Employee Register Report

BrightPay Cloud now includes an Employee Register report, available under Employees > More > Employee Register. The report lists each employee's name, PPSN, address, and start and end dates of employment, alongside your employer name and tax registration number — providing the formal record that Irish employers are required to maintain under Revenue rules.

BrightPay Cloud — Ireland

Open Payslips in Analysis Reports

You can now run analysis reports against the next open pay period, in addition to your existing reporting options. This gives you a forward-looking view of payroll data before the period is finalised, alongside the reports you already run today.

BrightPay Cloud — Ireland

More Payslip Availability Date Options

You now have more options for controlling when payslips become available to employees. In addition to existing options, you can now select a specific weekday or a specific day of the month as the availability date — giving you greater control over when employees can view their payslips in the Employee Portal.

BrightPay Cloud — Ireland

Batch Zeroise — Item-Level Customisation

When using Batch Zeroise, you can now choose exactly which rates, additions, and deductions to zeroise, rather than applying zeroise to whole categories. This gives you more precise control when making bulk adjustments across employees.

BrightPay Cloud — Ireland

Client Reference on Employer Record

A Client Reference field is now available on the employer record and appears as a selectable column on the bureau statistics report. This makes it easier to match employers to your own internal reference system.

BrightPay Cloud — Ireland

Delay a New Starter's First Payslip

When adding a new starter, you can now set a First Pay Period that is different from their start date. This lets you push their first payslip to the next pay period where needed, giving you flexibility in how new starters are brought into the payroll run.

BrightPay Cloud — Ireland

Instructions Sent for Employee and Client Portal — Last Emailed Dates Showing

The Employee Portal and Client Portal pages now show the date on which the portal guide was last sent to each employee or client, so you can see at a glance who has been contacted and when.

BrightPay Cloud — Ireland

A4 and Thesaurus Payslip Templates

Two additional payslip templates — A4 and Thesaurus — are now available in BrightPay Cloud for Ireland. Both templates appear in the template selection dropdown and can be used for payslip printing and distribution.

BrightPay Cloud — Ireland

Period Differences Report

The Period Differences Report is now available in BrightPay Cloud for Ireland. This report lets you compare payroll figures side by side across two pay periods, making it easy to identify and review changes in pay — such as differences in gross pay, deductions, or net pay — from one period to the next.

BrightPay Cloud — Ireland

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Year-to-Date Figures Now Carry Over Correctly When Changing Payroll Schedule

When moving employees from one payroll schedule to another (for example, from 4-weekly to monthly), year-to-date figures now carry over correctly for all employees. Pension enrolment status and enrolment dates also transfer accurately during a schedule change.

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Employer Import from Previous Tax Year Now Works Correctly

Importing employers from the 2025 tax year into the 2026 tax year now completes successfully. Employers and their data import as expected.

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Clearer Messaging When a PSR Submission Cannot Complete

When a PSR submission to Revenue cannot be completed, BrightPay Cloud now provides a more informative message to help you understand what action to take next, rather than displaying a generic error.

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Payslip and Document Generation Improvements

Payslip and document PDF generation in BrightPay Cloud for Ireland has been updated to use a more reliable, queued approach. This improves consistency and performance, particularly during busy payroll periods.

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Spinner Display Now Consistent Throughout BrightPay Cloud

Loading indicators now display consistently across all areas of BrightPay Cloud for Ireland, including screens that use shared components. The About screen also shows the current version reference.

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Security, Stability, and Reliability Improvements

A number of improvements have been made to the security, stability, and reliability of BrightPay Cloud for Ireland. These include stricter checks to ensure background payroll job information is only accessible within the correct account context, a fix to prevent an error that could occur in the Self-Service portal when loading employee department information, and a range of additional reliability improvements across the application.