2026
Q2 | 2026
June
8 June - 12 June
- Timesheet Adjustment Importer Now Available for End Hirers
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End hirers can now upload timesheet adjustments in bulk directly, no manual entry or supplier involvement required. The importer processes uploaded files against the correct workers automatically and attaches the relevant adjustment to their timesheet.
For organisations using the Adjustment & Expenses Approval workflow, imported adjustments arrive in Submitted status so your existing approval process stays intact.
This feature is optional - contact your Customer Operations Specialist to learn more about getting it enabled.
- Unallocated Cancelled Assessments Now Visible in the Assessments Calendar
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Assessments cancelled by an End-hirer and left unallocated now appear in the Assessments Calendar view, closing a gap in your audit trail.
Previously these records were hidden from the calendar, making it harder to account for all assessment activity. Now the full history is visible in one place, regardless of allocation status.
May
18 May - 22 May
- End-Hirer Shift Template Control Extended to All Pages
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We previously extended end-hirer control within shift templates to include the Applicant Requirements page, and we’ve now completed the rollout to include the Work Details page too. When enabled, suppliers will now see read-only versions of all pages: Work Details, Applicant Requirements, Rates, and Advanced Settings.
This completes the feature and ensures end-hirers retain full control over shift template configuration.
4 May - 8 May
- Agreement Builder Enhancements
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We’ve made a number of improvements to the Agreement Builder to make creating and managing agreements clearer and more intuitive for agency admins creating agreements, and for workers, agents, and clients completing them.
Updates include clearer agreement statuses, agreement preview from the builder, a simplified component editor, improved field labels with helpful tooltips, and the ability to clone existing agreements.
These enhancements are part of the upcoming Compliance Toolkit. Speak to your Customer Operations Specialist to learn more.
April
27 Apr - 1 May
- Finance User Permissions Fix for Shift Templates
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We’ve fixed an issue where Finance users could edit shift template settings when they should have had view-only access.
Finance users can now view all sections of a shift template — including Work Details, Applicant Requirements, Rates, and Advanced Settings — but cannot edit or save changes to any fields. Admin users continue to have full edit access across all areas.
This fix ensures permissions behave as expected, with configuration changes restricted to the appropriate roles.
- Enhanced Login Experience in EU Environment
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As part of our ongoing commitment to strengthening security, we’ve introduced an update to the login experience in the EU environment. The password field will now only appear once a valid email address has been entered, helping guide users through the correct login path and ensuring authentication is handled in the right way.
20 Apr - 24 Apr
- Smarter Tax Settings for Your Invoices
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You can now configure tax percentages at site level, giving you more control over how tax is applied across your invoices.
A new Tax value field is available in Site settings, allowing Admin users to set a percentage for each site. Once configured, invoices will automatically apply the correct tax rate — no extra steps needed.
Speak to your Customer Operations Specialist to learn more about our new invoicing functionality.
- Finance User Permissions Fix for Order Templates
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We’ve fixed an issue where Finance users could take actions on Order Templates beyond their intended permissions.
Finance users can now view Order Templates but cannot edit any fields. In addition, they are no longer able to clone, create linked Shift Templates, or delete/archive Order Templates. Admin users retain full control over these actions.
This fix ensures permissions are applied consistently, with Order Template management restricted to the appropriate roles.
- Bookings Overview Gets Smarter with Order Templates
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Order Templates have landed in the Bookings Overview screen, giving you a more centralised view of staffing activity across your sites. Drill down by supplier, filter by sharing type (exclusive vs. competitive), and see supplier-created shifts alongside unallocated ones. No more separate custom reports to get the full picture.
This feature is available to organisations using Order Templates. Contact your Customer Operations Specialist to learn more.
- Job Numbers Now Visible in Proposal Workflows
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Job numbers are now right where you need them, making it easier to match the right workers to the right shifts.
On the On-Site screen, job numbers are displayed alongside the booked start time and are now included in how shifts are grouped. During the Propose Worker flow, workers can be aligned to shifts with the correct job number — no guesswork needed.
- Worker Registration Requires Mandatory Documents
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With this optional feature enabled, workers need to have all required compliance documents in place before they can be booked to shifts.
A worker’s registration is only considered complete once all mandatory document slots are filled. If anything is missing, they’ll fall below the minimum registration threshold and won’t be bookable.
This keeps compliance tight while giving you a clear, reliable view of who’s ready to go. Contact your Customer Operations Specialist if you’d like to enable it.
13 Apr - 17 Apr
- Weekly Overtime Group Enhancements
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We’ve enhanced Weekly Overtime Group configuration to improve visibility and accuracy when templates have different week start dates. You’ll now see a clear warning when saving a template with a start date that differs from others in the group, plus a handy warning icon on the other affected templates. Hover to see a reminder that only templates with matching week start dates are combined for weekly overtime - but you can still save and move forward.
An optional report is available to help identify templates that don’t align, making it easier to review and resolve discrepancies.
We’ve also improved the calculation logic: when week start dates differ, overtime is now calculated independently per start date, improving transparency and payroll accuracy.
These enhancements mean clearer configuration and more accurate overtime calculations - keeping payroll predictable and in your control.
6 Apr - 10 Apr
- Expanded Worker API Fields
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We’ve given the Worker API an upgrade - unlocking richer worker and driver data across both read and write operations.
You can now capture detailed UK driver licence information - including categories, endorsements, Tachograph data, and CPC/DQC records - plus new fields like mobile number and skip worker registration duration.
This gives you a more complete, connected view of your workforce, making it easier to integrate and scale - all through the API.
- Region Selector Added to Login
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We’ve introduced a region selector on the login page to make it easier to access the correct JoinedUp environment.
The selector allows users to switch between United Kingdom, European Union, and United States login pages, with a helper message “Choose the region your account was created in” to guide users.
When a region is selected, users are taken directly to the corresponding regional login page. The system also remembers the last region used and may prompt users with “You last used [geography] sign-in” to help them quickly access the correct environment.
This feature has been re-released after temporarily removing it to address a bug. The fix has been applied, and the feature is now available again.
Q1 | 2026
March
23 Mar - 27 Mar
- Bank Holiday Default Date Correction
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We’ve updated the default behaviour when applying bank holidays to shift templates to improve accuracy and reduce the risk of payroll errors.
The system now defaults to selecting the actual bank holiday date, rather than the previous day. This ensures the correct date is applied when users do not manually adjust the selection, helping to prevent mistakes and support more accurate payroll processing when configuring holiday rates.
- Batch Actions: Grouped Shifts for Multi-Week Requests
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We’ve enhanced the Batch Actions screen to support shift requests that span multiple weeks.
Shifts created from a single Shift Request are now automatically grouped, allowing you to view and share them together in a new ‘Grouped shifts’ section on the Batch Actions screen. This means you can share all relevant shifts in one action, rather than repeating the process week by week.
Batch sharing of grouped shifts is handled asynchronously to support larger requests more efficiently.
Individual shifts can still be managed separately, including actions such as stopping sharing or cancelling, giving you flexibility alongside the new streamlined workflow.
16 Mar - 22 Mar
- Optional Messaging Restrictions for Hirer–Worker Communication
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We’ve introduced an optional messaging restriction to support organisations looking to reduce co-employment risk.
When enabled, direct messaging between hirers and workers is restricted in both directions. This applies across all messaging entry points, including the Inbox and any reply functionality, ensuring communication is routed through the appropriate channels.
Worker notifications are also simplified, removing free-text message content and explanatory fields (such as “Why?”) to limit non-essential communication.
This enhancement helps reduce co-employment exposure while reinforcing a clear separation of responsibilities between hirers and suppliers.
- DNR Status Restricted to Admin Users
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We’ve updated permissions for managing DNR status to ensure greater control and consistency.
Users without the Admin role can no longer change a worker’s DNR status when creating or editing a worker incident. The option will appear disabled, with a tooltip explaining that only Admin users can apply this status. This ensures DNR decisions are managed by authorised users only, supporting clearer governance and reducing the risk of unintended changes.
- Bookings Overview: Site Visibility Alignment
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The Bookings Overview screen has been updated to align with existing site access rules, ensuring users only see booking statistics for sites they are permitted to access.
Users without any configured site access rules will continue to see statistics across all sites they currently have access to, with no change to existing behaviour.
Where site access rules are configured, the Bookings Overview will only display statistics for the specific site(s) the user has been granted access to. Any other sites will no longer be visible.
10 Mar - 13 Mar
- Worker Assessments
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We’ve introduced enhanced Worker Assessments to give you greater control and oversight of worker suitability and performance. Two new assessment types are now available — Interviews and Evaluations — each with associated concluded reasons.
A new shift template setting, “New workers require interviews”, automatically generates an Interview assessment when a worker is linked to the template and prevents them from being booked to shifts until the interview is passed. You can also enable periodic evaluations using the “Workers require periodic evaluation assessments” setting, which allows you to configure a time period that automatically generates Evaluation assessments at defined intervals following a worker’s first shift.
For Interviews, Evaluations, and Driver assessments, only assessments in “Unallocated” or “Booked” status can now be edited. Assessments in final statuses (e.g. Passed or Failed) are no longer editable, protecting data integrity and ensuring accurate audit history.
2 Mar – 8 Mar
- Ontario Working Time Regulations Warnings
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We’ve introduced new safeguards to support compliance with Ontario working time legislation. Two new shift template settings — Enforce 8-hour rest break between shifts and Enforce 11-hour consecutive rest breaks — allow you to prevent bookings that breach minimum rest requirements.
When enabled, supplier users in Ontario will see a clear warning if they attempt to create, allocate, propose, or edit a shift that would result in insufficient rest between shifts. Where a rest rule is breached, the shift cannot be created or updated unless the user chooses to override the warning, allowing the shift to proceed where appropriate.
- All-Day Availability: Multi-Time Zone Improvements
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We’ve improved All-Day Availability to better support users working across multiple time zones. All-day selections on the Planning screens now default to an All day checkbox instead of applying 00:00–23:59 time ranges, preventing availability from appearing across two calendar days in different time zones. If the checkbox is unchecked, availability will continue to save using the existing hour-based behaviour.
This enhancement reduces time zone-related scheduling issues, prevents cross-day display errors, and ensures more accurate availability visibility for agencies and workers.
February
16 Feb – 22 Feb
- End-hirer Shift Sharing
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End-hirers can now use Order Templates to streamline how shifts are shared with suppliers. Shifts can be shared with multiple suppliers on a single order, with automated distribution rules available for hands-off sharing. The feature also supports shift requests that require planning approval before shifts are shared, along with additional tools to provide greater control and flexibility over the shift distribution process.
If you would like this feature enabled as an End-hirer, please contact your Customer Operations Specialist.
9 Feb – 15 Feb
- End-Hirer Time & Attendance (T&A) Restrictions
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We’ve introduced a new shift-template level setting, Block end hirer from entering time & attendance, which restricts end-hirers users from entering or editing actual start and stop times across the UI, including Attendance screens, Shift Details, and retrospective planning.
This ensures timekeeping responsibility sits fully with suppliers, helping to reduce disputes and support compliance.
Configuring the setting at the shift template level provides flexibility to apply different rules by site, supplier, or job role.
- Adjustment and Expense Approvals
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We’ve introduced a new two-step submission and approval/rejection process for Adjustments and Expenses. When enabled, Adjustments (Manual, Historic, and Shift) and Expenses are displayed as individual line items, making them easier to review and manage.
To support this enhanced workflow:
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The navigation menu includes new Unsubmitted and To Be Approved sections
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Dedicated screens for Shifts and Adjustments & Expenses are available under each section.
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This functionality is not enabled by default. If you would like this feature enabled, please contact your Customer Operations Specialist.
- End-Hirer: Shift Deallocation Restrictions
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We have introduced a new update to improve how shifts are managed between End-Hirers and Suppliers. If you would like this feature enabled please contact your Customer Operations Specialist.
When enabled, End-Hirers can no longer deallocate workers from shifts which ensures that Suppliers stay in full control of their staff fulfilment. While the ability to remove specific workers is now reserved for the Supplier, End-Hirers can still cancel shifts if the requirement is no longer needed. This change protects the supplier-worker relationship while maintaining operational flexibility for all parties.
- Time Approver Role
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A new Time Approver role is now available on shift templates.
This role grants users access only to shift-related Finance screens for the specific shift template they are assigned to.
Time Approvers can view and approve hours worked, but do not have access to charge and pay information, ensuring clearer separation of responsibilities and tighter financial controls.
- Post Shifts: Streamlined Order Template Shift Creation
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We’ve simplified the Create Shifts experience on the Post Shifts screen for users with Order Templates enabled, making the process clearer and more intuitive.
The Create Shifts modal now includes a ‘Type’ selector, allowing you to choose between ‘Order templates’ and ‘Templates’. When ‘Order templates’ is selected, you’ll see the ‘Order template’ selector and the ‘Agency’ filter will be hidden, ensuring a more straightforward workflow. When ‘Templates’ is selected, both the ‘Agency’ and ‘Template’ selectors will be visible as expected.
This update removes unnecessary fields when they’re not needed, reducing confusion and creating a cleaner shift creation journey.
- End-Hirer Shift Template Control Extended to Applicant Requirements
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We’ve extended end-hirer control within shift templates to include the Applicant requirements page. When enabled, suppliers will now see a read-only version of the Applicant requirements page - in addition to the existing read-only Rates and Advanced settings pages.
This ensures end-hirers retain full control over shift template settings, preventing suppliers from making changes without consent and supporting stronger governance.
2 Feb – 8 Feb
- Custom Rate Overrides
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Users can now create Custom Rate Overrides, giving you greater flexibility in how rates are applied.
Custom rate types can be created directly on the shift template and linked to specific workers in their worker profile.
When assigned, these custom rates automatically override the standard shift rates, ensuring the correct rates are applied for each worker - without the need to create and maintain separate shift templates.
- Inbox site filter
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We’ve added a new "Show site messages only" checkbox in the Inbox screen.
This toggle appears once you select a specific site, allowing you to filter your view to only include direct site communications and relevant report-related messages. When unchecked, the inbox displays the full set of results as before.
- Shift Requests
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Shift creation can now be managed through Shift Requests, introducing a structured approval step before shifts are released to suppliers.
A Shift Request is a container of one or more shifts created using a single order template. Each request includes an estimate of total hours and total charge, along with the date range and details of the requester and approver.
This functionality is enabled via a new “Requires planning approval” setting on the order template. When enabled, two template-specific user roles can be configured:
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Shift Managers – responsible for creating shift requests
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Operations Managers – responsible for reviewing and approving shift requests
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Users with the Admin role can create and approve shift requests across all order templates.
Approval is required before shifts are shared with suppliers, ensuring shifts are reviewed and justified before being released for fulfilment.
- Shift Templates: New Adjustment Controls
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We’ve introduced three new shift template settings to give you greater control over adjustments and expenses:
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Require rate selection from shift template – Suppliers must select a rate type defined in the shift template when making adjustments, removing the ability to manually enter custom rates.
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Restrict adjustments to hourly rate-based types – Adjustment options are limited to hourly rate–based types only, removing cash-based adjustment types and ensuring all adjustments are tied to hours worked.
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Block end-hirer adjustments and expenses – End-hirer users are prevented from entering adjustments and expenses, restricting these actions to suppliers only.
These settings provide clearer controls, improved consistency, and better governance over how adjustments and expenses are applied.
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- Post Shifts: Shared Shifts Included in Shift Stats
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We’ve enhanced the Shift stats on the Post Shifts screen to provide a more complete and accurate view of daily shifts.
A new ‘Shared’ section has been added to the Shift stats panel, positioned between ‘Unallocated’ and ‘Allocated’. This count includes all unallocated shifts that have been shared, giving both suppliers and end-hirers a clearer, more complete view of what’s happening each day.
This update ensures shift statistics fully reflect the status of your shifts at a glance.
January
19 Jan – 25 Jan
- End-Hirer Control over Shift Creation & Cancellation
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End-hirers can now control which party is able to create, edit, and cancel shifts. A new shift template setting allows end-hirers to block suppliers from creating shifts and editing planned shift details. A separate shift template setting allows end-hirers to block suppliers from cancelling shifts.
These settings can be applied broadly or tailored by role and/or location, giving flexible control to ensure shift changes are reviewed and managed internally.
12 Jan – 18 Jan
- Post Shifts: Enhanced Filtering
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We’ve improved the usability of the Post Shifts screen with more flexible filtering options. Filters now include shared shifts (where applicable) and can be combined to deliver more precise results.
They’re also alphabetised and searchable, making it faster and easier to find exactly what you need.
5 Jan – 11 Jan
- Invoice Generation
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You can now generate Invoices directly from Site Lock data, making it easier to track and store invoices within JoinedUp.
Invoices can be created from the existing Site Locks screen and are managed within a new “Invoices” screen. Here, you can view all generated invoices, move them through the submission and approval process, and export them to PDF or CSV as needed.
We’ve also introduced a new “Invoice Expenses” screen, allowing you to create additional invoice items with the type Tax, Fees, or Other Expense. These expenses follow the same submission and approval workflow and can be attached to an invoice, where they are grouped into the top line for clear visibility.
This enhancement provides a more streamlined way to generate, manage, and store invoices directly within the platform. Please contact your Customer Operations Specialist to enable this feature.