Release Notes

We have moved our Release Notes for BrightPay. Please find the latest information and details here.

21st July 2026 - Updates:

• Access rule — No employees can access this resource in the employee portal

• Confidential employee for Client Portal
• Departmental user for Client Portal
• A Team Member on the Organisation can access the employer(s) on the Client Portal without individual setup
• Password Protect Reports and Documents
• Remember CC address (or list of addresses) for sending payslips to employees
• Use reply-to address by default when sending payslips to employees
• Date and timestamp for payslips being emailed
• Send notification emails for resource to employees
• Reminder Email to Employer When Payslips Are Available on the Client Portal
• Download batch payslips on Client Portal
• Download Draft Payslips on Payroll Approval Request in Client Portal
• Batch Payroll Entry and Approval Requests
• When sending invitation emails to employees for the EESSP leavers are deselected by default
• Employee count report
• Bureau Statistics Report
• Payroll Journal Document
• Departmental costings showing in the Payroll section
• Period difference report
• Copy report from one employer to another
• Email and Download Multiple Reports in a Single Action
• Employee Ordering for Report Exports and Payslips
• Employer Notes as separate tab in Employer section
• Warning for leavers not being included on the bank payment file
• Show Department Name Beside Pay Elements in the Payroll Section
• Show Only Employee Pay Rates and Department Options on Payroll Entry Request
• Department Filter in Payroll Section Shows All Departments Correctly
• In-progress bar showing when an action is being taken
• Option for User receives PAYE bill email notifications

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