Improvements to overnight calculations when shift cross midnight
Improvements to Breaks, Split Shifts calculations
Improvements to Extra rules, Public Holiday and Leave payroll behaviour
Shift Rules assigned to Worked Public Holidays
Shift Rules assigned to Leave
Payrun and pay cycles - Payrun Simulate v4, clearer payrun creation behaviour, improved access checks, and more accurate employee eligibility for pay cycles
Timesheets - Timesheet v2 filter, layout, and payroll sync improvements
Payslips and exports - Improved sick leave labels, safer handling when staff details are missing, overnight simulate fixes, start-date filtering for employee payslips, and export field cleanup
Multi-ABN and STP (beta) - Clearer ABN report headers, improved payslip header handling, Tax Agent STP reporting support
Roster - Roster cloning overwrite warning added
New employees - Duplicate email and mobile checks, plus clearer tooltips and warnings
Access control - Cleaner labels in the access overview, with dropdowns and payslips better respecting location-based access
Compliance and reporting - Report Builder employment-duration fix, duplicate detection improvement in CSV import, and report validation fixes
Other minor bug fixes and speed improvements
Date 24/03/2026
Notification Configuration - UX/UI uplift
Date 16/03/2026
Skills - Skill Review / Skill Management UX/UI updates, Skill mini report fixes, and Skill submission improvements
Date 20/02/2026
Guides - table of contents, active section highlighting, and navigation improvements
Timesheet CSV import - Location, Role, and Job can map from defaults and the employee profile; instructions updated
Date 13/02/2026
Payroll Engine v7 released (beta):
Leave Shift rules
Rebuild of over midnight abilities
Public Holiday Rules improvements
Shift Rules improvements
Other minor bug fixes and speed improvements
Date 04/02/2026
Employee Export - Filter by selected Group Added
Pay Cycles - Access Control improved error messages
Payroll - Payrun - Version 7 first alpha release, not ready for customers yet
Accounting Export - Pronto Export option added
Accounting Export - Tracking Categories improved
Accounting Export - MYOB export - Bug fixes
Date 19/01/2026
Reckon API Integration
New Module: Accounting Config
Improved flow to connect to Xero or Reckon from within Microkeeper
Choose which organisation to connect to for accounts with multiple organisations
Get Tracking Categories from Xero or Reckon
New Module: API key management for Developer Keys and Business Keys
Generate multiple API keys for an account
Revoke an API key
Security change: Delete logged in devices when password is changed
Leave Review > Final Estimated Balance improvements
Public Holiday Rules > Minimum Shift Length feature added
Payrun calculation v6 > Daily OT allowing for Morning OT
Date 15/12/2025
Employee Settings UI Uplift:
Export Employees - Added Active, Inactive and All export options
New Administrator page to view all Managers and access levels in the organisation
Employee Console - UI uplift for mobile nav bar to improve device compatibility
2026 Australian Public Holiday list uploaded
Date 08/11/2025
Employee Console - UI uplift and minor speed improvements
Employee Console - Roster - UI and UX uplift
Employee Console - Leave Request - UI and UX uplift
Billing - Fixed a bug for accounts on plan "Payroll & STP only" being granted access to features outside of their plan
Login - UI uplift and feature showcase added
Billing - UI uplift
Date 19/11/2025
New module Custom Leave configuration
Leave updated to handle new Custom Leave module, upgrade includes changes to:
Leave Request option on Employee Console
Leave Request form
Leave Request terms have been made dynamic based on leave selected
Leave Review process
Payroll leave calculation engine
Entitlement Summary and Entitlement Breakdown report
TIL renamed to TOIL
Final button on Payslip
Pre-Accumulated renamed to Opening Balance
Opening Balance upgraded to support multiple fiscal years instead of just one
Upgrades to Dashboard
Integration to Reckon
Integration to Microsoft Business Dynamics
New Accounts menu, with Switch accounts built in
New UI for Linked User access configuration page
New Timesheet vs Roster v2 released for Alpha testing
Global Settings > Entitlements Settings > RDO/TIL retired
Improved Access Control for middle managers on Employee Settings page
Change HECS note on payslip for better readability
Several spelling mistakes fixed
Sitemap and robots updated
Date 27/03/2017
New branding rollout across entire website
Date 23/03/2017
Login page moved from home page to dedicated login page
Date 20/03/2017
New timesheet page
Timesheet page merged into Timesheet Vs Roster page
Select "Created" from the "Order By" Search for familiar Timesheet page view
Search before load
Add shift inline without page refresh
Add shift from roster without page refresh
Add shift button option for each employee
Total hours recalculated under all circumstances
Timesheet locked after payroll is processed for managers only
Clone shift button added
Single Edit/Add box reduces page load times
Edit buttons removed
Search by Status: Pending approval, Deleted, etc
Click/Tap on time to edit a shift
Delete button moved to edit box
Shortcut keys added
Mouse over shift and press "Del" to delete a shift
Press "Enter" to Update a shift
Press "Esc" to close the Add/Edit box
If you have more than 100 employees please note
They will load 100 at a time which improves load times
Scrolling to the bottom of the page will load the next 100 employees
The browsers find feature will not work as expected
We recommend using the search tool instead
Date 03/02/2017
Linked accounts page is being replaced with Linked users page
Visit Linked users from the Payroll menu to setup the new access method
Date 31/01/2017
Salary page replaced with Payrun page
Payrun page improves load times, especially for larger accounts eg 1000 staff
Seamless rollover from one financial year to the next
Comparison feature improved to allow comparisons between runs from multiple years or any selected runs
Reset week feature now requires password for additional security
Fortnightly pay can start on any week allowing for easier migration from past payroll system
53rd week for fortnightly replace with 27th fortnight
Select payment date before payroll is processed
Ability to override the number of runs in a year for tax purposes
Payment date replacing Period end date to determine if there will be an extra payrun for the year
Date 28/01/2017
Improved security with password attempt limits to help prevent brute force password attacks
Date 18/01/2017
Global setting - Payment days in arrears, used to set the number of days after the pay period staff get paid
Microkeeper has pre-set the Payment days in arrears value using past data
Date 12/01/2017
Cloning roster template to roster calendar restricted to only the locations the manager has access to
Rate rules carry through when rostering
Default Job added to propagate data page
Date 05/01/2017
Mini profile for managers on home page that displays a quick list of employee contact details
Date 03/01/2017
New Report - Super breakdown by job
Date 21/12/2016
Rate Rules carry through to Reports: Leave summary, Leave breakdown and Payroll breakdown
Issue when clocking on just before midnight and time rounded to midnight, date changed to next days date instead of data at time of clocking
Total for selected payments on other payments page when adding payments to payslip
Date 13/12/2016
Shift rules that overlap can be detected, returning the correct hours calculated, Example After 6pm Penalty and After 7.6 hours OT
Weekly Overtime feature added - Rules can calculate overtime on a weekly basis, Example double time after 40 hours worked
Rounding improvements made when calculating payroll
Refresh to payslip page style
Annual salary figure on payslip for salary staff changed from printed date to pay period end date
Date 11/11/2016
Payroll tax report improved to calculate nationwide payroll tax calculations when business is conducted across multiple states
Date 30/09/2016
2017 tax tables updated
Date 22/09/2016
New dedicated Microkeeper fingerprint and NFC windows software - Contact Microkeeper to get early access
Access control in employee profile for managing fingerprints and NFC tags
Management page for fingerprints and NFC tags
Select Active or Inactive employees in the reporting area, only employees that earn something during a fiscal year included
Date 17/08/2016
Manager access to calendar fixed, manager can view calendar if given access to roster or leave requests
Total added to super via fund report for CSV export
Public holidays added to roster on employee console
Roster load times improved using in page loading
Date 09/08/2016
Option in employees profile to set a fixed amount for super that will override the super guarantee
Date 04/08/2016
Option to add the employees address to the payslip for snail mail
Date 02/08/2016
Mobile version link now only available after log in as it was causing SEO issues
Date 27/07/2016
Location search added on roster pages
Select all feature added based on location search results
Display improvements for cleaner layout for desktop and mobile
Date 21/07/2016
Group allocation table improved to display selected group or by single employee
Cell width change on roster pages to display better on ios and mac devices
Date 04/07/2016
Payment on payslip can be assigned to a job
New report payroll breakdown by job
Date 23/06/2016
2017 tax tables updated and 2017 HELP/HEC table updated
Blog system with new article format
Assign percentage to employee within group
Payroll Summary report split values by percentage assigned to employee within group
Date 10/06/2016
Microkeeper integration to SuperChoice API
Super via fund report can send super data directly to SuperChoice via API
Terms of use updated to include agreement between Microkeeper users and SuperChoice
Date 01/06/2016
Extra rules can be applied for a shift if it's over a set length, Example Meal allowance per shift if shift length over 10 hours
Date 13/05/2016
Additional options for roll start time to roster or the hour - Now include: 15 20 25 30 minutes
NFC clock page deprecated, it has been merged into the fingerprint clock page
Date 09/05/2016
Option to select job on the add other payments page to payslip
Super via fund report improvements
Date 27/04/2016
Option to hide the employee timesheet from the Employee console
Employee can now fill their super fund and super member number if missing via the employee console
Date 26/04/2016
Maximum super contribution base considered when calculating super for high earners
PDF payslip converted to HTML payslip, solves problem with viewing on Android, load time improved by 83%
Salary added to HTML payslip for employees on salary
Select by group feature added to other payments page for payslips
Search past descriptions feature added to other payments page for payslips
New clocking method in alpha testing, clock on and off by making a phone call
Super processing improvements in alpha testing
Date 19/04/2016
Fingerprint clock on page and NFC clock on page merged into the one page
Date 23/03/2016
Forgot to clock off emails consolidated into a single email
Timesheet vs roster to display just shift from previous day where staff didn't clock off, link from forgot to clock off email
Issue fixed when employee starts a shift on a Sunday and finishes on a Monday where Monday is a public holiday and Sunday in the end of the working week
Date 16/03/2016
Password recovery feature added
Push notification integration to change password page
Date 07/03/2016
Location breakdown of roster displayed on control panel
Count of approved shifts on Timesheet pages for a quicker review
Date 29/02/2016
Display roster if a note is present on the employee console even if there are no times set
iCal URL link for displaying roster data in external calendar like Google calendar, Outlook, iPhone calendar, iCalendar, etc.
iCal includes a variable to either specify a location or if no location set a link to display employees roster calendar
Release new calendar module - This includes roster and leave request data in a calendar style view
When adding a payment or deduction on the payslip block particular special characters in the title that are known to cause issues
Apply trim function to title to prevent sorting issues in reports and invoices
Date 02/02/2016
Job option added to timesheet search
Job search added to timesheet csv export
Sort by day added to timesheet csv export
Terminated employees included in "Payroll employee by week" report
Add employee API returns sent EmployeeID and new Microkeeper Employee ID
Old 1300 number dropped
Jobname field on timesheet changed from varchar to JobID integer
Date 22/01/2016
When adding annual leave to the payslip set the leave loading description to "Annual Loading" instead of "Annual Leave"
When processing payroll use default job for extra rules
If Jobs to payslip active allows selection of job when adding a payment to the payslip
Only show the columns that have a value greater than zero on the Custom Payroll Breakdown report
New beta report called "Payroll Jobs vs Invoice" only viewable to beta accounts
Date 14/01/2016
Improve the name display on timesheet vs roster when displaying by day for both mobile and PC versions
When clocking off use roster end time if within 6 min of end time - Solves 7.6 Sxx:x6 issue
Bug fix for revert to roster when working 3 or more shifts in a day where roster is alternating between locations
Shortcut keys added to timesheet pages - Mouse over a shift then press "+" to open edit, "-" to close edit and "Enter" to save
Also click either clock on time or clock off time to open edit form
Date 11/01/2016
Generate invoice from payslip data can be calculated on a percentage of employees pay rate
Calculate super for part time employees the same way casual super is calculated considering the $450 threshold
Date 08/01/2016
JavaScript runtime issue fixed on shift rules page
New phone system released - Includes call logging so Microkeeper can provide better support
New Microkeeper contact number with department selection 1800 940 838
Project timeline for improved rollout process created when new account registered
Date 23/12/2015
Add "Either" option to time condition for shift rules
Either time condition applied when calculating payroll
Either time condition applied when displaying roster and when calculating roster budget
Spectrum Super renamed to IOOF Employer Super
2016 public holidays added to database
Date 17/12/2015
Add audio effects to fingerprint page for the visually impaired and to help improve employee acknowledgement
Recode jobs page to use ajax calls making edits quicker
Sort jobs by title
Fixed issue with finished jobs displaying JID on timesheet
Add an option to allow all employees to be assigned to a job
Add an option to allow employees access to a job only if their near a location with that job assigned
Employee console, automatically select job if near location
Recode quick clock page to fit current styling
Date 14/12/2015
Indexing improvements to database
Fix bug where text in log on leave request contained quotes
Fix bug where server limit reached when clocking hours via fingerprint scanner
Date 25/11/2015
Start or end time will not be rounded when adding a shift manually to the timesheet
Build an API for adding an employee from a 3rd party developer
Date 15/11/2015
If working a public holiday get job ID from timesheet
If not working a public holiday get job ID from default job ID in employees profile
Employee console, make all clocking actions ajax to avoid a page refresh issues
Date 05/11/2015
Clone shift rules, adding a new shift rule must faster
Add the ability to skip an automated break or add an additional break in break rules
Add break rule changes to timesheet and timesheet vs roster
Add break rule changes to employee console
Add break rule changes to calculation algorithms
Date 01/11/2015
Sort by date by start time timesheet vs roster for employee the work split shifts
Revert to roster fixed when rostering split shifts
Set title on finger scan site to "Enrol Fingerprint" to avoid bookmark confusion
Date 28/10/2015
Remove trust setting add access control to employee console
Go through every page and implement access control instead of trust
Run script to move all employee to new access system
Date 20/10/2015
Super via fund grand total at the bottom of the page
Super via fund integration to Xero
When printing super by employee split page after each employee
Due date in invoice fixed when auto generating invoice
Issue with super by employee when using the same name in title for both employer and salary sacrifice
Date 15/10/2015
Build invoicing page to create / edit an invoice to be sent to a client
Build automatic invoice generation from payroll data feature
Integrate invoice page to Xero
Date 04/10/2015
Employee can fill their own profile, including DOB, email, mobile, next of kin, address, tax file number, bank, gender
Date 23/09/2015
When adding an employee provide option to include them in group so they can be instantly rostered
Clone hours and cost in budget when clone week to week
Run RDO no matter if it results in a negative as annual leave is likely to be added next
Error ABA file if net is below zero
Add super fund name and member number comply with payslip 2016 standards
Fix email birthday not working or being sent on the wrong date
Date 02/09/2015
Add to shift rules the ability to assign a rate to a job
Build rate rules area rate automatically determine by age and date of birth of employee
Assign rates rule by full time, part time or casual
Display job title alphabetically on timesheet vs roster
Job displayed when shift manually entered, JID must be numeric
Predict the number of hours that will accrue for leave if the employee continue to accrue leave at the same rate
Date 21/08/2015
Add select job column to timesheet self-managed add tool include in copy paste as well
Adding sick leave if 40 hrs added to salary employee with 40 hours, basic reduced to 0 instead of payment line removed
Username length in Microkeeper finger scan and Microkeeper limit to 20 char
Date 09/08/2015
Build analysis area for performance analysis of a business
Termination rate per month for analysis area
Turnover rates
Date 20/07/2015
Approve button on timesheet and timesheet vs roster
Display note on timesheet vs roster without having to open edit form
Make note column wider when editing
Display note on timesheet vs roster without having to open edit form
Date 01/07/2015
Split percentage for super payment setting on employee console
Split percentage for super added to reports super via fund all versions
Date 28/06/2015
Send email to billing when Microkeeper invoice in due
Restrict leave request by location, only allow manager to see leave request for their location
JID to fingerprint site, pass Job ID to timesheet when clocking on via fingerprint
Date 20/06/2015
Display leave balance if show is selected
Add event to the action of adding or removing employee from group
Use job ID from roster when generating timesheet from roster
Date 15/06/2015
Pay public holiday from rostered hours instead of default 7.6 if roster set
Select which employee to send the welcome letter to
Business days plus all days for annual leave requests
Disable SMS option
Date 01/06/2015
Fortnightly payroll
Attach single employee to shift rule
View all payslips for particular employee for a selected year
Date 15/05/2015
Build FAQ area
Add Time in lieu request form and Long service leave request form
Rename all sick leave to personal leave
Add notes area to Microkeeper admin area
Date 10/05/2015
Xero add payment date
Provide add button for employee with a zero payslip
Saturday and Sunday rates used when rostering employees onto a Saturday or Sunday instead of basic rate
When creating a shift from roster fix NAN issue to total hours appear instead
Check back to previous year for leave request that might overlap the fiscal year
Date 05/05/2015
Include in PDF off by default
Show breakdown by group by salary report
Fix employee order on leave request filter
Display issue with leave request on timesheet vs roster with end date
Make email lowercase for duplicate email checking, check for duplicate emails
Date 01/05/2015
Leave request default to global setting eg 38 or 40 etc
Report hours by employee by day entire year from roster
Date 20/04/2015
Public holiday rules create form
Automate the implementation to public holidays
Add group and status, (FT/PT/C) multiplier to shift rules
Date 18/03/2015
Notification system used for chat, leave requests, reminders and any other further dev
Date 05/03/2015
Payroll report to custom area
Remove old reporting area
Development release notes not available online from 2010 to 2014