brioHR Product Updates - October 2026, Week 2 | Job History Report, Bulk Payroll Center Assignment, Clock In & Out Reminders, and Cash Advance on Mobile

Introduction

At brioHR, we are committed to continuously enhancing the user experience. We listen to valuable feedback from our clients to deliver new features, improvements, and system enhancements.

This article provides a summary of all brioHR product updates released in Week 2 of October 2026.

Global HR Update

New Job History Report

See every movement in your company in one table. HR Admins can now download the job history of one employee, a team, a department, or the whole company from Report Builder, instead of opening each profile one by one.

Key Benefits:

🔍 Filter by date, event type, and reason – Pull only promotions, or only this year’s terminations, in a few clicks.
👥 Choose whose history you see – Filter by office, department, or any other employee detail, and get each matching employee’s complete history.
📤 Export to CSV or Excel – Hand the file to an auditor or attach it to a letter, with no retyping.
⚠️ Access is off by default – Admins tick “Allow access to job history report” in User Groups > HR Modules Permission > Reports Module before the report can be used.

👉 Learn how to generate the Job History report here.

Payroll Update (Malaysia & Singapore)

Assign Payroll Centers to Many Employees at Once

Onboarding a subsidiary or moving a team to another payroll center? You can now set the payroll center, payroll cycles, and salary allocation for many employees in one Excel file, from HR Lounge > Employee Management > Bulk Import/Export > Employee Payroll Center.

Key Benefits:

📂 Update many employees in one file – Set each employee’s payroll center, cycles, and salary allocation from a chosen month.
🗓️ Record past and future transfers – Backdate a missed transfer into an open month, or schedule one upcoming transfer per employee.
📤 Export, edit, re-import – Download each employee’s full payroll center history, edit only the rows you need, and upload the same file.
✅ All or nothing – Every error is listed with its row number, and nothing is saved until the whole file is correct.

👉 Learn how to import and export employee payroll center assignments here.

Time Attendance Update

Clock-In and Clock-Out Reminders on the Mobile App

Fewer missed clock-ins means fewer attendance gaps to chase at month-end. Employees on fixed shifts can now get a reminder on their phone before or after their shift starts and ends.

Key Benefits:

⏰ Choose your timing – Get reminded 5 minutes to 1 hour before or after your shift starts or ends.
🔔 Works even when the app is closed – Reminders arrive on your lock screen at the time you chose.
🧠 Smart skipping – No clock-in reminder if you’ve already clocked in, and no reminder on rest days, off days, or full-day leave.
👆 One tap to clock in – Tap the reminder to open the home screen, ready to clock in or out.
✅ Nothing for admins to set up – Employees turn reminders on and off themselves under Account > Settings > Attendance reminders.

📱 Available from app version 2.14.0. Reminders aren’t available for flexible hours schedules.

👉 Learn how to set up clock-in and clock-out reminders here.

Expense Claims Update

Cash Advances Now on the Mobile App

Employees can now request and settle cash advances from the brioHR mobile app, and approvers can approve both from their Task list, wherever they are.

Key Benefits:

💵 Request on the go – Tap + New claim, then Request cash advance, to ask for money before a business trip or project.
🧾 Settle from your phone – Once HR reimburses the request, add what you actually spent to the settlement report and submit it.
🔔 New push notifications for approvers – Get notified when a cash advance request or settlement needs your review, and tap straight into the task.
✅ Same rules as the web – Claim types, limits, approval workflows, and payroll adjustments work exactly as they do on the web.

📱 Update to app version 2.14.0 or later to see cash advances on mobile. HR reimbursement and sending to payroll stay on the web app.

👉 Learn how to request, settle, and approve cash advances on mobile here.