The evolution of BrightHR

We have been awarded the Prolific North: SaaS Company of the year 2024 award.

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.

Easily access your payslips from your document management tile on your mobile app, you will find a folder named 'My Payslips', the same that is found on BrightHR web, for clients who are currently paying for our BrightHR Payroll service.

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.

New course added to BrightSafe in the UK on selling & serving alcohol awareness for clients in Scotland.

Live with our BETA test audience for our enhanced payroll software in readiness for future advancements this year with an end-to-end integrated payroll softwarenAND a stress-freenManaged Payroll Service.

We’ve updated the annual leave accrual calculator rates to use the new 12.07% accrual method in line with the legislation change on 1 April 2024.

BrightHR have been named 39th fastest growing tech company in the North by GP Bullhound Northern Tech Business Awards.

We’ve gained CPD accreditation for 9 more of our HR and Health & Safety e-learning courses, putting the total number of accredited courses to 77.

Request the advice you need directly from our new HR Advice feature, making it quicker than ever to resolve any issues.

We've been shortlisted in the innovation category of the highly esteemed 2024 Go:Tech Awards!

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

See your entire organisation's holiday allowance, balance, and remaining leave in one handy hub.

View the percentage of unbooked leave in the year so you can promote a healthy holiday culture and stop employee burnout in its tracks.

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.

With BrightHR's new salary calculator, you can easily find out the market salary rate for ANY role you're hiring for, instantly. Edge out your competition with REAL TIME insights and make confident hiring decisions.

Staff can now recognise and celebrate each other's hard-work by sending 'Praise' in our brand-new employee recognition platform.

We've just been shortlisted in the Innovation category of the highly esteemed 2023 North West Business of the Year Awards by The Business Desk!

We're thrilled to announce we've been shortlisted for the Innovation and Technology Award by the Business Leader South West Awards!

Wow, we've hit a major milestone! We're thrilled to announce that we have reached 40 million clock ins on Blip globally, and it's all thanks to our amazing users, thank you!

Effortlessly manage documents on-the-go with the latest BrightHR app update!

No need to fuss with uploading and deleting files one-by-one. With the latest mobile update, you can now manage documents in bulk just like you would on the web app.

We're thrilled to announce we've just been shortlisted for Medium Tech Company of the year at the Prolific North Champions Awards 2023!

BrightHR has been shortlisted in the Most Innovative Use of Software of Cloud Technology!

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

Our brand-new expert e-learning courses are CPD-accredited and FREE for BrightHR customers, allowing you to encourage consistent training on a wide range of topics.

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.

For the second year in a row, we've scooped up the prestigious SaaS Company of the year award by the UK Business Tech Awards!

We've been recognised as one of the best HR management companies by Trust Radius for Summer 2022! A big thank you to our staff, this wouldn't be possible without you!

BrightHR has been shortlisted in the Software-as-a-Service company of the year category again!

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.

We’re pleased to announce that we have now received RoSPA Assurance and CDP Accreditation for another 18 e-learning courses in BrightSafe in the UK!

BrightHR have won the TrustRadius Summer 2022 award for Relationship in HR Management. It's no surprise we've passed 1 million users when we provide top-notch services to our clients!

BrightHR has been shortlisted at the Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards for the second year in a row! This year we've been selected as Technology Innovation finalists, celebrating businesses leading the tech evolution.

We're proud to annouce that we now serve one million users globally! Thank you to everyone who has made this possible, we couldn't do it without you.

We've made filing for expenses even more flexible. You can now submit an expense with zero to five attachments, compared to having to attach only one receipt previously!

BrightAdvice customers can now access 4 exclsuive e-learning courses, providing an extra resource to enhance HR knowledge.

We're happy to announce that G2 have recognised us as a Core HR Software Leader for Spring 2022. A big thank you to all the team at BrightHR, we couldn't do it without you!

Corporate LiveWire have named us HR Specialist of the Year at the Innovation & Excellence Awards 2022! The award celebrates the success of firms that have taken an innovative approach to demonstrate exceptional business performance.

We're happy to annouce that we have been placed in Capterra's Value Pricing Report for Human Resources Software. We are recognised as an outstanding product with a Value For Money rating of 4.8/5 & a Functionality rating of 4.7/5!

We're proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for SaaS Company of The Year at the Global Business Tech Awards, celebrating the best in business across the globe.

We've added absences and employee working ours to our timesheets, enabling managers to include more information that can help with timekeeping and payroll.

BrightHR has been recognised as a product leader in workforce management software for the THIRD year in a row by Crozdesk.

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.

We’ve added a ‘Question History’ to Bright Lightning, so now it’s even easier to keep track of your expertly answered HR queries. Simply log in and find ‘Your Question History’ in the drop-down menu.

Shifts are now grouped to ‘Today’, ‘Upcoming’, and ‘Further ahead’, alongside a new list allowing admins and managers to see all employee shifts on one dedicated screen, making team management even easier.

We're so excited to be ranked 5th in the TechRound Top 100 which celebrates the best in UK startups and tech.

This new update allows users to move documents between sub-folders within the ‘Company’ and ‘Admin’ folders- making managing HR documentation a breeze.

We’ve only gone and won another award! Crozdesk are experts in business software, and after sizing up the competition they’ve named us leaders in rota and shift scheduling software.

You can now edit your adverts with a click, giving you the flexibility to change details to suit your business growth plans.

We’re so proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for ‘Innovation of the Year’ at the Prolific North Tech Awards, celebrating the incredible innovation of the North’s tech sector.

Users can now update overtime details, in a click and ensure that all the details needed for payroll are up to date and accurate.

We're so proud to have been crowned 'SaaS Company of the Year' at the UK Business Tech Awards 2021! The awards celebrates the UK's finest tech businesses and rewards innovative and exceptional applications of technology to transform and grow business.

We're so proud to have been shortlisted for 'The Technology Innovation Award' at the Lloyd's Bank British Business Excellence Awards. To be included in such a prestigious award is a huge honour and rewards our efforts to develop innovative technology to help businesses throughout the pandemic.

We want our clients to provide the best care possible. That's why we have the Care Navigator, to give them tailored a health and safety solution, to meet care standards, and protect their staff and residents.

Lightning fast AI powered HR answers from our expert advisors with 30+ years of experience. Simply type your HR query into the search bar and our smart AI software will show you the answer most closely matched to your question in seconds.

Business Clouds annual North West Tech 50 ranked us 12th amongst some of the most exciting tech firms in the North West.

We've reached 100,000 VaccTrak statuses recorded in the UK! That means over 10,000 businesses have been able to open safely thanks to our vaccine tracker tool.

You can now head to the ‘who’s in’ section of the Blip app to see who’s clocked in or on a break and who is out, giving you full visibility of attendance in a click!

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.

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

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.

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.

We're proud to share that we've been recognised as a product leader in workforce management software for the second year in a row by Crozdesk. Thanks to everyone at BrightHR for their hard work in achieving this!

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

BrightSafe On The Go users can now record the basic details of an accident via the menu, and can attach photos and videos as supporting evidence. Once the record is created, an e-mail notification is sent to the responsible person letting them know they need to conduct an investigation.

PoP is included in the HMRC list of record-keeping software applications—helping small businesses, like yours with simple record keeping.

This update adds the ability for users to request advice directly from the app. Users can choose to request online advice, telephone advice or a video conference. For telephone advice, users also have the option to set a preferred time for the call.

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.

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.

We’ve extended the payroll glossary list with even more terminology, helping you run payroll with ease.

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 102 new risk assessment templates to the BrightSafe Risk Assessment Library, bringing the total number of risk assessment templates to 466.

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!

We've teamed up with Starling Bank to help support even more small businesses navigating their way through the coronavirus pandemic.

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.

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

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!

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.

Use the new redundancy planner to lead you safely through each step of the redundancy process. Check off tasks as you go and download regular reports to track your progress help avoid costly legal mistakes.

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. 

Admins and managers can now add flexible furlough absences through BrightHR's Furlough Navigator. This information will then be available in the furlough report, supporting clients in making claims through the Government Job Retention Scheme. 

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.

The brand-new hub that helps you manage all your back to work processes in one place.

BrightHR’s brand-new furlough navigator tool gives employers one place to record all their essential staff information and reduces the time it takes to submit wage claims.

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. 

Manage staff expenses with ease and approve them on the go. 

Make notes against employee profiles so you can jot down any important information.

Access thousands of resources, guides, and tools for professionals in one easy-to use online platform.

This new improvement makes booking mandatory leave for your staff easy.

This new feature lets you keep a record of the TOIL your staff earn and help them to book TOIL as an absence. 

We launched BrightSafe our health & safety advice line to help protect businesses with jargon free advice from qualified health & safety specialists.

Check lateness for casual workers on your app.

Based on customer feedback, we made the employee profile easier to use and with a clearer absence tab.

Based on customer feedback we improved the planner on our mobile app.

Regular employees can now enter their holiday request in hours and minutes.

Free clocking in and out app available to BrightHR customers.

Amend an employee’s start date or leave year on their profile.

Carry over leftover annual leave into the next year for your staff.

Set up BrightHR for staff that work casual or irregular hours.

Update includes being able to remove shifts from rotas, add notes to shifts and access rotas on your mobile.

Confidential wellbeing advice line launches for BrightHR customers.

Get a notification when multiple staff request the same time off.

View a timeline of logged sickness.

Employment law helpline with qualified legal advisors launches for BrightHR customers.

Keep all of your employee documents in one place with unlimited HR document storage.

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