We’re excited to announce Humanforce Workforce Management (Cloud) version 6.0.50, delivering practical enhancements across rostering, payroll, reporting, and integrations. This release introduces smarter shift handling, new permissions, improved reporting flexibility, and important integration fixes—helping you streamline operations and maintain accuracy across connected systems.

Read on for all the details!

Release schedule

• Staging environments were updated on Thursday, 17 April 2025
• All Humanforce WFM (Cloud) accounts and UAT environments will be automatically updated to version 6.0.50 overnight on Wednesday, 30 April 2025

Roster Manager

Management > Rostering > Roster Manager

Apply shift type hierarchy when using leave reassignments

When you create a timesheet using a leave shift type and the employee has insufficient leave, the system now automatically applies the next available shift type based on the defined hierarchy. This ensures shift assignments are completed without manual correction.

Tip: Configure shift type hierarchies in Admin > Award config > Shift types.

New permission: Assign and unassign shifts only

A new permission—Assign and unassign only—lets users manage shift allocations without access to full roster editing.
Make sure the Allow editing permission is disabled to restrict access correctly.

Display labour group comments in Role view

When Group by labour group is enabled in Role view, comments linked to the labour group are now visible. This makes context-specific information more accessible within the roster.

Import templates on any day

You can now import templates on any day within the roster date range, not just the original start date. This allows for more flexible planning and easier template reuse.

Payroll

Management > Timesheets > Payroll

Xero NZ timesheet upload fix

We’ve resolved an issue where timesheets were not being created in Xero NZ after a successful payroll export.

Important notes:

• Reimbursement pay types are not included in the export
• Manual payslip creation in Xero NZ is required if the employee is not set up for auto-payslip creation

Reports

Reports > Roster > Roster by roles

Order shifts by start time

The Roster by roles report now includes an option to order shifts chronologically by start time. This improves readability, especially when reviewing or printing reports with multiple shifts per role.

Workforce Analytics

Management > Advanced > Workforce analytics

New data field: Employee default period

The employee’s Default Period field is now available in the following data sources:

• Leave request
• Leave balance
• Roster template

This supports more granular filtering and grouping of workforce data.

Tip: Default periods help define shifts into ranges (e.g. morning, evening), and can be used to support better sorting and filtering in rosters and reports.

REST API

Integrations > REST API

Improved timezone handling for mixed clock sources

We’ve made improvements to how timezones are handled when a timesheet is clocked in using Humanforce Web or the Mobile App, and then clocked out via the REST API.

This ensures start and end times are correctly aligned across systems, reducing inconsistencies when capturing time through different entry methods.

Integration Central

Management > Advanced > Integration Central

Humanforce HR qualification sync

Qualification updates in Humanforce HR now sync reliably to WFM when the Qualification Instance Updated webhook is triggered or when running a bulk employee import.

Download task history to CSV

You can now export task history logs as CSV files, making it easier to review, audit, and troubleshoot integration activity.

Historical logs in Data Import

Historical logs in the Humanforce HR Data Import section are now retained. You can now view entries older than the current day—restoring access to important historical integration records.

Early access features

The following features are available in version 6.0.50 as early access and are not enabled by default.

To activate either feature on your site, log a support ticket via Humanforce Help.

Sync role revision effective dates from Humanforce HR

Customers using the Humanforce HR to WFM integration can now sync role revisions into WFM with the correct effective date, ensuring downstream payroll accuracy.
Learn more about the HR-WFM integration.

HR-WFM employee forwarding with pay rate

The employee forwarding feature now includes the employee’s current active role and pay rate when syncing data from Humanforce HR to WFM and then to Payroll. This ensures accurate and complete payroll setup across systems.