This article details the status of Tanda's planned feature releases for sprint 6 of 2026. The enhancements below are anticipated to be released between 26 October and 18 December.
The statuses on this page are updated weekly. More regular updates are added to the Tanda Changelog as features are released.
Rosters
Product Area | Status |
Roster demand change alerts: Managers will be notified when inputs to rostering (forecast demand, weather, etc.) have changed since a roster was created or published. | Planned |
Unit-based data streams will show in roster stats (e.g. number of items sold, rather than revenue from items sold). | Planned |
Managers can select a recommended or custom subset of eligible staff when publishing a claimable shift, rather than offering it to everyone available. | Planned |
Minimum notice for shift swaps: Orgs can set a minimum number of days' notice required for swap requests. | Planned |
Availability requests will support crossing midnight, so staff can enter availability like 10pm to 4am without splitting it across two days. | Planned |
Roster performance improvements: Speeding up the roster overview, which can be slow for large orgs. | Planned |
Staff supply and demand coverage, surfacing who is available to work versus how many staff are needed, across leave, availability and staff numbers. Continued from Sprint 5. | In Progress |
Break management improvements, finishing off the break rule upgrades. Continued from Sprint 5. | In Progress (rollout in progress) |
Demand data improvements, allowing calculated forecasts and manual manager edits to coexist. Continued from Sprint 5. | In Progress |
HR
Product Area | Status |
Performance Targets: Measure employees against job-relevant numbers within performance reviews, with a template library of targets that can be linked to reviews. | Planned |
Documents get categories, and employees get a dedicated place to find documents visible to them in both the HR Hub and the mobile app. | Planned |
Skills can be assessed and added to an employee's profile from a completed performance review. | Planned |
Qualifications improvements: Better workflows for qualification approval, expiry and renewal, plus qualifications added to the bulk HR items importer. | Planned |
Adds the "When would you like to use this template? (Onboarding, Updating employment conditions, or Both)" setting from contracts into Forms, Training and Surveys. | Planned |
Training Goals for tracking employee progress toward goals or course completion. Continued from Sprint 5. | In Progress (rollout pending) |
Proper rehiring, with employment periods so rehires are onboarded correctly, Long Service Leave can be checked properly, and ECS dates reflect actual employment history. Continued from Sprint 5. | In Progress |
Hire
Product Area | Status |
Managers will be able to text candidates and see replies all within the candidate's profile. | Planned |
SMS notifications will also expand beyond candidate job stages to cover things like hire forms and availability. | Planned |
For orgs running multiple brands across locations, each location can have its own careers page and branded emails, rather than sharing one across the org. | Planned |
Payroll
Product Area | Status |
Create a pay run in a single flow on the payroll/pay runs pages. Set the payment date, automatically pull in timesheets, include autopay employees, and skip employees with blocking errors from one screen, removing the need to separately export timesheets. | Planned |
For hourly employees, or departments costed across multiple areas by a fixed percentage, you can set fixed percentage splits instead of splitting by hours worked. | Planned |
To accommodate pay progression after a set period of service, a draft ECS will be scheduled for review when an employee hits a tenure milestone, rather than requiring manual updates. | Planned |
An AI onboarding agent that helps employees enter their onboarding info, so more employees get through onboarding. | In Progress |
New Zealand: Handling public holidays that fall on a weekend more accurately. | Planned |
New Zealand: A specific contractor option in profiles, with the correct tax, ACC, and KiwiSaver treatment. | Planned |
Benefits
Product Area | Status |
Gift cards in Tanda Benefits: Employees will be able to pick a card, choose an amount, and receive the gift card by email. | Planned |
Mobile App
Product Area | Status |
Mobile app improvements: Continued work on performance, navigation, and design. | In Progress |
