The evolution of BrightHR

We launched our second annual Leader in Tech report outlining our 2025 roadmap and the major product updates of 2024

We’ve added a new tile on the dashboard to make it quicker and easier for admins, managers, and employees to access support features through BrightHR. Access FAQs, how-to videos, user-guides, and more! All from the comfort of your dashboard.

New additional fields added to the employee profiles

We rolled out three new e-learning courses to assist managers and admins in rolling out BrightHR within their business. They include an introduciton to the software, a guide to Blip and how users can make the most of their rotas.

We introduced a calendar view of absences on the employee profiles, which can assist in identifying themes and trends of absences.

We've enabled the ability to filter sickness absence listed on the employee profile for within the past 3, 6 and 12 months.

We’ve rebranded our AI powered chatbot to Bright BrAInbox, combining over 50 years of HR and H&S expertise to make sure you have the right answers whenever you need.

We’ve now made it possible for managers to add multiple contracts and see their teams contract history.

Upskill your managers on how to navigate your employees’ new legal right to disconnect after working hours.

For your best support and to keep up with demand, we have relocated to new and improved Sydney offices.

Upskill the managers on your team with tailored e-learning and learning management.

Businesses in New Zealand can now benefit from round-the-clock employment relations and health & safety advice, as well as a library of 300+ expertly-crafted documents.

We've been named one of the Top 25 Work Tech Vendors by Inspiring Workplace!

This is an incredible honor, and we are so grateful for the recognition. Our technology is designed to drive positive change for organisations and their people, and we are thrilled to be acknowledged for that impact.

Open shifts are finally here—letting you create and notify your staff that an unassigned shift is ready for them to claim on a first-come-first-serve basis.

It’s a fair and easy way to fill up gaps in your roster. Plus, it lets your staff take control of their schedule and earn some extra cash by opting in for more shifts!

Access Blip from PC, laptop, tablet or mobile. You can also add, edit and remove set geo-locations on all devices, giving you complete control from wherever you are.

Game-changing feature ALERT!

Admins and Managers can now create customised reports based on employee and absence data, giving you more control and insight into your HR management.

Our new Bright Promoter Programme has launched! This is your chance to rack up UNLIMITED cash-building bonuses. Simply tell us who you’re referring, and if they sign up, we’ll reward you with every business you refer.

We've been recognised as one of the best HR management companies by Trust Radius for Spring 2023! A big thank you to our staff, this wouldn't be possible without you!

We're happy to announce that G2 have recognised us once again as leaders in the Test Automation category!

You can now save time on your onboarding by by importing bulk employee data via spreadsheet, making it even easier to swap to Bright!

BrightHR has been named SaaS Company of the Year at the Computing Technology Product Awards 2022. The awards count public votes to find the winners, so this accolade shows the incredible support from our community and beyond.

We're happy to annouce that we've been ranked in three different 'Best Companies to work for' categories! #19 in the UK Business Service sector, #95 in the North West and #121 of large companies in the UK.

This will provide admins & managers with the ability to view expenses submitted by employees, review the details, and update the status of the expenses record on the web, in addition to doing this via the PoP mobile app.

Users can now record the date of their second COVID-19 booster, allowing employers to track the vaccination status of their employees.

Admins, managers and employees now have the option of accepting and declining their shifts on a person-by-person or team-by-team basis.

Having taken home the title in 2021, we’re elated to have been shortlisted AGAIN for HR Tech Provider of the Year at the Personnel Today Awards. The awards recognise excellence in people management.

BrightHR admins can now see who has access to documents, set and view the status of any read receipts.

In addition to the ability to reports hazards and accidents in BrightSafe we have now added the ability to report near misses, making BrightSafe the ultimate incident management tool.

We have refreshed the BrightHR app on iOS and Android. The dashboard is now super-streamlined with a swish new look!

Bright Exchange promotes your products and services to an exclusive community of business owners and consumers, and it's completely FREE. List offers and work with our team to co-market and sell together.

Management Today shortlisted us for the Management Today Business Awards in the ‘Best Use of Innovation in Business' category!

Expert software comparison site Crozdesk has, named us leaders in rota and shift scheduling software!

What goes around comes around, and we love SMEs! SaaSworthy named us as the 8th most popular software at the start of 2022, and it's got us feeling all warm and fuzzy.

We've been awarded the Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award for the second year running—meaning we’ve achieved GOLD for 4 years straight. Feefo only collects genuine customer reviews, so we’re very proud to have maintained a 4.9 star rating acorss 400 reviews.

Now managers can colour code and label shifts in our rota software—meaning you can manage your staff by where they’re working, their pay, role, the possibilities are endless!

This intuitive update makes seeing details of your rota even easier. Plus, you can now duplicate shifts between staff or days, assign shifts across multiple days and employees in bulk, and filter your search to show specific shift types.

Admins and managers now have access to a more comprehensive roster details report through BrightHR’s web application. It covers shift and break times, payroll info, holiday and sickness history and much more!

Users can now link all their BrightHR products with both their Google account and Microsoft account. And, if single sign-on is enabled you can login across all BrightHR products.

We're thrilled to have been named 'HR Tech Provider of the Year' at the Personnel Today awards 2021. We’re so proud to be consistently recognised as leaders in HR and H&S software and support services, and even prouder to be a market-leading ally to businesses across the globe.

Employees now have to use two-factor authentication to login to their BrightHR account. Showing every one of our users across the globe that we’re more secure than ever!

Users can now link their Google account with their BrightHR and BrightSafe accounts and use this to login—giving users peace of mind their data is safe.

Track the extra hours your staff work, and repay them with a click, thanks to our new overtime tracker.

Following user feedback we’ve redesigned our app to make it even more user friendly when navigating across multiple screens.

We’ve added a handy new button to the top of your dashboard, it's easily accessible and available from anywhere on BrightHR. Just click it to do everything from requesting time off to logging a sickness. Simple.

We've reached 10 million global clock-ins!

Thank you to all of our customers and everyone at BrightHR who made it possible to reach this huge milestone.

New statutory responsibilities added:

• COVID-19 Safe Business Check
• COVID-19 Restrictions Check

Monitor responsibilities each day to ensure your business is COVID-secure and have an audit trail to prove it.

Our brand new tool helps keep track of workplace hazards whether staff are at home or back in the office.

Employees can now request an adjustment to their clocking in and out times with their manager directly from the app.

When creating a new rota, you can now choose a duration period of up to 14 days, helping to make your shift planning even easier.

BrightSafe customers can use the brand-new Responsibilities Navigator to set up task reminders, delegate responsibilities, and save task records.

Task reminder notifications will now be sent to users who have assigned tasks when the task is overdue, plus once a week in a handy summary. Tapping on the notifcation will take you directly to the task screen on BrightSafe On The Go, so users can make updates with ease.

Three new courses are available on the BrightSafe On The Go dashboard. These being:

Coronavirus Awareness For Senior Managers & Business Owners Coronavirus Awareness For Employees Coronavirus Vaccine Awareness

Having secured Gold status for three years running we have achieved the platinum award! A huge thanks to all of our clients who left us 5-star reviews and to all at BrightHR who have supported our clients throughout 2020.

Our brand-new tool makes it easy for you to record who’s had the COVID-19 vaccine and who’s still on the waiting list—helping you to protect your people and your business through the pandemic.

Our handy new 'Rota report' gives you a summary of the daily hours your staff have worked over a set period. It also includes the total hours worked, helping you speed up your HR tasks.

This course gives you an understanding of what a method statement is, how to create a method statement and the difference between a method statement and a risk assessment.

You can now add attachments to hazards in risk assessments, which allows you to add supporting evidence as part of your risk assessments creation and review processes.

You can now approve or decline your staff expenses in bulk.

Our new non-binary gender identity update helps you promote an inclusive workplace.

We've reached 6 million blips! We're so proud to have achieved this global milestone #NowIsTheBrightTime.

Get handy notifications about new updates and features via the BrightHR app. This is will be automatically enabled and can be managed via the new Settings page.

With our new Smart Reminders feature, users will receive a handy reminder to clock out when they’re due to finish their shift, all based on their BrightHR working pattern or rota!

It's brand-new health & safety software that helps you to meet the latest government guidelines & get your people back to work safely.

Introducing our new redundancy navigator tool. Get expert online tools and 24/7 advice to help make redundancy as stress-free as possible.

You asked for it, and we listened. You can now set reminders to end your breaks and clock out. Just set the duration of your shift or break and Blip will send you an automatic notification.

Introducing our new redundancy navigator tool. Get expert online tools and 24/7 advice to help make redundancy as stress-free as possible.

It's great to be listed as a product leader in absence & leave management software. Thanks for the recognition Crozdesk!

Admins & managers can now generate a report that will show the number of shifts and hours worked, break duration & the total hours worked excluding breaks.

Admins can now set geolocations as private so the details of employees' home addresses remain hidden.

Blip's geolocation feature is now available to help you manage staff working from different locations. 

Thank you Crozdesk for awarding us as a product leader in the HR Software Awards. It's great to see our hard work is being recognised.

Managers and Administrators are now alerted of updates to employee personal information to help you make sure records are kept up to date.

BrightHR's award-winning software is now available in Australia & New Zealand. 

Enjoy a simpler way to make shifts and rotas. Plus, share them with your staff instantly.