What's New

2024

Mar

Improved Temp visibility with the enhanced Roster View

Enhancement

Zoho Workerly rolled out a new enhancement to the shifts module that makes it easier than ever to see who is assigned to your shifts. Now, instantly view the number of temps scheduled for a shift, along with their profile pictures.

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Feb

Introducing a dedicated view for "Scheduled Temps"

New

See who's on the clock for the week in a single glance. Say goodbye to sifting through records and hello to streamlined efficiency!

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Enhance your replacement searches with advanced filtering

Enhancement

Discover enhanced temp matching when using Zoho Workerly's Find Replacement feature with advanced filters. Refine your searches precisely by clicking the Refine Filter button!

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Introducing Shift Patterns in Zoho Workerly

New

Shift Patterns allow you to tailor your job schedules to meet the diverse needs of your workforce. Whether you have jobs with defined dates and times or require flexibility due to changing duration, Zoho Workerly has you covered.

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Jan

Introducing Additional Photo Clock-In/Out Options for Temps

Enhancement

It's Photo Time! We're excited to announce an important update to our Mandatory Photo check-in and out feature - the ability to make photos mandatory for temps  when checking in via the temp mobile app and the Kiosk app.

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2023

Dec

Stay on schedule with shift reminders in Workerly

Enhancement

No more excuses for tardiness! Workerly now offers shift reminders to give temps a nudge about their upcoming work schedules. Keep your temps informed and engaged for improved productivity and efficient resource utilization. Say goodbye to absenteeism and optimize operations.

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A much awaited enhancement to our Client Portal

Enhancement

Easily create and manage the jobs in the client portal with the new Jobs module. Clients can now post positions and the job requirements through the client portal itself.

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Oct

Precision Job Matching Made Simple

New

​Find Matching Jobs streamlines the process of matching temporary workers with ideal job opportunities. This ensures precision matching by aligning pay rates, job titles, and availability. Workerly offers flexible date filtering options and varying time range choices, providing tailored searches for the perfect fit.​

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Streamlining Temp Replacements

New

In situations where a temp is unavailable, the Find Replacement Temps option lets you swiftly identify suitable a replacement from your workforce, ensuring seamless transitions and maintaining workflow continuity.

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2022

Jun

Roster view for Jobs!

Users can view their jobs in roster view in a click of a button. Using filters, drill down into a specific job, who's assigned to that job, the job status, and more!

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May

Create jobs for your temps right from the Shifts module!

All this while you had to go to the Jobs module, search for matching temps, and assign them shifts. We've eliminated all that hassle. Select the temps you want from the roster view and create a job for them. It's that easy!

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Apr

Introducing the Shifts module

Shifts is now a module and this will benefit you with easier access, additional information, and enhanced interaction.

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Feb

Introducing Zoho Workerly's Client Portal

While many of still feel emails and video conferencing tools are an excellent way to communicate with clients, the nuance of email and the consequent loss of productivity has led to many businesses moving towards cloud-based client portals to improve their workflow and share content with their clients.

Say goodbye to clogged email and lengthy chat threads. For those who are new to the concept, a client portal is a platform that allows you to work with an external clients swiftly and share resources with them efficiently.

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Jan

Introducing GPS Geo-fencing for Zoho Workerly

With GPS Geo-fencing in Zoho Workerly, you can now setup virtual perimeters around your clients' place and get real-time updates of your temps' check-in, check-out, and break activities. After a temp's shift is complete, you will be able to see the entire Time Log of the temp. There will even be pointers marked in red which are the times the temp was outside the designated geo-fence.

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Billing for a particular shift

Instead of billing for an entire job, you can now have separate billings for individual shifts. For example, A customer support job may have morning and night shifts. Companies may choose to benefit employees in the night shift further more than the employees working in the morning shift.

When you create a job, just select "Individual Shift" under the billing information. You can define each shift, its base pay, benefit cost, and margin cost.

Delete Shifts in Bulk

You can now delete temps' shifts in bulk! From the shifts page, select the Temps, select the Delete Shifts option to get a pop-up that will make your job a lot easier. Just select the shift date and click on Delete Shifts. Magic! No more manually selecting shifts one-by-one and deleting them!

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2021

Dec

Saving Shifts as Draft

New Feature

You can now save temps' shifts as drafts and assign it later in the future. Shifts that are assigned are marked with solid green. Draft shifts are indicated with a dotted-line circle near the dates. As agents, you may "Publish & Notify" the shifts to temps whenever you are ready.
 

Timesheet Reminders

New Feature

Stop waiting for your temps to submit their timesheets for approval and be proactive using Zoho Workerly's Timesheet Reminders. Once enabled, you can send reminders to your temps to submit their timesheets for approval. You may even choose to repeat the reminders. Just select when the temps should be reminded about their submission and the frequency of your reminder. It's that simple!

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Accept jobs on your temp's behalf

New Feature

Not just the temps, now you (agent) can accept jobs assigned to temps on their behalf. Often times, temps may not be able to access their devices to accept jobs assigned to them or you would have conveyed the job offer details to the temp and have received oral confirmation from them. You don't have to wait for the temp to accept the job. Zoho Workerly let's you  schedule jobs on your temp's behalf.

Temp Based Rates

New Feature

You can now assign temps with different pay rates to the same job. Unlike a job that is Based on Job Hours, the new option takes the individual temps' Base Pay per Hour into consideration when assigned to the job. After the job is done, the client approves their timesheets, and a single invoice with different rate split-ups is generated. It makes your work tremendously easy!

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Jul

Schedule shifts for 'Inactive' temps

Enhancement

We're introducing new filters for our scheduling board!
You can now select All Matching Active & Inactive Temps and All Matching Active Temps when creating shifts. This allows you to schedule temps regardless of their 'temp status,' but instead depending on your number of available temp licenses. If you need to purchase more licenses, there's no need to leave the page—it's only a click away!

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Mark availability for your temps!

Enhancement

You can now mark your temps' availability or unavailability from your Zoho Workerly account. This is further synced with the temp portal and worker app for full visibility, and it can be edited or deleted anytime either by you or your temps.

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Jun

Pre-Check in for temps

New Feature

Be informed if your temp is 'on the way to shift location' by enabling 'Pre-Check in' from Timeclock settings. Additionally, you can get your temp status updated on the dashboard screen widget- 'Who is Working Today?'

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Temps Without Jobs...

Enhancement

Filter out temps who aren't assigned to any jobs for a given day, week, month, or even year from the Temps module with our new enhanced filter: 'Temps Without Jobs...' 

Temp Availability

New Feature

If you would prefer your temps to mark their Availability instead of their Unavailability for any given day, reach out to support@zohoworkerly.com and our product expert can get it done for you. The changes will automatically reflect on the temp portal.

May

New dashboard widget: Who is working today?

New Feature

Want a clear overview of who has checked in for a shift, who is late, and how many no-shows you have on a given day? No problem. Our new dashboard widget gives you all this information in a single place. 

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Apr

Rate Rules

Improvements

Workerly's rate rules allow you to automate overtime pay calculations and special pay rates for holidays, weekends, and more—but some clients have multiple rates for different jobs. Our latest update allows you to specify custom rate rules at the client and job levels. 

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Timesheet Early Submission

Enhancement

Allow temps to pre-fill and submit their timesheets before the last working day of their shift. This could be before the end of the week or month, depending on the job's billing cycle.

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Mar

Photo Logging for Temps

Features

With our existing tap-to-click button for checking in, checking out, and taking breaks, chances of buddy punching were high. Introducing new AI-powered Photo Logging for Temps. Agents can enable this feature from Timeclock setting in Workerly's Setup page. And be sure that the temps who clock in and out for your shifts are who they say they are.

Please note that the feature is not enabled for AU DC users.
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Feb

Start of the week

Enhancement

Looking to set a custom starting day for your work week? You can now set it up from Workerly's Setup page below Company Details.

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Jan

Shift Scheduling from Temps Module

Enhancement

No extra clicks and no need to navigate to the Jobs module and job details page for scheduling temps. You can now schedule temps, view scheduled and matching temps based on filters-- right from the Temps module!

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Adding Timesheet as Attachment

Enhancement

Timesheet copy in PDF format can be now attached to your invoices. Simply check on "Add timesheet as attachment" while generating the invoice and a copy of the timesheet will be attached automatically.

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2020

Sep

PII & Encryption

Features

Data can be encrypted with AES(Advanced Encryption Standard) in Zoho Workerly. You can enable encryption on custom fields in the Temps and Clients modules by defining it as Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Thus, unauthorized parties—such as blocked users and potential hackers —are blocked from gaining access to your sensitive or valuable data in Zoho Workerly.
 

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Aug

Day Rates

New Feature

For companies who calculate their temps' pay in terms of a full-day or half-day of work, we are now introducing Zoho Workerly's Day Rates.

You can now declare your company's total working hours on the company details page. While creating a job, choose the Daily Rate option and work hours will be autofilled for a half-day or full-day when you generate timesheets for a completed shift.

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Jul

Workerly Kiosk

New App

Say hello to Zoho Workerly Kiosk - an ideal solution for clients with temps clocking in at the same location. This easy-to-use, cost-effective, and portable punch clock is a great time-tracking alternative, and it works on any Android device with an internet connection.

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Shift Reminder

Enhancement

Avoid late check-in and temps missing a scheduled shift by sending reminders!
Navigate to Shift Reminder in Timeclock Setup and choose when to notify your temps. Reminders will be sent via workerly's worker app and temp portal.

Jun

Temp Views

Enhancement

Having your temps scheduled, you might need to check who all have accepted, rejected, and are pending to accept/reject the offer you have made. And we have Temp Views and Status Board for the same.

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May

Ytel & Vonage

Integrations

Zoho Workerly's marketplace is now equipped with Ytel and Vonage extensions for better communication with your temps and clients. You can now send SMS, voice messages, and configure IVR using these extensions. Ytel | Vonage
Please note that the extensions are available only for the US DC users.
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Rate Rules

New

Paying temps on time is crucial, but it can get tedious when they are working for different shifts with different pay levels. Rate rules help streamline this process.
Agents can now define a rate rule in advance, compute temp pay quickly and make fewer errors. We are now allowing agents to have either Overtime or Special rates (Weekday, Weekend, or Holiday) to be active for their temps.
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Apr

Creating Bulk Shifts

Enhancement

In today's digitally advanced, fast-paced world, you need to be quick and flexible to adjust to evolving business demands. You can't be expected to keep up with scheduling, re-scheduling, or deleting shifts one-by-one. Create Bulk Shifts in Zoho Workerly instead. Workerly's worker app

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Mar

Save Search Criteria 

New

Zoho Workerly allows you to save temp search criteria at the job level so you can reuse the criteria. Saved criteria do not expire and you can edit it any time. 

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Jan

Roster View

New

Overcome the difficult maze of complex temp staffing issues such as overloading your temps, managing empty shifts, avoiding shift clashes etc. with Zoho Workerly's Roster View.
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2019

Oct

Internal Timesheet Approval

Enhancement

To streamline the approval process, Workerly now lets you choose an approval mode:

- Client Approval: As soon as a timesheet is created, the client will be notified via email.

- Agency Approval: As soon as a timesheet is created, agents will have access to an approve/reject button in the respective timesheet details page.

- Auto-Approval: As soon as a timesheet is created, it is auto-approved.

Sep

Zoho Flow Integration

Integrations

With Zoho Flow, you can now integrate Zoho Workerly with over 300 apps without writing any code. It works based on a trigger that sets your workflow and a series of actions that are executed automatically as a result of that trigger.

Aug

Translations

New

Break language barriers with Zoho Workerly's Translations feature. When you choose your language in Zoho Workerly, it applies to all the modules, custom fields, and picklist values. This can pose a barrier if you have users who do not know your language.
 

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A better way to manage temporary hiring needs

Integrations

Good news! Zoho Recruit has integrated with Zoho Workerly. With the integration, you can convert your Candidates for temporary jobs in Zoho Recruit as Temps in Zoho Workerly and experience conflict-free temp scheduling.
May the tempforce be with you! 

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Jul

Email Authentication

New

Zoho Workerly provides email authentication standards that will allow the agencies to increase the trustworthiness of their email origin when they choose to send emails from Zoho Workerly using their domain. To authenticate your emails sent from Zoho Workerly, you need to validate the following authentication standards:

- Domain Verification

- DKIM (Domain Keys Identified Mail)

- SPF (Sender Policy Framework)

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Jun

Export to Payroll

New

You have timesheets approved, you can extract a ready-made, detailed report. Introducing export to payroll in Workerly. You can now export approved timesheets to your payroll and start processing temps' payments with a click. 

May

Bulk Timesheet Approvals

Enhancement

Timesheet approvals can be time-consuming. Workerly's bulk timesheet approval makes this easier and faster for clients.

Export timesheets as PDF

Enhancement

Submitted timesheets can be now downloaded as PDF and saved to the system. These can be used to send to clients for approval, or so as you can have a physical copy of the timesheet.

Temp Availability

New

It's always helpful to stay informed about a temp's availability. If they are unavailable, you can easily assign another temp and avoid confusion. Temps can mark their unavailability through temp portal.

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Apr

White Label Custom Domain

New

If your company name is Zylker Corp, the URL by default will look like this: "zylkercorp.zohoworkerly.com". How about customizing to "zylker.com"? White label Workerly from your company URL. Let it be temp login, agent login, or any other interface, then customize the URL with your own company domain name. Additionally, you can now add a logo for a more personalized look.
 

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Job Description in Temp Portal

Enhancement

Temps can get a better picture of the kind of work they are offered with the job description in Temp Portal. Agents can now add job time, number of temps required, and other details which will be available for temps to view in Temp Portal when they are assigned to the job.

Mar

Workerly Marketplace- Zoho Sign, DocuSign, Adobe Sign

New

Introducing Workerly Marketplace!
Get documents signed and approved faster with e-sign integration. Workerly is now equipped with Zoho Sign, DocuSign and Adobe Sign for faster and safer document approval.
Zoho Sign | DocuSign | Adobe Sign

Workerly's worker app

Workflow SMS alerts

New

With Workflow, you can create SMS alerts. Our SMS Gateway also enables the user to send messages quickly and communicate with the temps and other contacts.
Zoho Workerly supports vendors to purchase credits to be used for sending messages. The main advantage of using this feature is to instantly notify information to temps and other contacts.

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Twilio Integration

New

Twilio is integrated with Zoho Workerly offering options to organize your agency's incoming and outgoing messages from within Zoho Workerly. You can configure Twilio to manage messages with temps, contact, and clients in your Workerly database.

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Feb

Notifications in Workerly's worker app

New

Temps' worker app is now equipped with notification feature. This lets the temps know about any changes in the job or schedule; they can also request a timesheet cancellation.

Real-time clock-in and clock-out

New

With Workerly's worker app, temps can clock-in and clock-out with a tap, and data is saved real-time. Clock-in and clock-out date and time are then used for generating timesheets. Temps can also record their break hours. Agents get the same updates in the record page located in their respective timesheet in the timesheet module.

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Jan

Revenue Reports

New

Strategize your process with a set of pre-bundled reports and dashboards. Measure the performance of your agents, the progress of your assigned jobs and pending jobs, and more, to fine-tune your strategies.
We have implemented the following:

  • Summary Report on revenue from Jobs
  • Summary Report on revenue for the agency
  • Break-up of total revenue on different cost basis
  • Summary Report on revenue from Jobs handled by agents

Timesheet Attachments

Enhancement

At times, agents may need to attach copies of physical documents from clients or timesheets for reference. Workerly's timesheet attachments allow users to attach scanned copies of physical documents in any format.

GDPR

Major

Europe's new privacy policy law provides more control to individuals over their data. This control over information is given through multiple rights. Zoho Workerly has brought in features to help you comply with GDPR.