What's new — IRIS Cascade and Payroll

Release notes

Read more about the latest release for IRIS Cascade and IRIS Cascade Payroll.

In response to your feedback, release notes will now be available earlier, allowing at least a week before the release date. Although unlikely, please be aware that some details may be subject to change before the release date and the release notes may be updated.

6 November 2024

This release includes enhancements and fixes in both HR and Payroll and Stability improvements. For more information, visit Release notes — 6 November 2024.

15 October 2024

This release is to fix an issue with some enhanced office reports having field names changed when the report is run.

9 October 2024

This release includes; enhancements and fixes across all areas, as well as some accessibility improvements and the release of IRIS Cascade Assistant. For more information visit Release notes — 9 October 2024.

We have also released some enhancements in MyCascade. For more information head to our dedicated MyCascade help centre.

4 September 2024

This release includes; enhancements and fixes across all areas, as well as some accessibility improvements and the release of IRIS Cascade Assistant. For more information visit Release notes — 4 September 2024.

We have also released some enhancements in MyCascade. For more information head to our dedicated MyCascade help centre.

21 August 2024

Small update to resolve issues with Workflow data entry tasks and gender pay gap reporting.

7 August 2024

This release includes; enhancements and fixes across all areas, as well as some updates to our dark mode functionality. For more information visit Release notes — 7 August 2024.

We have also released some enhancements in MyCascade. For more information head to our dedicated MyCascade help centre.

3 July 2024

This release includes; enhancements and fixes in HR, as well as some improvements in Admin and Change Lab. For more information visit Release notes — 3 July 2024.

We have also released some enhancements in MyCascade. For more information head to our dedicated MyCascade help centre.

5 June 2024

This release includes; enhancements and fixes in HR and Payroll, as well as some improvement to dark mode. For more information visit Release notes — 5 June 2024.

We have also released some enhancements in MyCascade. For more information head to our dedicated MyCascade help centre.

22 May 2024

Release of fix for issue causing Input Value of statutory payments to incorrectly show as 0 after processing period end.

If you processed period end on or before 22 May 2024, you will need to follow the steps outlined in Statutory payments issue to fix the issue.

15 May 2024

This release includes; enhancements and fixes in all areas of IRIS Cascade, stability improvements, and enhancements to the user interface. For more information visit Release notes — 15 May 2024.

3 April 2024

This release includes; enhancements and fixes in all areas of IRIS Cascade, and some design enhancements. For more information visit Release notes — 3 April 2024.

21 March 2024

Enhancement allowing IRIS Cascade to send your username to an external identity provider such as Azure, as a login hint, making the process more seamless.

13 March 2024

Small update to reflect 6th April National Insurance changes. For more information visit Updated National Insurance rates: April 2024.

6 March 2024

This release includes; enhancements and fixes in all areas of IRIS Cascade, legislation updates, and recent help content updates. For more information visit Release notes - 6 March 2024.

7 February 2024

This release includes; enhancements and fixes in all areas of IRIS Cascade, legislation updates, and information on our new video library. For more information visit Release notes - 7 February 2024.

6 December 2023

This release includes; enhancements and fixes in all areas of IRIS Cascade, recent and upcoming fixes within the restyled user interface, and information on our newest help centre topics. For more information visit Release notes - 6 December 2023.

We have also released some enhancements in MyCascade. For more information head to our dedicated MyCascade help centre.

22 November 2023

The release of the new DocuSign module. For more information visit DocuSign release notes.

15 November 2023

This release includes; enhancements and fixes in all areas of IRIS Cascade, as well as recent and upcoming fixes within the restyled user interface. For more information, visit Release notes - 15 November 2023.

19 October 2023

The release of the new and improved user interface. For more information visit IRIS Cascade user interface restyle.

4 October 2023

This release includes; Enhancements and fixes HR and Payroll, Stability and Infrastructure improvements, and some new topics in our help centre. For more information, visit Release notes - 4 October 2023.

6 September 2023

This release includes; Enhancements to Payroll, fixes in both HR and Payroll, and performance improvements, as well as some new features in our help centre. For more information, visit Release notes - 6 September 2023.

16 August 2023

Planned upgrade to resolve issues found in the August 2023 release.

9 August 2023

This release includes; performance and scalability improvements, enhancements and fixes in both HR and Payroll, and information on the new topics in our help centre. For more information, visit Release notes - 9 August 2023

5 July 2023

This release includes performance and scalability improvements, UI updates, and bug fixes. For more information, visit Release notes - 5 July 2023

7 June 2023

This release includes performance and scalability improvements, UI updates, and bug fixes. For more information, visit Release notes - 7 June 2023

3 May 2023

This release includes a selection of enhancements, UI updates and bug fixes. For more information, visit Release notes - 3 May 2023

5 April 2023

This release includes a selection of enhancements, UI updates and bug fixes. For more information, visit Release notes - 5 April 2023.

8 March 2023

This release includes a selection of enhancements, UI updates and bug fixes. For more information, visit Release notes - 8 March 2023.

1 February 2023

This release includes a selection of enhancements, UI updates and bug fixes. For more information, visit Release notes - 1 February 2023.

7 December 2022

This release includes a selection of enhancements, UI updates and bug fixes. For more information, visit Release notes - 7 December 2022.

2 November 2022

This release includes changes to the National Insurance Contribution Rates and the Health and Social Care Levy. For more information, visit Release notes - 2 November 2022.

12 October 2022

This release includes a selection of enhancements, UI updates and bug fixes. For more information, visit Release notes - 12 October 2022.

21 September 2022

Hotfix - read more details about the hotfix.

7 September 2022

This release includes a selection of enhancements, UI updates and bug fixes. For more information, visit Release notes - 7 September 2022.

August 2022

Hotfixes - read more details about the hotfixes.

3 August 2022

This release includes a selection of enhancements, UI updates and bug fixes. For more information, visit Release notes - 3 August 2022.

6 July 2022

This release includes a selection of enhancements, UI updates and bug fixes. For more information, visit Release notes - 6 July 2022.

15 June 2022

Hotfix - read more details about the hotfix.

8 June 2022

This release includes a selection of enhancements, UI updates and bug fixes. For more information, visit Release notes - 8 June 2022

4 May 2022

This release includes a selection of enhancements and bug fixes. For more information, visit Release notes - 4 May 2022.

13 April 2022

Hotfix - read more details about the hotfix.

6 April 2022

Version: 7.18 (Cascade)

This release includes a selection of enhancements, bug fixes, new UI updates including:

  • Employment Allowance Legislation rate has been updated to £5000.00 for 2022/23 Tax Year

  • Enhanced the Organisation Chart capability in MyCascade to be role-based, to allow administrators to determine which users can have access

  • Hiding historical bank holiday dates in Admin - this has been implemented to reduce the long list of dates and brings the ability to add new dates higher up the screen

  • Further UI enhancements

  • Update to Privacy notice styling

9 March 2022

Version: 7.17 (Cascade)

This release includes a selection of enhancements, bug fixes, new UI updates including:

  • New end-user analytics consent for Cascade and MyCascade

  • Cascade UI improvements

  • Payroll legislation

10 February 2022

Version: 7.16 (Cascade)

This release includes a selection of enhancements, bug fixes, new UI updates including:

  • Legislation changes 2022/23

  • Help centre links

  • Cascade full browser width

  • New UI improvements

  • Pagination buttons added to working calendars

  • Bugs and support tickets

  • Privacy notice updated

  • Accessibility improvements for page titles. Please visit the accessibility release notes page for detailed information.

9 December 2021

Version: 7.15 (Cascade)

This release includes a selection of enhancements, bug fixes, new UI updates including:

  • Various new UI enhancements

  • Improvements to the privacy notice editor bar

  • Accessibility enhancements to the login screen. Please visit the accessibility release notes page for detailed information.

  • 2022/2023 Legislation updates

11 November 2021

Version: 7.14 (Cascade)

This release includes a selection of enhancements, bug fixes, new UI updates including:

  • Various new UI enhancements

  • Reason field added to the Global Uplift

  • Validation added to Date of Birth field

  • Payroll - Bulk import of rate values

  • 2022/2023 Legislation updates

6 October 2021

Version: 7.13 (Cascade)

This release includes a selection of HR & Payroll enhancements, including:

  • Auditing of Users, Profiles and Roles

  • Font size change on Awards and Branding Settings pages in Admin

  • Improved browser zoom and browser font size adjustment support for better accessibility

  • Global employee updates available for ‘Include in Gender Pay Gap’

  • Element import screen changes

  • Element import bulk importing pay element history

Auditing Users, Profiles and Roles is only available ‘by request’ from the service desk. To produce a report we will need a start and end date and ideally the username of the employee who made the changes

8 September 2021

Version: 7.12 (Cascade)

This release includes a selection of HR & Payroll enhancements, including:

  • Expenses +: Automatic Activation Service Changes

  • Db Downloader

  • Gross to Net Report

  • Small new UI fixes in Payroll

  • HR & Payroll bug fixes

12 August 2021

Version: 7.11 (Cascade)

This release includes a selection of HR & Payroll enhancements, including:

  • NEW Awards nominations feature

  • NEW Enhanced theming colour options for the new UI

  • New UI improvements to self-serve timesheets

A user guide is available for the new Awards feature and the User Themes guide has been updated. These are available in the Community Portal.

7 July 2021

Version: 7.10 (Cascade)

This release includes a selection of HR enhancements, including:

  • Enhancements for the new Cascade UI (User Interface)

  • IE & Edge legacy warning banners cannot be removed

  • Old UI warning banners cannot be removed

  • New UI - a system set to ‘Selected Users’, System Admins will visit a warning banner that cannot be removed

  • New UI - ‘Theme (new UI User Theme)’ field added to USERS query builder screen

  • Screen Designer - Data import/Export button now behind a role item

We are now seriously encouraging customers to move to the new UI and as such the yellow warning banners cannot be removed.

3 June 2021

Version: 7.9 (Cascade)

This release includes a selection of enhancements, change lab items, bug fixes and new UI updates including:

  • Multiple enhancements for the new Cascade UI (User Interface)

  • New UI Employee list screens pagination buttons

  • New UI Query builder results pagination buttons

  • Password reset email now editable

  • Recruitment+ hierarchy data sync

  • Payroll furlough reclaim report changes

12 May 2021

Version: 7.8 (Cascade)

This release includes a selection of enhancements, change lab items, bug fixes and new UI updates including:

  • Multiple enhancements for the new Cascade UI (User Interface)

  • Warning banner for all users of the old UI

  • P11D data screen

  • Address FPS functionality

  • Payroll improvements

14 April 2021

Version: 7.7 (Cascade)

This release includes a selection of enhancements, change lab items, bug fixes and new UI updates including:

  • Multiple enhancements for the new Cascade UI (User Interface)

  • Ability to create User Themes for the new Cascade UI (Admin > Branding Settings)

  • Screen Designer field backgrounds now support accessible colours

  • Payroll Calendars to retain Pay Date Rule and Cut Off Date Rule when saved

9 March 2021

Version: 7.6 (Cascade)

This release includes a selection of enhancements, change lab items, bug fixes and new UI updates including:

  • 25+ improvements have been made to the new UI (User Interface)

  • Scheduled reports can now be sent password protected

  • Entitlement years list now truncates to show buttons below

  • Student loan plan 4 has been added

  • Starters checklist has been updated

  • Half day average holiday pay issue has been resolved

We have also completed work on payroll legislation changes for the 2021/2022 tax year with this release.

The following Year End and legislation guides can be found on the Community Portal:

  • IRIS Cascade Payroll Web Year End Guide 2020-2021

  • IRIS Cascade Legislation Guide 2021-2022

17 February 2021

Version: 7.5 (Cascade)

This release includes a selection of enhancements, bug fixes, new UI updates including:

  • EPS Date driven totals

  • Legislation enhancements

  • P60 amendments for 2020/2021 tax year

  • Various new UI improvements

  • Link to release notes site in new UI

  • New UI cache now refreshes automatically

  • Cascade now uses branding settings favicon

  • Allow renaming of Cascade/MyCascade buttons

  • Privacy notice update

We are continuing work on payroll legislation changes for the 2021/2022 tax year and have included some of these changes within this release.

3 December 2020

Version: 7.4 (Cascade)

This release includes a selection of enhancements, bug fixes, new UI updates and Change Lab items including:

  • Furlough Changes

  • Student Loan Manual Overrides

  • Pay Element restrictions for Off-payroll Workers

  • Legislation enhancements

  • Access to the new Cascade UI (User Interface)

  • Privacy Notice

  • Internet Explorer and Edge Legacy warning

  • Hide Contact Card data section

We are continuing work on payroll legislation changes for the 2021/2022 tax year and have included some of these changes within this release.

4 November 2020

Version: 7.3 (Cascade)

This release includes a selection of enhancements, bug fixes, new UI updates and Change Lab items including:

  • Cut off dates for absence integration

  • Multiple absence integrations per period

  • Statutory payments added to Total Cost Breakdown

  • Global Employee Update restrictions for Off-payroll Workers

  • Additional Court Order fields

  • NI validation check in HR

We have also begun work on payroll legislation changes for the 2021/2022 tax year and have included some of these changes within this release.

9 September 2020

Version: 7.1 (Cascade)

This release consists of a selection of changes including:

  • Average Holiday Enhancements

  • Further updates to the new UI following early adopter feedback

12 August 2020

Version: 7.0 (Cascade)

This release includes a selection of changes including:

  • Further enhancements to Furlough functionality in line with HMRC guidance

  • Removal of ‘MyFace’ from the Directory

In addition to the above, this release also includes the long awaited release of our new UI to early adopters! To mark the occasion, this release will become Version 7!