Release Notes

Welcome to the SkyHR release notes – the place where all our little tweaks, big updates, and fun surprises live. Think of it as the diary of everything we’ve shipped to make HR simpler, smoother, and (dare we say?) more enjoyable. Take a scroll to see what’s new and check back often, as we’re always cooking up fresh updates!

18^th September 2025

• Update: We’ve pushed the current employee panel up above the action buttons and subsection title to better separate out the function of the current page being viewed from the employee being viewed.

17^th September 2025

• Update: Have you ever logged an absence on behalf of a direct report? Pretty annoying that you then also have to approve it, right? Well, you no longer need to. If you could have approved the absence you are logging, then we will just go ahead and automagically approve it for you.

16^th September 2025

• Fixed: The timezone for some customers was incorrectly set to GMT-12. This caused the default date in calendars to be yesterday during morning HR admin sessions. We’ve fixed the flux capacitor in the time machine and today is now correctly today again.

15^th September 2025

• New: Say hello to Spotlight. Right on your home page, it keeps you up to date with celebrations like birthdays and anniversaries, as well as who’s in or out this week. All at a glance.
• Fixed: When previewing an employee from the directory, an error could be shown if the employee didn’t have their manager set. But not everyone has a manager, right? So we made it stop showing errors now 🙂
• Fixed: Editing your personal details could result in a not found error. It won’t anymore because we can always find you now.

12^th September 2025

• Fix: We’ve updated the import wizard to only display the fields that matter to you. No more internal bits sneaking into your data mapping.
• Update: Do you have staff spreadsheets where the National Insurance Number column is called something slightly different? SkyHR is now much better at spotting those variations and matching them automatically.

11^th September 2025

• New: Onboarding just got a glow-up! ✨ We’ve refreshed the setup steps in SkyHR with clearer titles and more fun descriptions. From defining your mission to adding your team, getting started is now smoother (and a little more entertaining).

10^th September 2025

• New: Your mission deserves the headlines! You can now share your company’s mission statement and values directly to social media and beyond – show the world what you stand for.

9^th September 2025

• Update: On the mission statement screens, we’ve swapped the rocket icon for a compass – because your mission isn’t about blasting off, it’s about finding the right direction together.

8^th September 2025

• Update: The Mission Statement and Values screen was looking a bit squished on smaller mobile devices. So we de-squished it a little.

1^st September 2025

• New: Mission & Values on your home screen! Now your team won’t just clock in, they’ll tune in to your company’s purpose and values, front and centre every day.