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Following on from this post, you can now request availability from candidates as
part of their initial job application
in Tanda Hire, rather than via an email at a later stage.
Configure the
Triggering Stage
as "During Application
", and candidates will see the following page during the application process:
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Leave
Payroll
Hide Sensitive Leave Types on Employee Payslips
Leave types can now
be disguised as Ordinary Hours on employee payslips
, supporting cases like Family and Domestic Violence leave.When creating or editing a leave type, enable
Disguise this leave type in employee payslips
under Advanced Settings. 
When this is enabled, the leave will appear to the employee as an ordinary hours line on their payslip, while admins will still see the leave type's true name when opening the payslip in Tanda. You can check how it will appear to the employee by clicking the
Preview Payslip
button on the draft payslip.
The existing option to hide leave from payslips has
also been renamed
to better reflect what it actually does: preventing that leave type from being sent to payroll and added to payslips altogether.
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Compliance
Award Templates
Improvements to the Hospitality Industry (General) Award Managed Template
We have made improvements to the HIGA Managed Template to incorporate
new overtime automation
. These improvements include:- Addition of full time working arrangements under clause 15.1(b)
- Support for catering in remote locations conditions
- Automation of the Overnight Stay conditions
The improvements to the HIGA Managed Template are now available in your Tanda account.
Payroll journal accounts can now be set directly on
deduction templates in employee profiles
. Select a specific
Payroll Account
for the employee when adding a Deduction
to their profile, and this will override the default account set in the Deduction Type:
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Mobile App
Employee Profile
Employment Details in the Mobile App
Managers can now view more employment details for their staff from the mobile app.
When viewing an employee's profile in the staff list, a new
Employment Details
card displays their start date
, position
, payroll ID
, and (for managers with wage visibility) pay conditions
such as award, employment type, and pay period. 
Upcoming birthdays and work anniversaries
have also moved to the Overview page, so they're visible as soon as you open the app.new
Reporting
Business Day Cutoffs
We've introduced a new
Business Date Cutoff setting
. The business date cutoff is the time that one business day ends and the next begins, so that costs and revenue can be consistently allocated to the correct day. This setting allows for a single source of truth when looking at different reports and statistics.This value can be configured both org-wide and per location.
Find this for the
Location
under Workforce
> Teams
> Edit location
> Time settings
:
Find this for the
organisation
under Settings
> All Settings
> General Settings
> Cost Settings
:
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Rostering
Permissions
"Lock Roster" Staff Permissions
A
Lock Rosters
permission is now available in the Advanced Permissions page, giving you more control over who can lock rosters.
By default, Admins have this permission enabled, but it can now also
be granted to any manager role
. A user with this permission can lock and unlock rosters, preventing other users from making changes.
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Award Templates
Updates to the Children’s Services Managed Template
We have made updates to the Children’s Services Award Managed Template.
The Children's Services Award was recently varied by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) under the Gender-based undervaluation priority award review case.
The Fair Work Commission issued a Determination on Thursday, 28 May 2026, varying the original Determination from Wednesday, 10 December 2025.
As a result of this variation, the
Broken Shift
and First Aid Allowance
rates have been updated in the Children's Services Award.The variation is effective from the first full pay period starting on or after 28 May 2026.
In addition, the FWO amended the
Adult Apprentice
rates in the Pay Guide for the Children’s Services Award from 1 March 2026
.The updated Pay Guide was published on Friday, 29 May 2026.
The Children’s Services Award Managed Template has been updated to reflect the new allowance rates corrected by the FWC and the new adult apprentice hourly rates stipulated in the Pay Guide.
The above updates are now live in your account.
Please note that the variation to the Broken Shift Allowance and the First Aid Allowance will not come into effect until
the first pay period commencing on or after 28 May 2026
.The help guide for the Children’s Services Managed Template can be found here.
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Rostering
Mobile App
Roster Agent Enhancements
The Roster Agent is now available in the mobile app! View any week and click
Ask the Roster Agent
:
This lets you ask questions about the roster and use it to make changes. Anything you can do on the web, you can now do in the app too.

We've also introduced the following improvements:
- You can now set general instructions that the agent will use each session
- Breaks: It can now suggest and apply shift break times, which can help resolve break overlaps.
- Weather: It can now recognise the forecast for each day and adjust accordingly.
Learn more about the Roster Agent here.
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The Tanda Platform
Updates to Required 2FA for Users
We've temporarily reverted the change forcing all users with the 'View Sensitive Information' to set up Two-Factor Authentication (2FA).
We've adjusted this security update and will be gradually releasing it soon.
A summary of the planned update is below:- Users with access to Tanda Payroll will be forced to apply 2FA before using the Tanda.
- Users with the 'View Sensitive Information' permission (but without access to Payroll) will only be askedto add multi-factor authentication after logging in, and can still use Tanda without it.
- Users using Xero for payroll will also be forced to set up 2FA (for those with a permission level of Manager or higher).
- Employees and SSO users are not required to set up 2FA.
Learn more about setting up 2FA here.
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