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 introduced the ability for employees to clock in and out from the ‘Clock-ins’ area in BrightHR as well as the Blip app, making it even easier for employees to accurately log their working times from their desktops.

Easy navigation with all the real-time information you need in one place - making BrightHR the most user-friendly HR software to use.

We introduced a mobile phone widget feature that shows the number of days until the user's next annual leave booking.

We've added two new E-Learning modules on Bullying & Harassment. One aimed at managers and one aimed at employees.

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 been shortlisted in Global Business Tech Awards for SaaS Company of the Year!

Employees can now view and submit requests to adjust their clock-in records on both mobile and web.

Produce reports to see at a glance which of your team have read and accepted important 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.

Use it to store employee details and run reports, so you can generate important information quickly whenever you need to submit payroll reports.

Issue exclusive VaccTrak passes to staff to save in their smartphone wallets, so they always have quick and easy access to vital information.

We are pleased to announce that we have added 41 new risk assessment templates to the BrightSafe Risk Assessment Library, bringing the total number of risk assessment templates to 264.

Blip has surpassed 9 million global clock-ins. Won't be long till we hit the 10 million milestone!

See who’s partially or fully vaccinated at a glance and update employee vaccination statuses in the new COVID-19 vaccine tab. Plus, you can now issue employees with VaccTrak passes—all you have to do is hit send and it goes straight to their email inbox.

Blip has now surpassed over 8 million global clock-ins. We're so proud to support small businesses around the world with their employee time management. #NowIsTheBrightTime!

You can now record proof of employee vaccination in VaccTrak, and store any supporting documents in unlimited document storage.

We are pleased to announce that we have added 33 new risk assessment templates to the BrightSafe Risk Assessment Library, bringing the total number of risk assessment templates to 213.

The exclusive mobile app that lets you manage health & safety tasks—wherever you are.

This update gives BrightHR Admins a full list of what user roles their staff have and makes it easier for the Admins to revoke or assign permissions.

Use it to store employee details and run reports, so you can generate important information quickly whenever you need to submit payroll reports to HMRC.

We are pleased to announce that we have added 29 new risk assessment templates to the BrightSafe Risk Assessment Library, bringing the total number of risk assessment templates to 180.

We’re so excited to be shortlisted for Best Software-as-a-Service Provider at the Technology Product Awards this year.

We’ve integrated Android’s TalkBack and Apple’s VoiceOver screen reader features with the BrightHR mobile app, helping to make your BrightHR even more accessible!

Following client feedback, users are now able to add notes to their shift when clocking in. We've also updated the Blip event screens, making it even easier for our users to see their shift, break and reminder details.

Admins and managers are now able to see who's clocked in on Blip directly from their BrightHR dashboard.

Now you can use your BrightHR app to call one of our expert HR advisors in a tap.

Employees will now see fun animations on their birthday or work anniversary, helping to improve employee engagement!

Check the status of your tasks, view risk assessments, and create accident reports - all from one central hub.

Just 3 months after we hit 4 million global clock-ins, we've now surpassed a massive 5 million!

Admins and managers can now request read receipts from their employees when uploading documents into the company folder. Plus with real-time updates, check the date and time that your employee has viewed the document.

We’re thrilled to have been shortlisted for Tech Provider of the Year at the British Small Business Awards 2020. This category recognises the tech providers that best places SME services at the heart of their offering.

Our newly designed 'Who's off today' tile gives clients a detailed insight into the absences within their business, making the approval process much easier. 

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

Another milestone for Blip! After reaching 3 million global clock-ins in February, we have now surpassed 4 million.

Admins and Managers can now use BrightHR to send alerts directly to employees through the notifications tab in settings.

Blip usage keeps growing. Less than 3 months after passing 2 million global clock-ins, we surpassed 3 million.

Employees can now create absence requests using their TOIL balance and submit to their Manager for approval.

Blip usage keeps growing. Less than 6 months after passing 1 million global clock-ins, we surpassed 2 million.