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13 January 2026 release notes

This PeopleHR release includes the enablement of the New Employee List for Proxy Employee users, bug fixes, and system enhancements.

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Written by Simona Sirb
Updated this week

What's new

New Features:

  • New Employee List now supports Proxy Employees with extended permissions, showing authorised employee lists and enabling permitted actions including New Starter creation while respecting permission boundaries.

Note: The Leavers filter for Proxy Employees with extended Leavers permissions will be available in an upcoming release.

Bug Fixes:

  • Enhanced security controls in New Employee List to ensure users can only access employee data within their assigned permissions.

  • Corrected National Insurance Number validation in New Starter Wizard to accept valid UK and Irish identifiers during employee setup.

  • Fixed Filter button incorrectly remaining disabled in New Employee List when no advanced filters are active.

  • Corrected employee count discrepancy caused by duplicate entries in New Employee List.

  • Fixed button state in Leave Request playlist to disable bulk actions when no requests are pending.

  • Fixed issue where processed leave requests in Feed displayed incorrect status, allowing duplicate approvals/declines after requests were already handled.

  • Resolved a visual glitch in the Planner that displayed a gray horizontal bar between dates when using the New version of the Smart Menu.

  • Fixed issue where access denied showing for job description when approving vacancies.

  • Fixed issue where new emails were not always being sent to all users.


How this will be available

This release is automatically available from the 13th January 2026.

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