Product Update December 2024

Welcome back to the final edition of the 2024 Employment Hero product update – can you believe another year is almost done and dusted?  Although 2024 is winding down, our product updates definitely aren’t. So, what’s new in December?  We’ve improved the organisational chart, added more flexibility to the approval processes in expenses, enhanced custom reports, plus much more.  Before we dive in, we’d like to say thank you for your continued support throughout 2024. It was a huge year for us, and 2025 is set to be even bigger.  We’d also like to say thank you for your continued feedback on our product and features – lots of our product updates and features come to life via feedback from you, so if you have any ideas or opinions, we’re always listening.  Let’s get to it.

We’ve added more flexibility to the expense approval process

Available on the following plans: Classic: Platinum, EOS: Plus and Unlimited Every business manages their expenses differently, which is why we’re excited to announce greater flexibility when it comes to setting up your own expense approval process in Employment Hero.  Now you can personalise your approval processes with added ‘location’ and ‘cost centre’ fields to expense workflows. For example, you can add a requirement for additional approval for large ticketed expenses, or a rule that automatically approves any expenses that are logged by your CEO. Additionally, you can customise approval processes based on the employee cost centre, location or even team.  These enhancements make it easier to align workflows with your organisational structure and help improve operational efficiency.  Keep an eye out for similar flexibility coming to the leave approval process in 2025! Learn more about managing expenses.

We’ve made the workforce planning tool even more powerful with new updates 

Say hello to a new and improved organisational chart

Available on the following plans: All plans As your business grows, you might find looking at the organisational chart overwhelming.  To give you a clearer view, you can now navigate your organisation chart faster and more intuitively with the new minimap. It replaces the scroll bars, saving time and making your experience smoother. 

View your organisational chart with the current vacant positions 

Available on the following plans: Classic: Platinum, EOS: Unlimited  Want to see what adding additional team members to your organisational structure would look like? You can now access an easy overview in Employment Hero with the workforce planning chart view.  The tool gives you a mirror image of the organisation chart, with the added functionality of adding vacant positions. This visual format enhances tracking by offering clear insights into how vacant positions are structured, helping you make informed workforce planning decisions.  You can also easily add and pre-populate details like team, entity, employment type, dates, and remuneration range when creating vacant positions. These enhancements streamline onboarding, improve workforce planning, and provide advanced filtering for reports. Learn more about the workforce planning tool.

We’ve made enhancements to Custom Reports 

Available on the following plans: All payroll plans Throughout 2024, we’ve made a range of improvements to our Custom Reports feature and in December, we’ve added even more.  Now, payroll admins can filter by employing entity, receive warnings for unsaved reports, get confirmations before deleting reports and use ‘expand all’ and ‘collapse all’ for quicker navigation in Custom Reports. Learn more about Custom Reports.

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