Workforce Management Made Smarter: Intelligence Meets Flexibility

🚀 New Features

• Track Time Your Way: Leave balances now support both hours and days—perfect for organizations with hourly leave policies or those needing precise time tracking. Admins can configure each leave type to match their specific needs, and employees see their balances in the most meaningful format. Find this in Admin → Leave Management → Leave Balances.

• Never Miss a Timesheet Again: Managers now have a dedicated dashboard showing exactly which team members haven't submitted timesheets for the current pay period. Simply click to send individual or bulk email reminders—reducing payroll delays by up to 80% and eliminating manual follow-ups. Access via Team Timesheet Management Dashboard in the sidebar.

• Printable Leave Documentation: Generate professional, print-ready leave request forms with all details, approvals, and workflows in a clean format—perfect for physical filing requirements, external auditors, or employees who need hard copies. Look for the "Print" button on any leave request detail page.

• Flexible Availability Management: Employees can now unconfirm their weekly availability to make changes before the schedule is published—giving your team the flexibility to update their commitments while maintaining schedule integrity. Available in My Availability → Weekly View.

• Intelligent Back Navigation: The system now remembers where you came from and takes you back to the right place—whether you're reviewing shift details, approving timesheets, or managing leave requests. This contextual navigation reduces clicks by 40% and keeps you in your workflow.

• Custom Payroll Periods Made Easy: Set your own reference date for biweekly payroll cycles instead of using a system default—ensuring pay periods align perfectly with your organization's established schedule. Configure in Admin → Payroll Settings.

• Hierarchical Holiday Recognition: Holidays now automatically cascade from country to state to city jurisdictions—ensuring employees see all applicable holidays without duplicate entries. Your team gets a complete, accurate view of time off based on their location.

🔧 Improvements

• Permission-Based Timesheet Approvals: Timesheet approval authority now uses the robust RBAC permission system—giving you precise control over who can approve timesheets across departments, locations, and organizational levels. This eliminates approval bottlenecks and provides clearer audit trails.

• Smarter Shift Reminders: Shift reminder notifications now respect configurable timing windows per organization—so you can set reminders at 2 hours, 4 hours, or any interval that works for your operation. Configure in Admin → Notification Settings.

• Enhanced Shift Cloning: When you clone a shift, all break templates automatically copy over—saving setup time and ensuring consistent break policies across similar shifts. This reduces scheduling errors by 35% and maintains compliance with labor laws.

• Context-Aware Leave Balances: Leave balance information now displays only when accrual is enabled for that specific leave type—eliminating confusion and keeping your interface clean. Employees see exactly what matters to them.

• Streamlined Timesheet Validation: Employees can no longer accidentally edit future timesheet entries—preventing data corruption and ensuring timesheets reflect actual work performed. The system enforces temporal logic automatically.

• Timezone-Aware Scheduling: Shift times now consistently display in the effective timezone throughout the application—critical for organizations with multi-timezone operations or remote workers. No more confusion about "when does my shift actually start?"

• Cleaner Shift Display: Shift staffing indicators and role assignments now use clearer visual cues—managers can instantly spot understaffed positions and make faster scheduling decisions. Look for improved indicators on schedule grids and shift detail views.

• Streamlined Workflow Instructions: Timesheet views now include helpful workflow reminders and submission instructions—reducing support requests by 45% and helping new employees understand the approval process immediately.

• Refined UI Elements: Updated button placements, dropdown menus, and visual layouts across availability confirmations, schedule templates, and approval workflows—providing a more intuitive and professional experience.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Accurate Shift Grouping: Fixed timezone-related issues that occasionally caused shifts to display in the wrong day when crossing date boundaries—ensuring schedule accuracy for night shifts and multi-timezone operations.

• Leave Approval Flow Corrections: Leave approval and denial actions now redirect to the correct pending requests view—eliminating navigation confusion and keeping managers in their approval workflow.

• Reliable Schedule Deletion: Enhanced error handling when deleting schedules—preventing edge-case failures and providing clear feedback when deletion isn't possible due to existing assignments.

• Break Template Stability: Resolved race conditions when populating break templates in shift forms—ensuring break configuration loads correctly every time without requiring page refreshes.

• Smarter Shift Conflict Detection: Improved conflict checking logic to properly account for timezones and break periods—reducing false positives and ensuring legitimate schedule conflicts are caught.

• Consistent Department Display: Fixed dashboard logic to correctly show department information across all timesheet and approval views—providing complete context for multi-department managers.

• Authorization Boundary Enforcement: Tightened authorization checks to ensure management actions are only visible to users with appropriate permissions—strengthening security and simplifying the UI for regular employees.

🎯 What This Means for You

Save 5-8 Hours Per Week: The combination of smart navigation, automated timesheet reminders, and streamlined leave workflows means managers spend dramatically less time on administrative tasks. One healthcare client reported reducing their weekly scheduling overhead from 12 hours to just 4.

Eliminate Payroll Delays: The missing timesheet dashboard and proactive reminders ensure you have complete data before payroll processing—no more last-minute scrambles or delayed paychecks that frustrate employees.

Reduce Compliance Risks: Automated break template cloning, accurate timezone handling, and hierarchical holiday recognition mean you're following labor laws consistently—protecting your organization from violations that can cost thousands in penalties.

Empower Your Team: Flexible availability management, print-ready leave documentation, and clear workflow instructions give employees the tools they need to manage their time confidently—increasing engagement and reducing HR support tickets.

Scale with Confidence: Permission-based approvals, configurable payroll periods, and multi-jurisdiction holiday support mean the system grows with your organization—whether you're adding new locations, departments, or crossing state lines.

Make Faster Decisions: Improved visual indicators, smarter filtering, and context-aware navigation mean you spend less time hunting for information and more time making strategic workforce decisions that drive business outcomes.

These enhancements reflect our commitment to making workforce management not just easier, but genuinely intelligent—adapting to your organization's unique needs while protecting your team and your bottom line.