February 2026 Releases
Here's what we've been working on lately
Job Posting Integration with Naukri Gulf
Recruiters can now publish job postings on Naukri Gulf directly from greytHR Recruit. Once the integration is enabled with a valid Company ID, recruiters can create, update, or unpublish job postings on Naukri Gulf without logging into the job board separately. This integration supports Middle East hiring requirements by aligning with Naukri Gulf’s job, location mappings, and regional currency formats, making the recruitment workflow more seamless and efficient.
Why is it Important?
Simplified Gulf Hiring: Recruiters can manage job postings for the Middle East directly within greytHR Recruit without switching platforms.
Reduced Manual Effort: Eliminates the need to manually post or update jobs on Naukri Gulf, saving time and reducing operational effort.
Improved Accuracy: Ensures job postings follow Naukri Gulf’s location and classification standards, reducing posting errors.
Key Highlights:
Jobs can be published to Naukri Gulf directly while creating or editing a job in greytHR Recruit.
Recruiters can update or unpublish Naukri Gulf postings from greytHR Recruit.
Admins can enable the integration under Recruitment > Settings > Integrations using a valid Naukri Gulf Company ID.
Recruiters can filter jobs and candidates sourced from Naukri Gulf and track performance through Recruitment Reports.
Translation on mobile app - Gujarati
The greytHR mobile app will support Gujarati. Users can seamlessly switch their app language from English to Gujarati , allowing the content to be displayed in their preferred language.
Arrears enhancements for SEA users
We’ve enhanced the Arrears calculation engine to provide greater flexibility and accuracy for users subscribed to Inmemory Payroll processor i.e., SEA customers. Users can now compute accurate arrears using multiple configurations , ensuring better alignment with org’s payroll policies and timelines:
Flat Days - Standardized calculation using fixed day logic
Category Cut-Off Dates - Arrears based on predefined category-level cut-off dates
Category-Wise Cut-Off (Excluding Week Offs) - More precise calculations by excluding weekly offs
Payroll Cut-Off Days (Excluding Week Offs) - Alignment with payroll timelines while factoring only eligible working days
These enhancements improve proration accuracy, reduce manual recalculations, and support complex payroll scenarios with ease.
Other Features
New Email Notifications for Key Review & Goal Events
Employees will now receive email notifications for the following scenarios: when a self-review is completed, when an assessor completes their review, and when new goals are created and awaiting manager approval — ensuring better visibility into review progress and pending actions.
Send Back Assessments in Performance Reviews
Today, assessors cannot send back incomplete or incorrect assessments to lower levels without requesting admins to reopen the review cycle, causing delays and inefficiencies.
A controlled “Send Back” action allows assessors to return assessments to the appropriate previous level for correction within the same cycle. As a result, review turnaround time is reduced, data accuracy improves, and dependency on admins is significantly lowered while maintaining process control.
Add Asset Description and Asset Serial Number fields in ESS
This feature enhances the ESS portal (View My Info > Assets) by adding two new read-only fields: Asset Description and Asset Serial Number.
The information will be fetched from the Asset Master and mapped accurately to employees using employee ID. Any updates in the master data must reflect automatically in ESS. Only assets assigned to the logged-in employee will be visible. Long descriptions should be truncated with a tooltip for full visibility on hover.
Make Statutory Fields (PF, ESI, LWF) Configurably Mandatory While Adding Employees
This feature allows HR admins to configure PF, ESI, and LWF as mandatory fields within the existing Mandatory Fields Configuration. If a statutory benefit is marked mandatory and selected during onboarding, all related fields (e.g., ESI Number) must be completed before proceeding.
The system will enforce inline validations and prevent submission if required details are missing, including during bulk imports. Mandatory fields should be clearly indicated in the UI with an asterisk (*) while retaining all existing validation rules.
Display Rejection Reason for Rejected Letters
Earlier, HR Admins could not view the rejection reason entered by the approver, causing confusion and delays in resubmission.
Now, they can directly see the exact rejection reason in both the listing and detailed views. This provides clear context for corrective action. The feature improves transparency and reduces unnecessary back-and-forth in the approval process.
Increase Limit of Previous Employment and Family Details from 5 to 20 Entries
Earlier, users could add only 5 previous employment and family records, leading to incomplete information and manual workarounds.
Now, they can add up to 20 entries in each section. This ensures complete onboarding data and accurate reporting across the system. The enhancement removes data limitations without changing existing validations or structures.
Default Employee Filter for Event Notifications
Earlier, the default employee filter in Event Notifications was set to “All Employees,” which could unintentionally include inactive or alumni employees.
Now, the default is set to “All Current Employees” for all non-Alumni Portal scenarios, and “All Employees” only when the Alumni Portal is enabled.
This ensures notifications are sent to the correct audience by default and reduces manual filter corrections.
Enable API Support for Syncing Passport and Visa Details from Third-Party Applications
Earlier, passport and visa details could not be synced via API, resulting in manual updates and risk of incorrect CPF calculations.
Now, third-party systems can automatically create, update, and delete immigration records in greytHR via API. This ensures accurate statutory computations and up-to-date employee data. The enhancement improves compliance, automation, and data consistency.
Shift & Configurable Category Filters for OT
OT application and approval screens lacked Shift and configurable Category filters, slowing the search for OT records and complicating audits.
Now, a Shift filter is available on Apply OT and Auto OT/Comp-Off screens for both Manager and Admin.
A configurable multi-select Category filter (checkbox list) is enabled per screen via Category Group setup (up to five categories); selections are saved and auto-applied on page load.
This results in faster processing, reduced manual effort and errors, and improved compliance and audit readiness with filters tailored to each client’s operations.
Auto End-Date for Maternity Leave (182 Days) + Year-Split Support
Manual calculation of maternity leave end dates (182 days) caused errors, especially across leave years and when some maternity leave was already taken.
Selecting Maternity Leave + Start Date now auto-fills To = Start + 182 calendar days (leap-year accurate). The To date remains editable and recalculates if the start date changes.
If leave spans leave years, the system auto-splits when allowed or guides or blocks based on year-end and cross-year policy rules.
For partial or rejected cases, it permits only the remaining balance and prevents overlaps with existing maternity leave.
Auto-Convert Weekly Off to Absent Based on Consecutive Absences
Weekly off/rest days remain unchanged even when an employee is absent for most or all working days, resulting in "earned" offs despite prolonged absence and policy gaps.
Admins can enable "Convert Weekly Off to Absent" and set X consecutive absences plus applicable day type (rest day/off day) to automatically convert the upcoming weekly off to Absent during processing or recalculation, even across cycles.
Converted days appear as Absent across all affected pages and reports with an info tooltip explaining the conversion; this is a status-only change and can be overridden by approved permission or regularization.
Duplicate Candidate Management
Recruiters can now re-upload resumes without creating duplicate candidate profiles in greytHR Recruit. If the system detects an existing candidate (based on email ID or phone number), it automatically updates the same profile with the latest resume and links the candidate to the relevant job opening.
Why is it Important?
Cleaner Database: Prevents duplicate candidate records and keeps data structured.
Accurate Job Mapping: Ensures candidates are correctly associated with multiple job openings.
Centralized Profile: Maintains a single, updated candidate profile with the most recent resume.
Key Highlights:
System identifies existing candidates using email ID or phone number.
Re-uploaded resumes update the existing candidate profile.
No duplicate profiles are created.
Candidates are automatically associated with new jobs if uploaded again.
Calendar Sync for "No Video" Interviews
No Video Interviews now automatically block interviewer calendars in greytHR Recruit. This ensures that phone or offline interviews are treated with the same scheduling priority as video interviews. The system also prompts recruiters to enable calendar sync if it is not connected.
Why is it Important?
Improved Scheduling Accuracy: Prevents accidental double-bookings for non-video interviews.
Reduced Manual Effort: Automatically blocks interviewer calendars without extra steps.
Key Highlights:
Automatic calendar blocking for No Video Interviews.
Real-time prompt if calendar sync is not enabled.
Prevents scheduling conflicts and missed sessions.
Ensures interviewer availability is accurately reflected in the system.
Coming Soon
Enhanced Rating Scale Policy in Performance Reviews Configuration
More flexibility in performance reviews. Assessors will be able to rate goals with scores, admins can set custom score ranges with their own rating descriptions, and choose from new 4-point and 7-point rating scales to better align reviews with your evaluation approach.
Flexible Worked-on-Off/Holiday Status Logic & Custom Labels
Admins can now support client-specific final attendance logic for scenarios where employees work on Rest Days, Off Days, or Holidays through backend-configured status mapping.
Additionally, Admins can define custom 3-character display labels (via Application Messages) to visually highlight such cases across screens and reports—without impacting attendance logic or payroll.
Single Request Per Day: Restrict OT vs Comp Off Grant
Admins can enable a global rule to prevent employees from applying for both OT and Comp Off grant on the same attendance date, enforcing one request type per day with a clear validation message across web and mobile.
OT and Comp Off minimum-hour eligibility remains independently configured, and the new rule is backward-compatible (off by default) while mutually exclusive with “Consider Attendance excess hrs from OT Policy.”
Admin Bulk Actions for Attendance, Permission & OT Requests
Admins/Named Approvers can review pending Attendance Regularization, Permission, and OT requests in one place, filter by Submitted On and Category, multi-select rows, and Approve/Reject/Forward in bulk with selection-aware CTAs.
Design Spotlight
Introducing the NAVOS page
NAVOS is greytHR’s AI-powered agent that helps users search across greytHR and complete everyday HR tasks faster - right inside the product.
Introducing Auto Reminders in Recruit
Auto Reminders automatically nudge candidates, interviewers, hiring managers, and recruiters when time sensitive actions are pending, reducing manual follow ups and keeping hiring on track.
Engineering Team Updates
What's New:
GKE and EKS Version Upgrade
We have upgraded our Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and EKS cluster from version 1.32 to 1.34. (Stark, Spectra and Akula)
This upgrade ensures we stay aligned with the latest Kubernetes features, performance improvements, and security patches provided by GCP, helping maintain cluster stability, supportability, and long-term reliability.
Disaster Recovery (DR) Setup for Middle East Region
We have successfully established a Disaster Recovery (DR) setup for the Middle East region to ensure business continuity and high availability. In the event of any data center outage, our systems can quickly fail over to an alternate region with minimal downtime and no customer data loss. This strengthens our resilience, enhances reliability, and ensures uninterrupted service for our customers across the region.
Upcoming Features:
Kafka Migration to Managed Service
We will be migrating our on-prem Kafka service to a managed Kafka solution. This shift will reduce operational overhead, improve scalability, and ensure higher availability.
GKE and EKS Version Upgrade
We will also be upgrading our GKE (Scorpion) and EKS (Trogon) cluster from version 1.32 to 1.34.
This upgrade ensures we stay aligned with the latest Kubernetes features, performance improvements, and security patches provided by GCP, helping maintain cluster stability, supportability, and long-term reliability.
Product Content Updates
Collaterals published in the month of February:
New Knowledge Base Articles
New Videos
Revamped walkthroughs for:
View and Verify Employee Identity (ID) Documents (PAN, License, Passport)
View and Edit Employee Basic Information (Mobile No., Email, Address)
Upload Employee Data in Bulk (Identity, Access Card, Basic Information)
View and Edit Employees Attendance Details (Attendance Muster)
