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The August 2026 Release is scheduled to be deployed on 8/27 and 8/28. Each month, we release new features and enhancements across the platform to help you compete, operate efficiently and expand opportunities to deliver value to your clients.
Check out recently delivered functionality and enhancements in the May 2026, June 2026, and July 2026 releases.
New LTD/STD Buy-Up Offer Types: Expand employee benefits choice by allowing clients to offer Buy-Up options for Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) coverage, giving employees greater flexibility to select the level of income protection that best meets their needs.
Obsolete Pay Groups: Streamline pay group management by allowing users to mark Pay Groups as obsolete, preventing their use for new hires, rehires and transfers while preserving historical records. Existing employee assignments remain unchanged, helping maintain data integrity and continuity.
Employee Form I-9 Import: Accelerate employee onboarding and compliance processes by importing comprehensive Form I-9 data for multiple employees at once through the Data Import Tool. Access is restricted to service providers with full Employee Details Work Form permissions, helping support secure and efficient data management.
PrismONE ID Targeting: Drive PrismONE ID adoption with targeted campaigns based on employee enrollment status. Filter for employees who are Not Enrolled and combine with other attributes to create precise recipient groups. Use email to reach employees without Portal access, while in-app and push notifications engage enrolled users directly within their PrismHR experience.
OBBBA FLSA Standard Hours Recalculation Utility: Optimize OBBBA W-2 reporting by recalculating overtime hours using the federal 40-hour FLSA standard. This new utility helps payroll and tax processors ensure that vouchers processed under FLSA rules report only the overtime premium eligible for federal reporting, supporting greater accuracy and compliance.
Read/Write Bank Routing Information: Simplify bank account management by allowing users to retrieve filtered bank routing numbers associated with an account and add new routing information through the PrismHR API, helping streamline banking data access and maintenance.
Multi-Question Surveys: Gather richer employee feedback and deeper insights by creating multiple questions within a single survey.
Pricing Exports: Streamline pricing by exporting State Unemployment Tax Act (SUTA) rates, workers’ compensation rates and admin fees directly from ClientSpace into PrismHR, reducing manual data entry and keeping both systems in sync.
August Focus: Operational Efficiency, Compliance
OBBBA FLSA Standard Hours Recalculation Utility: Optimize OBBBA W-2 reporting by recalculating overtime hours using the federal 40-hour FLSA standard. This new utility helps payroll and tax processors ensure that vouchers processed under FLSA rules report only the overtime premium eligible for federal reporting, supporting greater accuracy and compliance.
Custom OBBBA Calculation Factor: Increase flexibility for OBBBA qualified overtime reporting by allowing users to enter custom overtime premium percentages that fall outside standard preset values. The new “Other” option on the Qualified OT Factor dropdown supports unique overtime calculations and helps ensure accurate 2026 W-2 qualified overtime reporting.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
August Focus: Performance and Stability, Integrations, Data Access
Read/Write Bank Routing Information: Simplify bank account management by allowing users to retrieve filtered bank routing numbers associated with an account and add new routing information through the PrismHR API, helping streamline banking data access and maintenance.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
August Focus: Self-Service Functionality
Obsolete Pay Groups: Streamline pay group management by allowing users to mark Pay Groups as obsolete, preventing their use for new hires, rehires and transfers while preserving historical records. Existing employee assignments remain unchanged, helping maintain data integrity and continuity.
Employee Form I-9 Import: Accelerate employee onboarding and compliance processes by importing comprehensive Form I-9 data for multiple employees at once through the Data Import Tool. Access is restricted to service providers with full Employee Details Work Form permissions, helping support secure and efficient data management.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
August Focus: Operational Efficiency, UI/UX
Manage Documents UI Upgrade: Navigate documents faster with a move to the Prismatic design system, featuring a tabbed layout, breadcrumb navigation and sortable document columns for a more intuitive user experience.
AI-Assisted Search: Find documents faster by describing what you need in plain language instead of manually configuring search filters. Users can enter requests in their own words, review the automatically generated search criteria and adjust before applying the search, helping simplify document discovery and improve search efficiency.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
August Focus: Self-Service Functionality, Operational Efficiency
More Core Reports in Portal: Accelerate access to critical payroll data by bringing Payroll Register, Workers’ Compensation, Payroll Cash Requirement and Payroll Disbursement reports directly into Portal. Managers can run these reports on demand without logging into PrismHR Core, helping them get the information they need faster and more efficiently.
Pay Rates, Down to the Decimal: Ensure greater pay rate accuracy with support for up to four decimal places during new hire and pay rate entry in Portal, matching PrismHR Core. Rates entered with this level of precision display consistently across New Hire, Rehire, Pay Rate Change and Employment Details screens, helping eliminate manual workarounds for fractional pay rates.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
August Focus: Operational Efficiency, UI/UX
New LTD/STD Buy-Up Offer Types: Expand employee benefits choice by allowing clients to offer Buy-Up options for Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) coverage, giving employees greater flexibility to select the level of income protection that best meets their needs.
Coverage Start & End Date Visibility: Improve benefits transparency by displaying coverage start and end dates directly on the Employee Benefit Overview screen, making it easier for users to confirm when benefits are active without navigating to additional screens.
UX Enhancements Across Benefits Administration: Enhance the benefits administration experience with usability improvements across key screens, including new Stop Date, Status and Status filter options in the Benefit Plan Selector. Online Enrollment details now appear directly within Benefit Plan Setup for easier access, while Retirement Plan Register updates provide clearer tooltips, improved field labeling, consistent number formatting and aligned chart ordering for a more intuitive user experience.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
August Focus: Operational Efficiency, Performance and Stability
PrismONE ID Targeting: Drive PrismONE ID adoption with targeted campaigns based on employee enrollment status. Filter for employees who are Not Enrolled and combine with other attributes to create precise recipient groups. Use email to reach employees without Portal access, while in-app and push notifications engage enrolled users directly within their PrismHR experience.
Recurring Communications: Automate ongoing outreach by scheduling a campaign once and setting the cadence that works best for your organization. Users can edit or stop recurring campaigns at any time, while the Campaign Dashboard provides visibility into past and upcoming sends and ensures communications reach the most current recipient list with every delivery.
Activity Analytics: Gain greater visibility into campaign performance with analytics that show recipient counts, delivery success rates and failed deliveries across communication channels. These insights help HR teams quickly verify message delivery and identify follow-up opportunities for time-sensitive communications.
Full Recipient Visibility on Sent Campaigns: Review every recipient and group associated with a sent campaign for a complete view of message distribution. This enhanced visibility provides a stronger audit trail and helps teams confidently respond to employee questions about campaign delivery.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
August Focus: Operational Efficiency, Integrations, Data Access, UI/UX
Multi-Question Surveys: Gather richer employee feedback and deeper insights by creating multiple questions within a single survey.
Pricing Exports: Streamline pricing by exporting State Unemployment Tax Act (SUTA) rates, workers’ compensation rates and admin fees directly from ClientSpace into PrismHR, reducing manual data entry and keeping both systems in sync.
Global Search Filtering: Find the right information faster by filtering Global Search results by record type, module and other criteria, reducing time spent reviewing unrelated results.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
August Focus: Operational Efficiency, Employee Experience
Complete Form Settings Control: Streamline review setup by configuring form cycles, completion order and due dates directly within a template, eliminating individual form updates.
Private Feedback Settings: Standardize feedback privacy with one organization-wide visibility setting, removing the need for per-form configuration.
Protected Completed Sections: Preserve review integrity by making completed sections read-only after each review stage, preventing later changes and maintaining a reliable record.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
August Focus: Compliance, Employee Experience, UI/UX
Uploaded Form Content New Field: Enhance onboarding form guidance with a new rich text field that lets users add accompanying text to uploaded PDFs, displaying both together on the same page for a clearer new hire experience.
New Hire Plan Creation Updates: Improve onboarding accuracy by requiring hiring managers to select worksite location and division for new hires and rehires in admin-initiated onboarding plans, helping apply the right tax form logic, state rules and plan content while preventing new hires from changing their worksite location.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
August Focus: UI/UX
Custom Section Naming: Align handbook content with your organization’s terminology by renaming the default General and State Addendum sections. This added flexibility helps organizations create a more customized handbook experience that reflects their unique structure and policies.
Handbook Upload Best Practices: Simplify handbook management with guided best practices and recommendations for uploading, updating and maintaining handbook content. These resources help support successful uploads, accurate content mapping and a smoother handbook administration experience.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
August Focus: Operational Efficiency, Compliance
Export Payables as Units to PrismHR: Streamline payable calculations by exporting mileage, piece rates and other payables as units instead of amounts, allowing rates to be calculated in either Management or PrismHR.
New York Spread of Hours Pay Support: Support New York compliance by automatically providing an additional hour of pay for eligible shifts exceeding 10 hours, with the option to assign a Time Code to the extra hour.
Pending Time Off Request Warning: Reduce the risk of missed PTO approvals with a warning for outstanding requests when closing a pay period and syncing hours between Workforce Management and PrismHR.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
