Assignar Pay Product Release – June 21, 2026

TL;DR

• Payroll rules that match the site: Allowances on leave, flexible loadings, paid break rate types, and negative allowances for corrections — fewer manual adjustments before export.
• Smarter RDO and timesheets: Include or exclude leave in RDO calculations, auto-create leave timesheets by employment type, and safer defaults so zero-hour timesheets never pay 24 hours.
• Crystal-clear tax on POs and supplier invoices: Tax visible on purchase orders, inherited automatically on supplier invoices, with atomic updates and detailed breakdowns before approval.
• Sharper job costing and SoR billing: Reports now carry cost codes and descriptions; Schedule of Rates covers equipment and materials; allowance change history is fully auditable.
• Less friction in the field and back office: Cancel long-running jobs from Notifications, cleaner invite flows, and forms that only require fields when they matter.

Context

This release reflects work from June 14–21, 2026 — 48 pull requests merged across the week. The focus was payroll flexibility and RDO accuracy, tax clarity on purchase orders and supplier invoices, stronger reporting and cost control, and ops and portal improvements that keep site and office teams moving without rework.

Themes from the week

• Payroll flexibility: Allowances can be marked payable on leave; choose how loadings apply to shifts; paid break rate types for fair, consistent pay; support for negative allowances when corrections are needed.
• Smarter RDO and timesheets: Include or exclude leave in RDO calculations; auto-create leave timesheets by employment type; more accurate accruals and deductions; safer defaults so 0-hour timesheets never pay 24h.
• Crystal-clear tax on POs and invoices: Show tax on purchase orders; supplier invoices inherit PO tax automatically; atomic tax updates prevent partial saves; detailed tax breakdowns before approval.
• Reporting and cost control: Reports now include cost codes and descriptions; Schedule of Rates covers equipment and materials; default direct cost rate exposed via API for integrations; stronger audits with complete allowance change history.
• Ops control and UX: Cancel long-running background jobs from Notifications; tidy notifications panel that stays out of your way; forms only require fields when relevant.
• Portals and activity: Cleaner customer and supplier invite flows; purchase order timeline now shows key status changes;

These weekly summaries are indexed for the Assignar Pay Support Agent so guidance stays aligned with what actually shipped.

What's new

Payroll flexibility: allowances, loadings, and paid breaks

Configure pay rules the way your EBA and site agreements actually work — without chasing one-off adjustments every pay run.

What it does:

• Allowances payable on leave — mark allowances to pay out when workers are on approved leave
• Choose how loadings apply to shifts — control whether loadings stack on the full shift or only qualifying hours
• Paid break rate types — fair, consistent pay when breaks are paid under your award or agreement
• Negative allowances — post corrections when prior periods need to be reversed without manual workarounds

Where you'll find it: Payroll rules, Allowances, and Timesheet Summary where allowances and loadings calculate.

Who benefits: Payroll admins closing weekly pay runs, union stewards validating EBA compliance, and finance teams reducing adjustment journals before export.

Smarter RDO calculations and leave timesheets

Rostered days off and leave accruals stay accurate — with safer defaults that stop costly overpayments.

What it does:

• Include or exclude leave in RDO calculations — match how your agreement treats leave against RDO accrual
• Auto-create leave timesheets by employment type — less manual entry when crews take approved leave
• More accurate accruals and deductions — RDO balances reflect what actually happened on site and in the office
• Safer defaults for zero-hour timesheets — a blank or 0-hour timesheet never pays 24 hours by mistake

Where you'll find it: RDO settings, Timesheets, and Leave workflows tied to employment type.

Who benefits: Payroll admins managing RDO banks, foremen approving leave on site, and project admins reconciling crew availability against the roster.

Crystal-clear tax on purchase orders and supplier invoices

See tax before you approve — and know supplier invoices match the PO you raised.

What it does:

• Tax shown on purchase orders — line-level and total tax visible when raising and reviewing POs
• Supplier invoices inherit PO tax automatically — no re-keying tax when the bill arrives
• Atomic tax updates — tax saves completely or not at all, preventing partial updates that leave POs in an inconsistent state
• Detailed tax breakdowns before approval — review every component before sign-off

Where you'll find it: Purchase orders, Supplier invoices, and approval flows where tax is calculated.

Who benefits: AP clerks matching vendor bills to committed spend, procurement teams raising POs on site packages, and finance leads defending tax treatment during audits.

Reporting, Schedule of Rates, and allowance audit history

Job costing reports and SoR billing now carry the detail integrations and auditors expect.

What it does:

• Cost codes and descriptions in reports — PMs and cost controllers see what each line represents without opening source records
• Schedule of Rates covers equipment and materials — bill plant, gear, and materials through the same SoR workflows as labour
• Default direct cost rate exposed via API — integrations pull the rate your account uses without custom mapping
• Complete allowance change history — every allowance edit is traceable for disputes and compliance reviews

Where you'll find it: Reporting, Schedule of Rates, Allowances audit history, and integration endpoints for direct cost rates.

Who benefits: Project managers tracking burn by code, SOR administrators maintaining rate schedules, and integration owners syncing cost data to external systems.

Ops control, notifications, and smarter forms

Stay in control of long-running work and cut noise from the tools you use every day.

What it does:

• Cancel long-running background jobs from Notifications — stop a stuck import or export without waiting for a timeout
• Tidy notifications panel — stays out of your way while keeping critical alerts visible
• Forms only require fields when relevant — conditional logic hides fields that do not apply, so crews finish faster on site

Where you'll find it: Notifications panel, Forms builder and submission flows.

Who benefits: Operations leads managing bulk imports, HSE teams running site forms, and admins who need to recover from a runaway background job quickly.

Portals, purchase order activity, and invite flows

Customers and suppliers get a cleaner onboarding experience; PO status is visible at a glance.

What it does:

• Cleaner customer and supplier invite flows — fewer steps to get external users into the right portal
• Purchase order timeline shows key status changes — see when a PO moved from draft to approved without digging through email
• Reliable E2E verification links — invite and verification links work consistently for portal access

Where you'll find it: Customer portal and Supplier portal invite flows; Purchase orders activity timeline.

Who benefits: AR teams onboarding client approvers, procurement inviting vendor contacts, and project admins tracking PO progress through commercial review.

Why it matters for construction teams

• Pay runs without the spreadsheet sidecar: Allowances on leave, flexible loadings, and paid break types mean payroll admins spend less time fixing exceptions before exporting to your payroll system.
• RDO and leave you can defend: Include-or-exclude leave settings and auto-created leave timesheets keep accrual balances aligned with EBA rules — and zero-hour safeguards stop a costly 24-hour overpayment on a missed entry.
• Tax that matches the commitment: PO tax visibility and automatic inheritance on supplier invoices shorten the path from committed spend to approved AP — with atomic saves that prevent half-updated records during month-end close.
• Job costing that tells the story: Cost codes and descriptions in reports, plus SoR coverage for equipment and materials, give PMs the detail they need when defending margin to the client.
• Less waiting, less noise: Cancelling stuck background jobs and a cleaner notifications panel keep ops teams productive during heavy import weeks; smarter forms mean foremen spend less time on irrelevant fields at the tailgate.

Getting started

• Payroll allowances and loadings: Open Payroll rules and review Allowances — mark payable-on-leave where your agreement requires it, confirm loading behaviour on shifts, and set paid break rate types. Run a test pay period in Timesheet Summary before your next live export.
• RDO and leave: In RDO settings, choose whether leave is included or excluded from calculations. Confirm employment types trigger auto-created leave timesheets. Spot-check a zero-hour timesheet to verify it does not default to 24 hours.
• PO and supplier invoice tax: Raise a purchase order with taxable lines and confirm the breakdown before approval. Match an incoming supplier invoice to that PO and verify tax carries through automatically.
• Reporting and SoR: Run a cost code report and confirm descriptions appear alongside codes. Review Schedule of Rates for equipment and material rate lines. Check Allowances audit history after your next rule change.
• Notifications and forms: Open Notifications during a long-running import and use Cancel if needed. Review a site form with conditional fields to confirm only relevant inputs are required.
• Portals and POs: Send a customer or supplier invite and complete verification. Open a purchase order and review the activity timeline after your next status change.

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Release details

Rollout: Updates in this note are rolling out on the standard Assignar Pay release cadence. Most improvements are available without changing your existing configuration; payroll, RDO, and allowance rule changes apply on the next relevant calculation or pay run. Tax and PO updates take effect on new and edited purchase orders and matching supplier invoices.

Changelog

Added:

• Allowances can be marked payable on leave
• Choice of how loadings apply to shifts
• Paid break rate types for consistent break pay
• Support for negative allowances when corrections are needed
• Include or exclude leave in RDO calculations
• Auto-create leave timesheets by employment type
• Tax displayed on purchase orders
• Supplier invoices inherit PO tax automatically
• Atomic tax updates on purchase orders and invoices
• Detailed tax breakdowns before approval
• Cost codes and descriptions in reports
• Schedule of Rates coverage for equipment and materials
• Default direct cost rate exposed via API for integrations
• Complete allowance change history for audits
• Cancel long-running background jobs from Notifications
• Purchase order timeline showing key status changes
• Cleaner customer and supplier invite flows

Improved:

• More accurate RDO accruals and deductions
• Safer defaults so 0-hour timesheets never pay 24h
• Tidy notifications panel that stays out of your way
• Forms only require fields when relevant

Fixed:

• Prevented a rare review-page error; SoR tiles now default to a sensible 7-day window
• One-click clear on role filters in Resources
• No more false "Cost Code In Use" on soft-deleted items
• Docket-sourced cost codes now resolve per worker and flow through to invoices
• Audit Log date filters respect your timezone
• Chat panel no longer covers page content
• Existing breaks correctly convert to paid when rules require it