We're pleased to announce version 2.77 release notes. This release focuses on fixes across absence, payroll, recruitment, and employee records.
What's new
Sickness Manager Comments character limit
You can now enter up to 2,000 characters in Manager Comments on a sickness absence. Previously, the field stopped at 255 characters. The field looks the same as before.
Send a test email from an email template
Administrators can now send a test copy of a saved email template to an employee or to any email address. Use this to check the subject, body layout, merge fields and attachments before the template is used in a real process. Only users who can already open the Email Templates settings can use this feature. Letter templates don't include this option.
To send a test email:
Click Content, then click Email Templates.
Open a saved template, then click Send test email.
In the Send to field, type the name of an active employee who has a work email address, or type any email address.
Click Send.
After you click Send, a confirmation shows the recipient. The test email includes the template's saved attachments.
đNote: The test email sends the last saved version of the template, not any unsaved changes.
If you choose an employee, the merge fields show that employee's details. If you type an email address, each merge field shows TEST- followed by the field name, for example TEST-Surname.
Bug fixes
Payslip and P60 push notifications
Payslip and P60 notifications are now sent to mobile app users when Mobile App - Push Notifications is turned on. Since release 2.60, these notifications failed for customers with push notifications turned on.
Leave page for employees with no absence periods
The Leave page now loads for employees whose absence period scheme has no absence periods set up. The Leave panel shows an empty grid, and Add Leave shows a message that no absence periods are set up.
Sickness approval notifications
Sickness approval notifications are now sent to the approver who has the pending action on the absence. Employees who aren't approvers for the post no longer receive these notifications.
Approve New Starter notification panel
The Approve New Starter panel no longer stays on a loading screen when a new starter's record is missing some data. The panel now opens, and the missing data no longer causes an error.
New starter records created from a post now include the default holiday entitlement. Duplicate holiday entitlement links are no longer created when onboarding is completed.
Payslips on the mobile app
If an employee has more than one payslip for the same pay date, the mobile app now shows a single payslip. This matches the desktop view.
Roles inherited from a post
You can no longer remove a role from an employee if their post still grants that role. Access tells you to change the post's roles instead.
â ď¸Important: Roles on a post are copied to everyone in that post. To remove a role from an employee who has it through their post, change the post's roles instead. Removing a role from the post also removes it from every other employee in that post, so add the role back individually to anyone who still needs it.
Attachments on leave requests
Attachments on leave requests, sickness records and schedule events now download with their correct file name.
How to access this update
This version updates automatically from 28 October 2026.