EmpowerHR 2026.0.05 hotfix release notes

We are pleased to present EmpowerHR 2026 Hotfix Build 0.05

What's fixed 

  • The Work From Home toggle on the FWA Request Form is now disabled on weekdays where no daily hours are entered, preventing WFH from being saved against non-working days.
    Ticket: EMP-11178 | Reported by: CECG

  • FWA Request Form check box title updated from "Change working hours" to "Reduce / change working hours"
    Ticket: EMP-11295 | Reported by: CECG

  • FWA Request Form Change Start/Finish Times applications now submit correctly regardless of the time format entered
    Ticket: EMP-11299 | Reported by: CECG

  • FWA Request Form total hours now calculate correctly when start and finish times are entered using a full stop as the time separator (e.g. 8.30 instead of 8:30)
    Ticket: EMP-11297 | Reported by: CECG

  • FWA Request Form now correctly validates hours and blocks submission when the entered hours do not match the target total, even if the form has not been saved first
    Ticket: EMP-11296 | Reported by: CECG

  • Resuming a performance management assessment that was on hold no longer causes the workflow to lock.
    iHelp: 584018, 618478 | Ticket: EMP-11032 | Reported by: DFES

  • The Finish time AM/PM selector on the FWA Request Form now defaults to PM when completing the Change start/finish times section.
    Ticket: EMP-11300 | Reported by: CECG

  • FWA requests with non-standard break times now submit correctly in Self Service.
    Ticket: EMP-11294 | Reported by: CECG

  • FWA Request Form now correctly flags an hours mismatch when all three request options are selected. 
    Ticket: EMP-11298 | Reported by: CECG


  • The FWA Request Form now recovers correctly after a server-side error, with the Current Position section, work pattern calendar, and options list all repopulating on the reloaded page.
    Ticket: EMP-11302 | Reported by: CECG

  • The Lunch Break field on the FWA Request Form now shows a clearer format hint of "(h:mm or hh:mm)" to help staff enter the value correctly.
    Ticket: EMP-11339 | Reported by: CECG

  • Hours Change requests now correctly display the employee's own cost centre splits rather than the position's cost centre splits. 
    iHelp: 543754 | Ticket: EMP-9563 | Reported by: Telethon

  • The "Add Development Plan" link on the Development Needs/Plan tab in the MSS Performance Management workflow is now fully visible and accessible.
    iHelp: 624644 | Ticket: EMP-11348 | Reported by: DFES

  • Leave processed through the alerter now saves the correct percent one day value on the booking. 
    iHelp: 544311 | Ticket: EMP-11562 | Reported by: Parliament of Victoria

  • EmpowerHR now calculates tax correctly on negative gross adjustments. A negative adjustment in the current financial year reverses the tax instead of calculating zero, a negative adjustment for a previous financial year calculates zero tax with a warning in the Pay Calcs Incident Messages, and a retrospective leave adjustment that doesn't change gross calculates zero tax.
    Ticket: EMP-11565 | Reported by: Fusion5 (internal)

  • Leave processed through the alerter now saves the correct percent one day value on the booking. 
    iHelp: 544311 | Ticket: EMP-11562 | Reported by: Parliament of Victoria

  • EmpowerHR now calculates tax correctly on negative gross adjustments. A negative adjustment in the current financial year reverses the tax instead of calculating zero, a negative adjustment for a previous financial year calculates zero tax with a warning in the Pay Calcs Incident Messages, and a retrospective leave adjustment that doesn't change gross calculates zero tax.
    Ticket: EMP-11565 | Reported by: Fusion5 (internal)








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