Q2 2026 Payroll Release Notes

1. Uganda -Primary and Secondary Field 

What’s New:  

1. A new Employment Type field has been added under HRIS → Employee Contract. Admins can classify employees as either: (Primary or Secondary Employees) 
   
   
   
   
   

   • i. Primary Employee:

     If an employee is selected as primary, the standard Uganda tax table will be applied to them, and they will be eligible for all current statutory reliefs in Uganda, including:

     • Employee National Social Security Fund contribution NSSF
     • Pension
     • Other personal reliefs

     ii. Secondary Employee

     If an employee is a secondary employee:

     • 30% tax rate if monthly gross income is up to UGX 10,000,000, and
     • 40% tax rate if monthly gross income is above UGX 10,000,000.
     • Statutory deductions (if applicable in payroll configuration) remain deductible but not used as tax reliefs.

     2. Bulk upload and bulk edit support for updating employee types.

     3. Updated payroll computation rules based on employee type.

     Why It Matters

     • Uganda distinguishes between primary and secondary employment for tax purposes.
     • Secondary employees are not eligible for statutory reliefs
     • The previous system did not support this separation, which could lead to inaccurate tax deductions.
     • This update ensures full statutory compliance, supports accurate PAYE processing, and aligns with URA rules.
   
   
   

   2. Rwanda -Primary and Secondary Field

   What’s New:

2. A new Employment Type field has been added under HRIS → Employee Contract. Admins can classify employees as either: (Primary or Secondary Employees)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   • Primary Employee: 

   If an employee is selected as primary, the standard Rwanda tax table will be applied to them, and they will be eligible for all current statutory reliefs in Rwanda, including: 

   • RSSB 
   • CBHI 
   • Maternity leave scheme 
   • Secondary Employee  
   • If an employee is selected as secondary 
   • The employee will be taxed at a flat rate of 30% on gross income.  
   • No eligibility for tax relief.  
   • Statutory deductions (if applicable in payroll configuration) remain deductible but not used as tax reliefs. 
   1. Bulk upload and bulk edit support for updating employee types. 
   2. Updated payroll computation rules based on employee type. 

   Why It Matters 

   • Rwanda distinguishes between primary and secondary employment for tax purposes.  
   • Secondary employees are not eligible for statutory relief. 
   • The previous system did not support this separation, which could lead to inaccurate tax deductions.  
   • This update ensures full statutory compliance, supports accurate PAYE processing, and aligns with RRA rules. 
     
     
     

   3. Out of wallet transfer notification

   What’s New:

   We have introduced enhanced security notifications for fund transfers from the organization’s wallet to external accounts. When a transfer is initiated:

   • The initiator is notified before completion that other Payroll Admins and the business owner will receive an email alert.
     
     
   • Other Payroll Admins and the business owner are notified via email when an attempt is made to transfer funds to an external account.

    

   Why It Matters:

   This update strengthens security and improves transparency by ensuring greater awareness and oversight of payroll-related fund movements, helping organizations quickly identify and respond to potentially unauthorized activity.

   
   

   
   4.Payroll Approval Nudge with approval link

   What’s New:

   Payroll Admins can now send reminders to approvers for pending payroll approvals. When a nudge is sent, approvers receive a notification with a direct, embedded approval link, making it easy to review and act immediately.

   Nudges are sent per approval step. This means that when an Admin nudges a specific step, only approvers who have not yet completed their approval are notified, while those who have already approved are skipped.

   Each approval step has a limit of 10 nudges. For example, if a company has approval for payroll run and disbursement, each step has up to 10 nudges. Admins can also return to a previous pay cycle to send nudges, if the limit for that step has not been exceeded.
   
   

   • Payroll update approval

   
   
   

   • Payroll run approval

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   • Fund disbursement approval

   

   
   Pension approval- This will come later after the first release.Below is the email notification approvers receive.
   
   

Why It Matters

This update helps reduce approval delays, streamlines payroll workflows, and improves overall efficiency by enabling faster decision-making—while also reducing backend requests for manual approval links.