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The May 2026 Release is scheduled to be deployed on 5/28 and 5/29. 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 new functionality and enhancements in the February 2026 , March 2026 and April 2026 releases.
Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Imputed Income Automation: Automate imputed income calculations when employers cover all or part of an employee’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) contribution beyond required amounts, helping ensure year-to-date (YTD) imputed income stays current through ongoing automated recalculations as payrolls are processed.
Adjustments for Active Employees Terminating Coverage: Eliminate single-cycle benefit adjustments when active employees terminate benefits within the current month, allowing deductions to continue on their regular schedule and reducing the need for manual intervention.
Spouse Life Insurance Age Reduction: Reduce manual audits and enrollment updates by defining spouse age-based reduction schedules for life insurance coverage.
Open Enrollment Notifications: Reduce unnecessary open enrollment notifications by supporting same-day Open Enrollment launches and preventing time-based reminders from sending to employees who have already submitted their workflow, while preserving the option to notify all employees.
Third Party Sick Pay Adjustment Import: Simplify third-party sick pay adjustments by importing vendor data instead of manually entering updates.
User Defined Fields Import: Accelerate updates by importing user-defined field data used for custom tracking.
Industry-Specific HR Compliance Content: Deliver industry-specific compliance guidance with targeted resources, legal FAQs and state-by-state law comparisons surfaced based on company profile—helping customers reduce time spent filtering generic content and act on requirements with greater confidence. Initial coverage includes Construction and Health Care, with more industries to be added in future releases.
Customized Email Settings: Strengthen branded scheduling communications by allowing users to tailor recipient messaging and use their own domain for the no-reply sender address.
Offered Benefit Plans (OBP) Mass Import: Improve renewal accuracy and reduce manual effort by mass importing new and existing OBPs into selected benefit batches, with optional contribution data, nightly scheduled imports and security-controlled access.
User Personalization: Streamline user management and improve consistency across ClientSpace with centralized personalization settings, flexible username display options and optional profile photos.
AI Comment Refinement: Help managers and contributors create clearer, more constructive and bias-aware performance feedback with a single click, while preserving each user’s authentic voice and allowing them to accept, edit or discard suggestions at any time.
Step-up Authentication for Direct Deposit: Help protect sensitive banking information and reduce unauthorized account changes by adding an optional step-up authentication requirement through PrismONE ID before employees can access the Direct Deposit page, with configurable enablement through Direct Deposit Menu settings in the Configuration Template.
Portal Access and SMB Controls for Communication Hub: Empower SMBs to take control of client communications with direct access to Communication Hub from the Portal. SMB Access Managers and Trusted Advisors can now send and manage messages in one centralized experience, while Service Providers can assign communication limits by clients. SMBs also gain a dedicated usage dashboard to easily track email and text activity and stay ahead of monthly thresholds.
May Focus: Operational Efficiency, Compliance
Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Imputed Income Automation: Automate imputed income calculations when employers cover all or part of an employee’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) contribution beyond required amounts, helping ensure year-to-date (YTD) imputed income stays current through ongoing automated recalculations as payrolls are processed.
PrismHR Tax Client Setup Employer and Client Filtering: Accelerate PrismHR Tax client setup and reduce last-minute payroll preparation issues by enabling new client accounts to be configured in advance with employer and client filtering options before payroll is processed.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
May Focus: Employee Experience
Customized Email Settings: Strengthen branded scheduling communications by allowing users to tailor recipient messaging and use their own domain for the no-reply sender address.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
May Focus: Operational Efficiency, Data Access
Third Party Sick Pay Adjustment Import: Simplify third-party sick pay adjustments by importing vendor data instead of manually entering updates.
User Defined Fields Import: Accelerate updates by importing user-defined field data used for custom tracking.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
May Focus: Security
Step-up Authentication for Direct Deposit: Help protect sensitive banking information and reduce unauthorized account changes by adding an optional step-up authentication requirement through PrismONE ID before employees can access the Direct Deposit page, with configurable enablement through Direct Deposit Menu settings in the Configuration Template.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
May Focus: Operational Efficiency, Employee Experience
Employee Benefit Overview: Improve benefits visibility and navigation by displaying plan type codes with hover text descriptions and highlighting the row in focus with a green border for a clearer visual experience.
Slavic 401(k) Import: Improve 401(k) election imports by supporting post-tax, standard pre-tax and Roth deferrals when the related Employee Catch-up Deduction Code is prohibited, while preventing pre-tax catch-up amounts from being recorded.
Adjustments for Active Employees Terminating Coverage: Eliminate single-cycle benefit adjustments when active employees terminate benefits within the current month, allowing deductions to continue on their regular schedule and reducing the need for manual intervention.
Spouse Life Insurance Age Reduction: Reduce manual audits and enrollment updates by defining spouse age-based reduction schedules for life insurance coverage.
Open Enrollment Notifications: Reduce unnecessary open enrollment notifications by supporting same-day Open Enrollment launches and preventing time-based reminders from sending to employees who have already submitted their workflow, while preserving the option to notify all employees.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
May Focus: Operational Efficiency, UI/UX
Portal Access and SMB Controls for Communication Hub: Empower SMBs to take control of client communications with direct access to Communication Hub from the Portal. SMB Access Managers and Trusted Advisors can now send and manage messages in one centralized experience, while Service Providers can assign communication limits by clients. SMBs also gain a dedicated usage dashboard to easily track email and text activity and stay ahead of monthly thresholds.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
May Focus: Self-Service Functionality, Employee Experience
Offered Benefit Plans (OBP) Mass Import: Improve renewal accuracy and reduce manual effort by mass importing new and existing OBPs into selected benefit batches, with optional contribution data, nightly scheduled imports and security-controlled access.
User Personalization: Streamline user management and improve consistency across ClientSpace with centralized personalization settings, flexible username display options and optional profile photos.
Mass Download Attachments: Save time managing multiple files with bulk download and management options directly in the Action Center and Uploaded Files dashboard.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
May Focus: Employee Experience, Data Access
General Feedback Report: Improve organizational insight and support employee development by introducing the General Feedback Report, enabling users to generate a consolidated view of written performance review feedback organized by employee, section and items to more easily identify themes, concerns and growth opportunities.
AI Comment Refinement: Help managers and contributors create clearer, more constructive and bias-aware performance feedback with a single click, while preserving each user’s authentic voice and allowing them to accept, edit or discard suggestions at any time.
Redesign Performance Administration Experience: Help HR teams manage performance reviews more efficiently with a streamlined Performance admin grid page featuring direct navigation access, quick-filter pills, customizable and persistent column preferences and improved server-side performance for faster handling of large datasets.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
May Focus: Operational Efficiency, Employee Experience
PTO Calendar for Employees View from My Portal: Simplify time-off planning with 7-day, 14-day and monthly calendar views in My Portal, while allowing employees to request Paid Time Off (PTO) directly from the calendar.
Enhanced Filters for Syncing Hours to PrismHR: Refine syncing hours by adding enhanced filters that let users select employee groups, filter by status and narrow which employees’ hours are sent to PrismHR.
PTO Hours Preview When Syncing: Provide visibility into time-off data by adding a preview tab for Paid Time Off (PTO) balances before syncing, allowing users to review balances before they are sent instead of processing them behind the scenes with hours.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
May Focus: Operational Efficiency, Self-Service Functionality, UI/UX
Industry-Specific HR Compliance Content: Deliver industry-specific compliance guidance with targeted resources, legal FAQs and state-by-state law comparisons surfaced based on company profile—helping customers reduce time spent filtering generic content and act on requirements with greater confidence. Initial coverage includes Construction and Health Care, with more industries to be added in future releases.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
May Focus: Operational Efficiency, Performance and Stability, Integrations, Data Access
Miscellaneous Invoice Submission via API: Streamline financial administration and improve operational efficiency by allowing miscellaneous invoices to be submitted directly through the API.
Employer Detail Management via API: Improve data accuracy and reduce manual administration by enabling updates to employer detail fields through the API.
Update Electronic Onboarding and Benefits Settings: Simplify client administration and improve setup flexibility by enabling API-based updates to electronic onboarding and benefits enrollment settings within Client Details.
For more information about these enhancements, check out the release notes.
