Here are our product releases for Week 44 of 2026, which includes October 26 - 30, 2026.

AI

• HeroAI’s Performance Review Agent can now act on performance data as well as answer questions. Managers can set goals, log check-ins, schedule 1:1s, give feedback and send recognition from one conversation, and prepare a performance review report with a source and date for every claim, downloadable as a PDF. Every action stays a draft until confirmed, and the agent never suggests a rating. (Released: 28 October 2026, HeroAI web users in Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom organisations on HR Elite and Employment Unlimited)

Core HR

• Managers can choose how far ahead the Celebrations & Anniversary widget looks, with separate 14, 30, 60 or 90 day look-aheads for birthdays and work anniversaries. Anniversary cards now show the milestone year, such as 5 years, under the person’s name. (Released: 29 October 2026, Global)
• Work Locations can now hold a full address, with address search, manual entry and a check that the address matches the location’s country. Addresses are required for new locations, and for existing ones the next time they are updated. Suburb or city, postcode and state show in the Work Locations list. (Released: 28 October 2026, Global excluding Canada)
• Document templates can now auto-populate tax, bank and super details from the employee’s record, including super fund name, ABN, USI and member number, tax file number and bank details in Australia, and bank details in New Zealand, so contracts and forms are correct as soon as they are generated. (Released: 30 October 2026, Australia and New Zealand)
• Address Line 1 on worker profiles (employees and volunteers) and in ESS onboarding now suggests addresses as users type, with the option to enter a residential address manually if theirs isn’t listed. (Released: 30 October 2026, Global excluding UK, Essentials and Standard plans and above)
• A new search field in employee, contractor and volunteer profiles lets users jump straight to a section instead of scrolling to find it. The sections available match each user’s permissions. (Released: 30 October 2026, Global, Essentials and Standard plans and above)

Payroll

• Payroll Services Hub users can now search payroll profiles by contact name, email or Org ID, not just business name, to find the right client faster. (Released: 27 October 2026, Global)
• New Zealand payroll now manages each employee’s Leave Year Start Date more consistently. Leave Allowance Templates lock the related settings and warn when an employee drifts out of line, a company-wide common annual holidays entitlement date can be set on a template, and payroll admins can audit and bulk-update leave year start dates with a new export and import. (Released: 27 October 2026, New Zealand payroll admins)