We’re excited to introduce the latest some significant updates to the Humanforce Work App, designed to make managing work simpler, clearer, and more connected for both managers and employees.

These new releases deliver enhanced employee communications, timesheet management, earnings visibility, and schedule clarity - alongside fixes and performance improvements across both iOS and Android.

Let's dive into the highlights...

Version 1.22

Release date: commencing early September 2025

Calendar Sync 

Profile > Calendar settings

We've introduced Calendar Sync that allows users to synchronise their shifts with a calendar on their device, for better work-life coordination. Designed to deliver seamless employee calendar management, generate faster shift coverage and greater employee engagement today, employees can now enjoy automatic calendar sync updates, calendar link sharing, and flexibly syncing across preferred calendars.

To get started follow the instructions in this Help article.

Manager Timesheet Management 

Manager > Timesheets

Managers now have more control directly within the Work App, including the ability to end active timesheets. This improves oversight and reduces errors from incomplete timesheets.

Earnings Screen

Earnings

The "Total hours" label on the Earnings screen has been updated to reflect "Payable Hours", which does not include unpaid breaks. Timesheet cards also now show net hours.

General Fixes

iOS Minimum Version: The minimum supported iOS version has been updated to iOS 15. By updating to a newer iOS version, we're able to use the latest Apple technologies to make the app's interface load more quickly and use less storage space on your device.

Schedule screen: The schedule screen will now load 31 days instead of just one week when the user expands to month view, providing a more comprehensive view of their schedule.

For the complete details on the Work app - v1.22 release access this Help article.

Version 1.21

Release date: Week commencing 21 July 2025

Messaging

Messages > Chat

Messaging is now available in the Work App as a beta release. Designed to cut communication chaos, connect teams, and drive productivity, Messaging makes communication effortless, engaging, and drives real action through enhanced communications. Employees can now perform direct and group messaging, rich multi-media sharing, embedded messaging in the Schedule screen, and advanced permissions and filtering.

To enable and set up this feature, please log a support ticket and follow the instructions in this Help article.  

Enhanced Earnings details

Earnings

We’ve redesigned and expanded the Earnings screen to give employees more clarity and insight into their work history and pay.  Users can now access their full timesheet history from the Earnings screen, view updated Earnings and Payslip screens with improved readability, and see pre-tax earnings on authorised timesheets where permissions allow. Employees now gain better control and understanding of hours worked and pay received.

Notification Updates 

Messages > Notifications

Employees can stay on top of what matters most with the following new notification updates:

• Customisable Unread Messages: Users now have the option to enable "show unread messages by default" for better visibility of new communications.
• Individual Notification Deletion: You can now delete individual notification messages, giving you more control over your inbox.

General Fixes

• Resolved issues where attachments were not displayed against leave requests in Manager Approvals.
• Fixed cases where the Clocking screen did not refresh after an auto clock-out overnight when the app remained open in the background. This should resolve ‘invalid access’ error on clocking.
• Addressed an issue where users could authorise their own timesheets regardless of their assigned permissions.
• Added the ability for an employee to view manager comments on approved leave requests in the employee view.
• Resolved an issue with stale data in QR code for logging into kiosks for some users.

Android: 

• Users will no longer encounter app crashes occurring in the PIN screen when resuming the app from the background after a long period.
• We have also fixed duplicate entries displayed in Employee Search results for Managers.
• We have also addressed the issue of the Manager Attendance screen only showing a maximum of 20 employees. It now correctly loads all employees.
• We have fixed an issue with handling multiple default leave hour periods when "Allow Advanced Leave Requests" is disabled. Users who are rostered to multiple shifts in a day will now correctly see these shifts displayed in a leave request where leave hours are sourced from the roster.

iOS:

• Users will no longer encounter an error message when opening payslips, and we have resolved an issue where attachments containing images were not working correctly on iOS 18.
• We have also fixed an issue where managers previously couldn't view timesheet comments unless the "allow editing of comments" permission was enabled.

For the complete details on the Work app - v1.21 release access this Help article.