We’re excited to announce Humanforce Cloud Version 6.0.46, which includes improvements to a range of Workforce Management modules such as Roster Manager, Timesheets and Payroll. Read on for all the details!

Release Schedule

• Staging environments were updated on Thursday, 20th February 2025.
• All Humanforce Cloud accounts and UAT environments will be automatically updated to version 6.0.46 overnight on Wednesday, 5th March 2025.

Roster Manager

Management > Rostering > Roster Manager

Expanding multiple groups at the same time

You can now expand multiple groups simultaneously within all 3 views of the roster manager. This allows you to choose the groups you want visible for better roster planning. 

Retaining selected SMS and Push Notification selection

When requesting confirmation or offering shifts to your employees, the system now remembers your previous SMS & Push notification selections making it faster for you to complete these tasks.

Labour Group filter added in Shift View

We’ve added a Labour Group filter in the Shift view of Roster Manager, making it easier to focus on shifts for specific labour groups. The filter only shows relevant labour groups based on the selected roster date range. When applied, only shifts linked to the selected labour groups will be visible.

Shift Status now retained when importing templates

We’ve resolved an issue where shift statuses were not being correctly retained when importing templates in Roster Manager. 

Previously, if a shift in a template was marked as “Confirmed,” that status was lost after import. Now, when you import a template, any shifts that were “Confirmed” in the template will remain confirmed in the roster.

Timesheets

Timesheets > Timesheets

New Break End Time field in Timesheets

We have introduced a "Break End Time" field in timesheets, providing another option of recording breaks. You can now enter both the start and end times of your break or the break duration. This feature eliminates the need to manually calculate and record the break duration, as it will be automatically updated once you fill in the "Break End Time". This enhancement makes it easier and more accurate to record your break time.

Timesheet length warning for Bulk Edit 

When editing timesheets using the bulk edit Timesheet function (Edit Details button), a warning is now presented if the timesheet length of any one of the timesheets being edited exceeds the Timesheet Length setting configured in the user's Access Levels > General tab. This warning aims to inform users of the variation and will allow users to review and confirm or cancel the changes before proceeding.

Award profile error handling in Timesheets

We've fixed an issue where selecting a date without an award profile caused an error when adding a new timesheet for an employee. Now, a warning is displayed instead, and the correct award profile is now being returned if you continue changing the date or the role associated with the timesheet.

Timesheet reason display improvement

We have fixed an issue where timesheets that were auto-logged off and auto-authorised only showed "OK" as the reason. The system now correctly displays both reasons, providing clearer context that the timesheet encountered an uncommon case of being auto-logged off + auto-authorised.

Bulk Timesheet Authorisation & Generation

Admin > System Config > Timesheet Comments

We have improved bulk timesheet actions in Timesheet Admin related to the "Allow empty comments on timesheet authorisation" permission. Error messages are now clearer when authorising timesheets without comments, and timesheets can now be generated from no-shows even if comments are missing.

Payroll Export

Correct sequence number in Chris21 payroll export

We've fixed an issue where the "Include Sequence" option in the Chris21 payroll export always showed "0." The sequence number now updates correctly, ensuring accurate payroll data for employees working multiple roles with different rates and pay types.

Simplified Adjustment Payrun exports

We've improved the Adjustment Payrun exports in Humanforce to reduce unnecessary data. Now, pay types with a value of 0 (indicating no changes) will be excluded from the export, aligning web behaviour with Back Office.

Reports

Reports > Roster > Rosters by Roles

Area Field in Rosters by Role Report

The Rosters by Role report now includes an option to display the Area field for each shift. If an area is set, it will appear below the shift's Start/End times in the report table.

Biometric Registration

Management > Employee > Biometric Registration

We've made column headers interactive in Biometric Registration, allowing users to sort employee lists by ascending or descending order.