Assignar Pay Product Release – March 09, 2026
TL;DR
- Payroll Filter & Sort by Start/End Time – Review pay runs faster by sorting and filtering timesheets by when shifts actually started and ended
- Overtime Precedence Rules – Weekly and daily overtime now follows your configured precedence order for compliant, accurate pay every cycle
- Accurate Timesheet Allowances – Allowance calculations are now correct, preventing under- and overpayment on every pay run
- Manual Timesheet Coding – Quickly correct timesheet codes on the spot without re-submitting from the field
- Passwords Masked in PDFs – Sensitive credentials are now hidden everywhere, including exported documents, protecting your team's data
What's new
⏱️ Filter and Sort by Start/End Time in Payroll Runs
Payroll reviewers can now filter and sort timesheets by the exact time shifts started and ended—making it faster to spot anomalies, verify overtime, and approve runs without scrolling through unsorted lists.
What it does:
- Adds Start Time and End Time columns to payroll run views
- Enables filtering by time range to narrow down specific shifts
- Supports sorting ascending or descending by start or end time
- Makes it easier to identify early starts, late finishes, and overnight shifts
- Speeds up payroll review for large crews with many timesheet entries
- Helps catch data entry errors before approval
Where you'll find it: Navigate to Payroll → open a payroll run → use the column headers or filter controls to sort and filter by Start Time or End Time.
Who benefits: Payroll administrators reviewing large volumes of timesheets save significant time. Finance teams verify shift timing against site records faster. Supervisors spot discrepancies before approving runs.
📐 Overtime Follows Weekly/Daily Precedence Rules
Overtime is now calculated according to your configured weekly or daily precedence rules—meaning the system applies the correct overtime logic in the right order, every time, without manual overrides.
What it does:
- Applies weekly or daily overtime thresholds in the order you've configured
- Prevents incorrect overtime calculations when both daily and weekly rules are active
- Ensures award and EBA overtime requirements are met consistently
- Eliminates manual corrections caused by incorrect overtime ordering
- Supports complex multi-rule configurations used in construction EBAs
Where you'll find it: This improvement applies automatically during Payroll processing. Review your overtime rules under Payroll → Settings → Pay Rate Rules to confirm your precedence order is configured correctly.
Who benefits: Payroll administrators running complex EBA or award-based payroll gain confidence that overtime is always calculated in the right order. Workers are paid correctly for daily and weekly overtime without disputes. Compliance officers can verify consistent award application.
💰 Timesheet Allowances Calculated Accurately
Allowance calculations on timesheets are now precise, eliminating the risk of workers being underpaid or overpaid due to rounding or logic errors in allowance processing.
What it does:
- Fixes calculation logic for timesheet-based allowances
- Ensures allowance amounts match configured rates and triggers
- Prevents under- and overpayment for meal allowances, travel allowances, and site loadings
- Reduces payroll corrections and reprocessing
- Improves first-time accuracy across all allowance types
Where you'll find it: This fix applies automatically during Payroll processing. Review allowance line items in payroll runs to confirm amounts are now correct.
Who benefits: Payroll administrators see fewer exceptions and corrections on allowance-heavy pay runs. Workers receive correct allowance payments every cycle. Finance teams reduce the manual effort spent reconciling allowance discrepancies.
🔧 Manually Code Timesheets
When a quick correction is needed, payroll teams can now manually assign cost codes directly to timesheets—without requiring workers to resubmit from the field or waiting for the next submission cycle.
What it does:
- Allows payroll or ops staff to apply cost codes directly to submitted timesheets
- Corrects miscoded or uncoded entries before payroll processing
- Reduces delays caused by field workers resubmitting timesheets
- Maintains a clean audit trail for all manual code changes
- Supports project reallocation when work spans multiple cost centres
Where you'll find it: Navigate to Timesheets → open a timesheet entry → look for the Cost Code field or an Edit option to manually assign or update the code.
Who benefits: Payroll administrators resolve coding errors quickly without disrupting field crews. Project managers ensure hours are allocated to the correct job or cost centre. Finance teams get accurate job costing data without waiting for resubmissions.
🚫 Prevent Accidental Document Duplicates
Duplicate document uploads are now blocked at the point of submission, keeping your document library clean and your audit trail accurate.
What it does:
- Detects and prevents duplicate file uploads before they are saved
- Alerts users when a file with matching content already exists
- Keeps payroll and project document libraries free of duplicate clutter
- Reduces confusion during audits caused by multiple versions of the same file
- Streamlines document management across the platform
Where you'll find it: The duplicate prevention check runs automatically whenever you upload documents across Assignar Pay—payroll documents, SOR files, invoices, and more.
Who benefits: Payroll administrators maintain cleaner document libraries. Finance teams avoid audit confusion from duplicate records. Operations staff trust that document counts reflect actual unique files.
🔒 Passwords Masked in PDFs and Everywhere
Sensitive passwords are now masked throughout the application—including in exported PDF documents—ensuring password form values are never accidentally exposed in printed or shared files. Keep in mind, password question types are not intended to be used for sensitive details such as credit cards, user login information etc... Form password fields are typically used for collecting credentials to pass to other systems (e.g., WiFi passwords, access codes), not for authentication.
What it does:
- Masks password fields in all application views
- Ensures passwords do not appear in plain text in exported PDFs
- Protects sensitive credentials from being shared unintentionally
- Strengthens data privacy across all document exports
- Reduces risk of credential exposure during document reviews or audits
Where you'll find it: This security improvement is applied automatically across all views and exports. No setup required.
Who benefits: All users benefit from stronger data protection. Finance and HR teams can safely export and share documents without worrying about credential exposure. Security and compliance officers have an additional layer of assurance.
⚡ Performance Improvements: Accounts & Configuration Screens
The Accounts page and configuration screens now load faster and respond more smoothly—especially on large datasets typical of established construction businesses.
What it does:
- Reduces page load time for the Accounts section
- Improves responsiveness of configuration screens with large data volumes
- Delivers snappier data views for users managing multiple accounts or projects
- Reduces time spent waiting for pages to render during daily workflows
Where you'll find it: Performance improvements are applied automatically. Navigate to Accounts or any configuration screen to experience faster load times.
Who benefits: Account managers and admins managing multiple accounts or large datasets work without frustrating delays. All users benefit from a more responsive interface across configuration screens.
🌏 Stronger Internationalization Foundations
Under-the-hood improvements to internationalization (i18n) infrastructure ensure regional settings—including time zones, date formats, and locale-specific rules—are applied consistently across the platform.
What it does:
- Corrects the Canada region code so regional settings apply cleanly
- Improves consistency of time interval handling across time zones
- Strengthens the foundations for supporting multiple regions accurately
- Reduces localization bugs that affected date and time displays in some regions
Where you'll find it: These improvements apply automatically based on your account's regional configuration. Review your region settings under Settings → Organization if you've experienced regional display issues.
Who benefits: Teams operating across multiple regions or countries get more reliable regional settings. Canadian teams benefit from the corrected region code. All users experience more consistent date and time displays.
Why it matters for construction teams
For payroll administrators: This release addresses the most painful payroll workflows: allowance calculations are now precise, overtime follows your rules correctly, and timesheet coding can be fixed instantly without field resubmissions. The combination means fewer corrections, fewer disputes, and faster pay run approval—saving hours every cycle.
For site supervisors and foremen: Manual timesheet coding means a miscoded entry doesn't send the entire submission back to site. Supervisors can escalate to payroll for a quick fix and keep the run moving. The Start/End Time sorting also makes it easier to verify night shift and overtime hours at a glance.
For project managers: Accurate timesheet allowances and correct overtime calculations mean your payroll costs flow correctly into job costing reports. Cleaner cost data supports confident project margin analysis and better budget forecasting.
For finance and accounting teams: Password masking in PDFs eliminates a data privacy risk in shared documents. Duplicate document prevention keeps audit trails clean. Accurate allowances and overtime reduce the reconciliation burden at month-end. The Canada region code fix ensures regional compliance settings apply correctly for cross-border operations.
For IT and operations teams: Faster Accounts and configuration screens reduce friction for admins managing large datasets. Dependency upgrades and lockfile maintenance keep the platform secure and stable. Stronger i18n foundations support future regional expansion.
Real-world impact:
- Fewer errors: Accurate allowance and overtime calculations reduce payroll exceptions and reprocessing
- Time saved: Start/End Time sorting cuts payroll review time for large crews
- Cleaner audits: Duplicate document prevention and PDF password masking protect the integrity of your records
- Less rework: Manual timesheet coding eliminates round-trips between payroll and the field
Getting started
Payroll Filter & Sort by Start/End Time:
- Navigate to Payroll → open an active or historical payroll run
- Locate the Start Time or End Time column headers in the timesheet list
- Click a column header to sort ascending or descending
- Use any available filter controls to narrow down by time range
- Review and approve timesheets with the improved visibility
Permissions: Available to users with payroll processing or review access.
Overtime Precedence Rules:
No manual action required—overtime is now applied according to your existing configuration. To review or update your precedence rules:
- Navigate to Payroll → Settings → Pay Rate Rules (or equivalent)
- Confirm your weekly/daily overtime precedence order is set correctly
- Run a test payroll or review a recent run to verify the correct order is applied
Permissions: Requires payroll settings management permissions.
Timesheet Allowances:
No setup required. The fix is applied automatically during payroll processing. Run your next pay cycle as usual and verify that allowance line items reflect correct amounts.
Permissions: Available to users with payroll processing access.
Manual Timesheet Coding:
- Navigate to Timesheets → find the entry that needs a code correction
- Open the timesheet entry and locate the Cost Code field
- Select or type the correct cost code
- Save the change—the corrected code will apply in the next payroll run
Permissions: Requires timesheet editing or payroll management permissions.
Duplicate Document Prevention:
No setup required. The system automatically checks for duplicates when you upload files. If a duplicate is detected, you'll see a notification before the upload completes.
Permissions: Available to all users with document upload access.
Password Masking in PDFs:
No setup required. Passwords are now masked automatically across all views and exports. Simply export documents as usual and sensitive fields will be protected. Form password fields are typically used for collecting credentials to pass to other systems (e.g., WiFi passwords, access codes), not for authentication.
Permissions: Available to all users.
Performance Improvements:
No setup required. Navigate to Accounts or any configuration screen to experience improved load times automatically.
Permissions: Available to all users.
Release details
Rollout: All features and fixes in this release are available to all Assignar Pay accounts immediately. Performance improvements, bug fixes, and security updates are applied automatically—no configuration required. Features such as Manual Timesheet Coding and payroll sorting require navigating to the relevant screens to use.
Changelog
Added:
- Filter and sort by Start/End Time columns in payroll run timesheet views
- Manual cost code assignment for submitted timesheets
- Duplicate document upload prevention with user notification
Improved:
- Overtime calculation to follow configured weekly/daily precedence rules for compliant pay
- Timesheet allowance calculations to prevent under- and overpayment
- Accounts page loading speed and data view responsiveness
- Configuration screen performance on large datasets
- Clearer error pages and fallback screens across the application
- Internationalization foundations for stronger regional accuracy
- Dependency upgrades and workspace lockfiles for security and stability
Fixed:
- Second overtime pay item splitting incorrectly in payroll runs
- Duplicate file uploads creating redundant records
- Canada region code incorrectly configured, causing regional settings to not apply cleanly
- Time interval handling inconsistencies across time zones
- Billable units status information unclear, causing billing confusion
- Passwords appearing in plain text in exported PDF documents