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V26.03 March 2026

Two scoped administrator roles, and payslips that publish in one click

An Event administrator sees only their own training events, a Client security officer manages your users, and third-party payslips upload without a manual validation step.

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Platform Security and access 2
  • Event administratorlimits an administrator to the training templates and events they are registered on as owner. They see no other training data. The role includes a dedicated set of reports, which can be extended if needed. Contact your Popay consultant to discuss.
  • Client security officerthe people responsible for user management in your company can manage users and roles themselves. Segregation of duties is built in: a Client security officer cannot manage their own role, or the role of another Client security officer. Contact Popay to request access.
Learn 3
  • Default view per companypick the landing view for the catalogue, tile view with images or list view without. It is applied every time a user connects; within a session the last selected view is kept. Default is tile view. Your Popay consultant can change it for your organisation.
  • Working hours per training now appear in the employee training list, giving employees a clear view of training hours attended during working time.
  • My team developmenta new filter shows trainings completed within a chosen period.
Learn Free text emails to training participants

Until now, email to participants was limited to predefined system messages. You can now compose and send your own, whenever you need to.

Define your own templates, with optional HTML for branded styling:

  1. Go to Training configuration and open the Mail section.
  2. Create a mail template with a code starting with FREE_TEXT, for example FREE_TEXT_REMINDER.
  3. The template is then offered as a free text mail option when you communicate with participants.

Use it for a tailored training mail from training event > participant > send email, a pre-training reminder with location or preparation instructions, a follow-up asking for feedback, or branded communication that matches your visual identity.

Popay Docs 1
  • Payslip upload without manual validationfor clients on a third-party payroll provider, payslips are uploaded automatically and are ready to publish. Administrators publish them in one click. Ask us about automating your payslip distribution.
Core HR 1
  • Personal email address for ex-employeeswhen enabled, the automated leaver process grants a departing employee their own access, so they can consult documents shared with ex-employees, such as the ones you are legally required to keep available. Employees without a personal email address on file automatically receive a task asking for it.

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7 Platform · Learn
Platform Delegation 1
  • Notification in copywhen a manager or N+2 has delegated their access and a request is assigned to them, the person holding the delegated role receives the action email in copy. Delegees now know they can act on a request even when they are not the direct N+1 or N+2 in the workflow.
Learn Self-service and reporting 2
  • Training hours counterhelp text explains how the hours in the yearly counter are calculated.
  • Filters in the training report make it easier to see this year's trainings.
Learn 4
  • Training provider filterfiltering on training providers in the trainer overview is clearer and faster.
  • Cost defaults to zerothe cost field in training workflows defaults to 0 when left empty, which keeps a save from failing.
  • ICS follows your defaultthe ICS calendar invite on a training request follows your company default automatically, so employees get an invite consistent with your settings.
  • Department filter for managersdepartment added to manager report filters, for managers responsible for more than one department.

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4 Learn
Learn 4
  • Rich text wraps in the cataloguerich text added by administrators wraps inside the card.
  • Counters follow the session datescounters use the training session dates instead of the training event date, so a training that starts in 2025 and ends in 2026 lands in the right yearly total.
  • Social balance documentthe social balance document generates as expected.
  • Longer cost descriptionsthe cost description field accepts longer entries.

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