All releases / V26.01
V26.01 January 2026

A Trainer role, and access you can hand to a colleague

Trainers can run their own training events, managers can make training mandatory for their own team, and any employee can delegate their access while they are away.

Filter by module

New

9 Learn · Platform
Learn Trainer role 3
  • New rolethe Trainer role can now be assigned in Popay HR, so trainers manage and deliver their own training events.
  • What a trainer can docreate and manage training events, add participants, add documents and publish them in the training catalogue, share materials through Popay Learn when the Documents module is active (participants find them in their own Documents module), manage participant status and attendance, and update descriptions in the catalogue.
  • Activation is per organisation. Contact your Popay consultant to align.
Learn 1
  • Copy a templatecreate a new training template from an existing one.
Learn Manager-led mandatory training

HR sets company-wide compliance goals. This extension lets a manager assign mandatory training directly to their own team members, with the same due dates and renewal cycles HR uses.

Where it helps: a performance review that points to a technical skill gap, department essentials for a new hire on top of general onboarding, a safety training for the only team using new machinery, or leadership modules for someone being prepared for a next step.

Available as an addition to your Popay Learn licence. Contact your Popay consultant to define the manager-led training roles.

Platform Flexible access delegation 5

Employees can temporarily transfer their access rights to a trusted colleague, for planned leave, unforeseen illness or a busy period.

  • Management continuitya manager delegates approval authority, so leave and training requests keep moving during a holiday.
  • Expenses and documentsan accountant delegates the Documents module and a colleague keeps up with uploaded expenses.
  • Payroll covera payroll administrator shares access with a back-up during a peak period.
  • Timesheet validationa team lead delegates timesheet or attendance validation so payroll data is ready on time.
  • Performance reviewsa supervisor delegates performance forms during a review cycle.

Employees set their own dates in advance and access is revoked automatically on the end date, with no manual step. For an unforeseen long absence, HR administrators can create, change or end a delegation on behalf of any employee.

Setup is included in your existing Popay HR licence. Your consultant helps define which roles are eligible for delegation.

Improved

11 Learn · Platform
Learn Training requests 5
  • Back to your task listafter processing a catalogue request, approvers (manager, N+2 or administrator) return to the Task page, so they can carry on with the next task.
  • Auto-save on Backdata entered by managers, N+2s and HR administrators is saved when the Back button is used, so you can go and check external data without losing your work.
  • More context on the requestemployee number and department now appear on the request page, for the employee and for the approver.
  • Validationsystem behaviour and validation logic improved when adding a request to an existing training event.
  • Full progress visibilityeveryone linked to a request can follow every workflow step, through the Task History report (administrators and managers) or the Task report in the administrator reports, even when they are not the current actionee.
Learn Training events and templates 2
  • Default hours are available on every training template, not only online templates.
  • Population selection shows a clear error when a population has already been added, instead of silently dropping it.
Learn Reports 2
  • Task and Task Historypagination added, so there is no long list to scroll, and search filters are kept across sessions.
  • Training participantssearch on training event name improved, and training duration shows a leading zero below one (0.5 instead of .5).
Platform 2
  • Translation updates across the application.
  • Sorted employee listsemployee names in pop-up search fields are listed alphabetically.

Fixed

3 Learn
Learn 3
  • A rejected request leaves the task lista catalogue request rejected by a manager clears from that manager's active task list.
  • eLearnings launch from a reportthe Action button on a report opens the eLearning every time.
  • Accept and Reject in emailboth actions in the training invitation and rescheduling emails work across mail clients.

Every release, in your inbox

Popay HR customers get the monthly release note by email. Not yet a client? Talk to a Popay specialist to find out more about Popay HR.

Talk to a specialist