Changelog

New modules, improvements and fixes — everything we ship to ASHR.work, as we ship it.

  1. New

    Workforce types across ASHR.work

    One workforce, many ways of working: full-time, part-time, interns, contractors, freelancers and vendor workers are now first-class across the whole platform.

    • Six built-in employment types with tenant-editable labels and an eligibility matrix — leave, appraisals, check-ins, surveys and talent per type.
    • Type-aware hiring and onboarding: job openings, offers and onboarding steps follow the workforce type.
    • Intern stipends ride on payroll with a statutory-exempt structure; payout-type workers flow into Contractor Payouts.
    • Per-type employee-ID series (e.g. INT-0001, CTR-0001) via the new "Include type series" toggle in the ID builder.
    • Letters pick up type-aware merge fields: workforce type, engagement end date, notice period, rates and TDS.
  2. New

    Contractor Payouts

    Pay contractors, freelancers and vendor workers through a dedicated monthly payout ledger — hourly or fixed-fee, with 194J/194C TDS and branded payment advices.

    • Effective-dated pay profiles per worker: hourly, monthly fee, or per engagement.
    • One-click month generation with rate and TDS snapshots; draft → approved → paid.
    • TDS under 194J or 194C, defaulted from the worker’s employment type.
    • Bank-transfer CSV for approved payouts, with missing-bank-details warnings.
    • Branded payment-advice PDFs; workers with logins see their own payout history.
  3. Platform

    Platform notifications, billing & 15-day trials

    New organisations now start on a 15-day free trial with per-module pricing, and platform admins get a full notification control panel for lifecycle events.

    • Every new organisation starts with a 15-day free trial — no credit card required.
    • Module-based pricing and plans, managed per tenant.
    • Trial lifecycle emails and reminders, automated end to end.
    • Platform notification control panel: choose which events go to email or Slack, per channel.
    • Security hardening across billing and admin surfaces.
  4. New

    Self-serve organisation signup

    Teams can now sign up and set up their own ASHR.work organisation in minutes — no sales call needed.

    • Create your organisation directly from the sign-up flow.
    • Guided first-run setup: company details, departments and your first employees.
    • Your workspace is isolated from day one with tenant-level security.
  5. Improved

    Employee ID builder & Signature Check-ins

    Admins can now design their own employee ID format, and our weekly check-in product has a new name: Signature Check-ins.

    • Configurable employee ID formats — prefixes, padding and starting numbers.
    • Existing IDs are preserved; new hires follow your format automatically.
    • FASTIFY check-ins are now called Signature Check-ins — same rhythm, clearer name.
    • Slack app updated to match the new naming.
  6. Platform

    ASHR.work rebrand, finance role & deeper reports

    The product is now ASHR.work across the app, emails and marketing site — alongside a dedicated payroll finance role and richer reporting.

    • Fresh ASHR.work brand across every surface.
    • New finance role: payroll access without full admin rights.
    • Deeper reports and analytics across HR and payroll data.
  7. New

    Branded PDF letters & letterhead studio

    Generate offer letters, HR letters and certificates as polished PDFs on your own company letterhead.

    • Letterhead studio: upload your logo, set colours and margins once.
    • Reusable letter templates with employee data merged in automatically.
    • One-click branded PDF generation, stored against the employee record.
  8. New

    Workplace Ops suite

    A whole new suite for day-to-day workplace operations: company feed, asset tracking, helpdesk and surveys.

    • Announcements feed with kudos and birthday/anniversary celebrations.
    • Asset register: assign, track and recover laptops and equipment.
    • Helpdesk with SLAs, plus a confidential grievance / POSH committee channel.
    • Surveys and eNPS to measure how your team is really doing.
  9. New

    Talent Lifecycle suite

    Hire, grow and transition talent in one place — recruitment, offboarding, the 9-box talent matrix and growth plans.

    • Recruitment / ATS with a drag-and-drop pipeline, interviews and offers.
    • Structured offboarding: clearance checklists, full & final settlement, alumni records.
    • 9-box talent matrix for succession and leadership planning.
    • Individual growth plans (IDPs) with goals and check-points.
  10. New

    Payroll: runs, payslips & income tax

    Full India-ready payroll — from salary structures to one-click payroll runs, payslips and statutory exports.

    • Salary structures with earnings, deductions and statutory components.
    • Monthly payroll runs with review, approval and adjustments.
    • Auto-TDS with employee tax declarations (old & new regime).
    • Employee payslips, downloadable as PDFs.
    • Bank transfer, PF, ESI, PT and TDS export files.

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