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Release Notes

 Release Notes for BrightPay

 

16th December 2025 - Updates:

  • Official launch of BrightPay cloud with legislation 2026 updates and to support Auto Enrolment
  • Client Portal
  • Payroll Entry and Approval Requests
  • User Management for the Client Portal
  • Invite users for the Client Portal
  • Employee Resources
  • Import Payslips and HR Documents from Connect
  • A4 Payslip option




18th November 2025 - Updates:

  • Supports up to 300 employees per employer
  • Highlights ’next pay date’ on browse employers UI depending on whether it is soon, elapsed, etc.
  • Support for setting a password when downloading any kind of PDF
  • Global employee filter in PAYROLL
  • Piece payment – ability to override the rate amount at payment level
  • Payslip “last emailed” date
  • Edit payment amounts when paying by credit transfer or Modulr
  • Planner calendar view for employers, employees and managers
  • Multi-employee documents are now always ordered by the user’s UI employee ordering preference
  • Bulk email/download payslips for a single employee
  • Departmental managers
  • Enable employees to see other employees’ leave in employee portal

 

12th November 2025 - Updates:

 

  • Employee and Manager app:
  • Android link - here
  • IOS link - here

 

2nd September 2025 - Updates:

  • Update for the PRSI Rate changes on 1st October 2025

 

30th July 2025 - Updates:

 

  • Includes the new CWPS rates from 4th August 2025

 

3rd February 2025 - Updates:

  • Employer Calendar report
  • Annual Leave Entitlement Report
  • Mid Year Summary Report

 

20th March 2025 - Updates:

 

  • Two Factor Authentication for employees on the Employee Self Service Portal

 

10th December 2024 - Updates:

  • Official launch of BrightPay cloud with legislation 2025 updates
  • Multiple users work on the same employer
  • Access any location and on any device
  • Multiple pay schedules for same pay frequency

Need help? Support is available at 01 8352074 or [email protected].

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