Progress and Ending Soon
• Filtering by employee, host organisation, PEO organisation, employing entity and status
• CSV export for offline analysis and sharing
• Report layout aligned with existing GT reporting patterns

Release date: 23/12/2025

Release Probation Report to All Customers

Objective: Improve probation visibility across the platform

Initiative: The Probation Report is now available to all customers. Following the initial release in the Global Teams Portal, the Probation Report has been rolled out to the main Employment Hero platform. All customers can now access a dedicated report to view probation start dates, end dates, lengths and current status for their workforce. 

The report provides a central view to help HR teams and managers track active probation periods, identify employees whose probation is ending soon, and review completed probation periods without relying on manual tracking. This release brings parity between Global Teams and the core platform, ensuring consistent probation visibility for all customers.

Key improvements

• Probation Report available in People reports for all customers
• Visibility of probation start date, end date, length and status
• Status indicators including In Progress, Ending Soon and Completed
• Filtering and sorting to quickly find relevant employees
• CSV export for analysis and reporting
• Consistent reporting experience aligned with existing reports

Performance Management

FTU - Happiness Survey

Objective: Help admins understand Happiness Survey, it's value, and complete setup with confidence

What we’ve added:

• New FTU landing page for first-time admins explaining value and showing a feature preview
• Guided setup pane with a clear, ordered checklist (Create Employees → Configure happiness survey settings)
• Automatic transition to the live Happiness Survey page once setup is complete
• Prompt to schedule their first survey if they haven’t done so during setup
• Uplift to post setup experience:
• Within Happiness Survey settings, once the first survey scheduled date has passed, then the field “Start Date” will be replaced by “Next survey date”
• Confirmation modal on “save & update” survey settings

Why?

• Shares the value behind the feature to users at a glance, including the employee view
• Ensures users have all the right things set up to start using the feature
• Guides admins through setup in the right order and clearly shows how to get to “live”

Impact: Increase in adoption and reduce Time To Value

Release Schedule: 19 Dec 2025

Target Users: New orgs created after 19th Dec 2025.

Rostering & Timesheets

Hero Time Clock Now Supports Single Sign-On (SSO)

Organisations configured with Microsoft, Okta, or Google SSO can now access Hero Time Clock! :yay-frog:

Why It Matters: Previously, Hero Time Clock did not support SSO, which prevented some organisations from using the product altogether. This change removes that limitation, enabling SSO-configured organisations to adopt Hero Time Clock seamlessly.

Target Users: All

Public Release: 19/12/2025 - please ensure Hero Time Clock app is on 1.10 or above

Time & Attendance

Leave to Timesheet

Release Date: (Closed Beta - 23/12/2025) (Public - Early Jan)

Target Users: Admins/ Payroll Managers

What’s New:

• Approved Leave Request Banner: Review and bulk-create leave timesheets directly from Timesheet Management for the selected pay period.
• Edit Before Create: Adjust per-day start/end times, worksite, position, and work type before generating timesheets.
• Summary Modal (Final Review): Preview all leave entries to be created, including non-blocking warnings, before confirming.
• Accurate Time Calculation & Pending Status: Leave timesheets are created with calculated times and set to Pending for final admin approval.
• Clear Leave Indicators: Leave timesheets are visually highlighted with a pink leave badge and a Show Leave Only filter.
• Linked Leave Reference: View the original approved leave request directly from the timesheet for easy verification.
• Payroll-Safe Work Type Enforcement: Only valid work types mapped to the leave category can be selected, preventing payroll sync errors.
• Safe Deletion & Cascading Updates: Editing or deleting approved leave automatically removes linked, non-processed timesheets and returns the leave to the approval banner.
• Clear Warnings & Audit Trail: Admins are warned before changes that affect timesheets, and all actions are logged in the TSM audit trail.