The below release notes cover Monday the 17th of February to Friday the 21st of February.
Core HR
Enhance the Company Feed to drive user growth
Release Date: 18/02/2025
Regions: Global
Description: Users can now mention a Team in their company when making an announcement and give a shout-out to a team instead of tagging individual team members.
Values and Benefits:
- Simplifies team recognition, allowing for broader engagement
- Enhances company culture by encouraging team-wide recognition
- Increases user interaction with the platform
Core Payroll
Employee Self Setup Enhancements
Release Date: 18/02/2025
Region: Australia
Target Users: Admins and employees
Description: The Employee Self-Setup (ESS) journey and user interface has been improved to help payroll admins add employees and guide them to complete their setup. Improved Add Employee manual process and provided intuitive ESS experience for employees.
Values and Benefits:
- Streamlines employee setup, reducing administrative workload
- Improves employee experience, ensuring accurate payroll data
eBenefits and FinTech – Benefits
UK Giftcards on web
Release Date: 18/02/2025
Region: UK
Target Users: UK employees on paid plans
Description: UK employees can now purchase gift cards in the perks store on the HR web platform, paying with credit card, credit and Hero Points, or just Hero Points.
Values and Benefits:
- Increases the number of gift card transactions and usage of Hero Points
- Enhances employee perks, improving satisfaction and engagement
Allow Australian orgs to buy and distribute Hero Points to UK employees
Release Date: 17/02/2025
Region: Australia
Target Users: Admins
Description: Admins of Australian orgs can now view, purchase and distribute Hero Points to UK employees through the web platform. They can also update UK employees' rewards and recognition settings, allowing them to be awarded with 100 Hero Points for their birthdays and work anniversaries.
Values and Benefits:
- Streamlines Hero Points distribution across regions, allowing admins to customise rewards for employees in different locations
- Boosts engagement and satisfaction by offering personalised rewards for key milestones like birthdays and work anniversaries
Pre-payroll (Leave)
Unifying 'Leave Balances' global experience
Release Date: 18/02/2025
Regions: UK, Singapore, Malaysia, and New Zealand
Description: Updated search bar and user interface and user experience changes to unify the Leave Balances page across the UK, Singapore, Malaysia, and New Zealand, providing a more intuitive experience.
Values and Benefits:
- Improves user experience with easier navigation and search
- Standardises the leave balances view across multiple regions for consistency
Leave Calendar – Add 'Leave Type' filter
Release Date: 18/02/2025
Regions: Global
Description: A new filter allows users to manage leave types on the calendar, enhancing control over leave tracking.
Values and Benefits:
- Provides better leave management capabilities
- Helps HR admins and managers filter and sort leave types more efficiently
Configure which leave reasons to be excluded from the Bradford Factor calculation
Release Date: 19/02/2025
Region: UK
Target Users: All clients in the UK
Description: Users can now configure which leave reasons should be excluded from the Bradford Factor calculation.
Values and Benefits:
- Provides flexibility for users to adjust calculations according to their needs
- Improves the accuracy of absenteeism data by excluding irrelevant leave types
Bradford Factor In-app education
Release Date: 20/02/2025
Region: UK
Target Users: All clients in the UK
Description: An in-app explanation has been added to clarify the Bradford Factor and how it is calculated.
Values and Benefits:
- Improves user understanding of absenteeism data and its implications
- Reduces confusion and enhances user confidence in using Bradford Factor reports
Talent Management
Workforce Planning – Integrate Requisitions, Onboarding Approvals, and Vacant Positions
Release Date: 20/02/2025
Target Users: Platinum and Employment Unlimited orgs
Description: Workforce planning is streamlined by integrating requisitions, onboarding approvals, and vacant positions into a cohesive workflow.
Values and Benefits:
- Reduces duplicate work and ensures a seamless experience for HR teams
- Improves visibility into hiring and onboarding processes
Talent Marketplace
Autofill address update for EH Work Hiring app
Release Date: 20/02/2025
Region: Australia
Description: Businesses can now update their address in the EH Work Hiring app with autofill, ensuring accurate and editable location information.
Values and Benefits:
- Improves accuracy and efficiency in address management
- Enhances job seekers' experience by ensuring they receive correct location data
Profile nudge and send CV via chat
Release Date: 20/02/2025
Target Users: Job seekers
Description: Job seekers with an incomplete profile will now receive a nudge prompting them to complete their profile checklist. When chatting with businesses in the Employment Hero Jobs app, they can also attach their profile, preview and edit it before sending, and share both a link to their online profile and a downloadable CV PDF.
Values and Benefits:
- Increases profile quality by encouraging users to complete their profiles
Simplifies job applications by allowing users to send a complete CV with a single action - Product Family: Workplace Compliance
Workplace Compliance
Implement Work Site and Positions Fields for Web Timesheets & Timesheets Management
Release Date: 20/02/2025
Region: Canada
Target Users: Employees and admins
Description: Employees and admins can now log and manage timesheets with work site and position details, improving accuracy.
Values and Benefits:
- Ensures accurate tracking of work locations and positions for payroll and reporting
- Enhances timesheet management for admins and employees
Implement Work Site and Positions Fields for Rostering Management
Release Date: 21/02/2025
Region: Canada
Target Users: Admins and managers
Description: Admins and managers can now assign employees to work sites and positions when creating schedules in Rostering Management.
Values and Benefits:
- Improves scheduling efficiency and accuracy
- Enhances management of employees across multiple locations and roles
Implement Work Site and Positions Fields for Hero Time Clock
Release schedule: 21/02/2025
Target Users: Employees
Region: Canada
Description: Employees in Canada can now clock in and out using the Hero Time Clock. Unscheduled employees will need to manually select their work site and position when clocking in, while scheduled employees can clock in using just their passcode. This streamlines the process for quicker access.
Values and Benefits:
- Simplifies time tracking for unscheduled employees by requiring work site and position selection
- Increases efficiency for scheduled employees with passcode-only clock-ins