Here are our product releases for Week 34 of 2026, which includes August 17 - 21, 2026.

Automations

• Added Compensation Cycles as a data source in Build Your Own Report, allowing HR admins to combine compensation review data with other employee reporting data in a single export for faster analysis and decision-making. (Released: 19 August 2026, HR Admins and managers with reporting access)
• Added Preview Mode to the Custom Forms builder so form creators can review layout, test validation, and confirm how draft forms will appear before publishing them to employees. (Released: 19 August 2026, HR Admins and Managers)

Core HR

• Added a date-only field type for additional information fields, making it easier for admins to collect consistent date-based information. (Released: 20 August 2026)
• Added flexible certification timing in onboarding so admins can choose which certifications must be completed during onboarding and which can be completed afterward with reminders and due dates. (Released: 20 August 2026)
• Added required subject lines to new management notes, making notes easier to search, organise, and audit. Existing notes can also be updated with a subject line. (Released: 18 August 2026)
• Added the Worker Code column to people reports, helping teams filter and align report data with compliance reporting requirements. (Released: 18 August 2026)
• Doc Studio is now available to all customers for creating new templates, making the new document editing experience broadly accessible across organisations. (Released: 17 August 2026)
• Updated Doc Studio’s variable library to label volunteer-related variables more clearly, making template creation easier for organisations managing volunteer documentation. (Released: 18 August 2026)

Finance Ops

• Updated the HeroForce homepage with clearer messaging and new Global and Local toggles so admins can more easily compare hiring pathways, costs, and process information. (Released: 13 August 2026, NZ orgs with HeroForce access)

ITOps & Security

• Added support for integration builders to retrieve leave requests with a new employee-specific endpoint and enhanced filtering on the organisation-level endpoint, improving efficiency for leave-related integrations. (Released: 19 August 2026)
• Added support for programmatically approving and declining leave requests through OpenAPI, enabling more automated approval workflows. (Released: 19 August 2026)
• Added support for programmatically updating and permanently deleting leave requests through OpenAPI, helping integrations keep leave data accurate without manual platform access. (Released: 17 August 2026)
• Added step-up identity verification for sensitive payroll account changes, helping protect payroll users when updating passwords, email addresses, or two-factor authentication settings. (Released: 19 August 2026, All users)
• Added extra recaptcha checks to the payroll login flow, improving protection against automated attacks and aligning payroll login controls with HR. (Released: 18 August 2026, Payroll Web Users)
• Added a new permission for viewing the Access Permissions widget in the employee file, allowing organisations to grant view-only access without full admin rights. (Released: 17 August 2026, Admins, owners, and assigned users)
• Added a new permission for viewing payslips and payslip history in the employee file, allowing authorised users to view, download, and print payslips without needing full admin or owner access. (Released: 17 August 2026, Admins, owners, and assigned users)
• Enhanced the request ticket portal with comments, ticket history, priority levels, assignment options, and improved ticket navigation to make request management easier and more transparent. (Released: August 2026, visibility based on request ticket feature access)
• Simplified switching between payroll two-factor authentication methods during login, reducing the process to a single click. (Released: 17 August 2026, Payroll Web Users)

Payroll

• Added an Active only filter to the Rule Tester so payroll admins can quickly see which rules actually applied in a test, reducing clutter when reviewing large rule sets. (Released: 19 August 2026, users with Rule Tester access)

Payroll Ops

• Added automatic weekend adjustments for forecasted pay dates and task deadlines in Payroll Service Hub, along with schedule guardrails and a live preview of projected pay dates before saving. (Released: 14 August 2026)

Platform Experience

• Added dedicated CSS permissions for the Organisation Emails page, giving admins more granular control over who can access delivery settings, delivery logs, and audit logs. (Released: 14 August 2026)
• Added email delivery and audit logs across organisation emails and templates, giving admins better visibility into email status, troubleshooting, and configuration history. (Released: 14 August 2026)

Recruitment

• Added a dashboard credit-balance widget and upgrade path for SARA Free users, making it easier to understand plan options and move to paid Recruitment Agent plans. (Released: 19 August 2026, SARA PLG users)
• Added a first-login two-factor authentication bypass for SARA Free users so they can reach ATS immediately after activation, with two-factor authentication enforced from their second login onward. (Released: 18 August 2026, SARA PLG users)
• Refreshed SmartMatch tokenised job pages so candidates can see richer job details, salary information, AI-generated summaries, personalised match insights, and sticky response actions. (Released: 17 August 2026, Candidates)
• Updated hiring stage setup with a more consistent card layout, clearer enabled-state details, inline setup improvements, and automatic conflict prevention between incompatible options. (Released: 13 August 2026, Recruiters)

Rostering & Timesheets

• Added standalone photo capture to Hero Time Clock so organisations can capture clock-in and clock-out photos without needing facial recognition enabled. (Released: 18 August 2026, Admins and owners with kiosks)
• Added bulk updates for timesheet and clocking access settings, making it faster for admins to manage access across large employee groups. (Released: August 2026, organisations with access to the new timesheet settings)