New release! Humanforce Cloud Workforce Management – Version 6.0.57
We’re excited to announce the release of Humanforce Workforce Management (Cloud) version 6.0.57. This version brings meaningful improvements across rostering, timesheets, APIs, and user interface functionality. Key updates include stricter roster alert controls, expanded filtering options, qualification enforcement, improved shift bid tracking, and a smoother API and timesheet experience. These enhancements reduce user error, support compliance, improve performance, give managers better control over planning and approvals, and through newly introduced integrations, system administrators and payroll professionals benefit from improved data transparency, accuracy, and control.
Release schedule
- Staging environments were updated on Thursday, 24th July 2025
- All Humanforce WFM (Cloud) accounts and UAT environments will be automatically updated to version 6.0.57 overnight on Wednesday, 6th Aug 2025
Roster Manager
Management > Rostering > Roster Manager
Rostering alert blocking shift assignments with conflicting leave or unavailability
Users assigning shifts in Roster Manager will now experience a blocking alert (rather than just a warning) when trying to assign an employee who is unavailable or on leave, if they have the Restrictive flag checked in the Roster Alert configuration.
This prevents accidental scheduling conflicts, helping managers avoid operational gaps and reducing the chance of employee dissatisfaction or disputes. It ensures only available and eligible staff are rostered, ensuring better operations and compliance.
New Filter by Location Group
A “Location Group” filter has been added to all Roster Manager views, enhancing the recently introduced Group By “Location Group & Location” option.
This makes it easier for large or multi-site organisations to focus on specific groupings within their scheduling operations. Managers can now streamline their view, making it easier to edit or analyse rosters by location groups.
Faster Notifications for Min & Max Period Hours
The Roster Manager now pre-checks an employee's Clock-in Settings to determine if Min/Max Period Hour alerts apply, significantly speeding up the generation of relevant warnings.
By avoiding unnecessary validations, this enhancement improves rostering speed, especially for larger teams. Users benefit from quicker feedback and fewer delays when scheduling.
Display of Assigned Shifts in Role View Grouping
Assigned shifts no longer appear as unassigned in Role View when the chosen Group By field is empty. The UI now correctly displays the assigned employee.
This prevents confusion and ensures shift ownership is always clearly visible, even when grouping metadata is incomplete. It simplifies auditing and reduces the risk of duplicate or missed allocations.
Mandatory Qualification Overrides in Roster Manager
The permission to override mandatory qualification requirements is now recognised in Roster Manager. This means now when adding, editing, or opening shifts, for either Employee's Role Qualification, or Employee's Location/Department Mandatory Qualification the permission will be enforced in Roster Manager.
Users with the correct permissions can now intentionally override qualification warnings without being blocked, while those without permission are still protected. This supports operational flexibility without compromising governance.
Template Manager
Management > Rostering > Template Manager
Non-Attended Role Defaults Now Set Correctly
Shifts tied to roles configured as “Always flag as 'Non-Attended’” will now automatically inherit this setting when added or edited in Template Manager.
This reduces manual input errors and ensures shifts reflect correct attendance expectations by default. It helps maintain consistency across schedules and reduces compliance risk.
Timesheets
Management > Timesheets > Timesheets
Break Times Automatically Applied When Creating Timesheets
When adding new timesheets (manually, from default hours, or from rosters), break times are now auto-applied based on award profiles or rostered data.
This saves time and increases accuracy, especially in high-volume environments. It ensures award compliance and reduces the likelihood of incorrect timesheet calculations or payroll errors.
Smooth Timesheet editing
When editing timesheets Timesheet Admin users will no longer receive 404 error responses when lacking permission to view rate breakdowns.
Home Screen
Home > My Team
Shift Bids Pending Count Now More Accurate on Home Screen
The “Shift Bids Pending” tile in the Home > My Team screen now considers all assigned Locations and Departments and includes shifts up to 60 days in the future.
Managers now get a more accurate and actionable count of pending bids, helping them respond faster to workforce needs and avoid missed opportunities.
Integration Central
Management > Advanced> Integration Central
Email Notifications on File Import Task Completion
Users can now opt to receive email notifications when file import tasks in Integration Central complete. Each notification includes the run log as an attachment, helping teams stay informed without waiting on long-running processes. This update boosts productivity by letting users shift focus while maintaining awareness of import progress. Note: run times are reported in UTC, and ad-hoc task names include a local-time timestamp for uniqueness.
Please refer to this help article for related information.
WFM > HF Payroll - Ability to mark employee as payroll tax exempt
Users will now be able to mark employees as payroll tax exempt when Editing employee in Payroll. This enables businesses to manage their employee data and tax filings in a more accurate, fair and compliant manner.
Please refer to this help article for related information.
HF PAYROLL Integration > Protect Termination Reason Data
This update prevents employee sync operations from overwriting a termination reason already set within HF PAYROLL. Organisations can now confidently manage termination information directly in HF PAYROLL without fear of it being unintentionally cleared or replaced by updates from HR or WFM systems. This ensures data integrity and reduces the risk of manual rework in payroll.
Please refer to this help article for related information.
Employee Forwarding > WFM to HF PAYROLL Postcode Sync Fix
With this update, postcodes are now forwarded automatically and consistently, ensuring accurate address data in HF Payroll with no extra user action required. This enhancement streamlines payroll processing, reduces manual corrections, and supports better compliance and data integrity for your organisation.
Please refer to this help artice for related information.
Employee Forwarding > Sync Leave Accrual Start Date to HF PAYROLL
Leave Accrual Start dates are now correctly forwarded to HF PAYROLL when using employee forwarding, whether triggered by webhook or data import. This fix eliminates discrepancies that previously required manual intervention, ensuring accurate leave setup and reducing onboarding friction for new or updated employees.
HF HCM Suite Integration > Address Data Fix for NZ Employees
Employees in New Zealand with personal addresses can now be synced from HR to HF PAYROLL with accuracy. The system no longer sends an invalid “State” field to HF PAYROLL for NZ addresses, preventing sync errors. This reduces manual setup and streamlines the process of creating or updating employee records with international address structures.
Rest API
Integrations > Rest API
Roster Labour Group Data Now Available via GET RosterItems API
The GET RosterItems API now includes the RosterLabourGroup field, making labour group data available in API responses.
This supports improved integration and reporting workflows. Data teams and analysts can now access more granular information programmatically, enabling richer insights and tracking.
Improved API Response for Employee Qualifications Without LDR
The GET /employees/{guidKey}/qualifications API has been enhanced to avoid 403 errors when an employee lacks LDR (Location, Data, Role) details.
This update improves system stability and reliability for API consumers. Integrators can trust more consistent and predictable responses when managing employee qualification data.