--- title: "Release notes" slug: "release-notes" type: "index" canonical: "help.cintra.co.uk/release-notes" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.cintra.co.uk/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Release notes 10 articles ## [Parental payments (9 Oct 2026)](https://help.cintra.co.uk/docs/october-2026-parental-payments.md) Published on 2026-10-09 Maternity, paternity and adoption pay can now be managed directly in Cintra People Payroll. SaaS customers (who process their own payroll) can review and update an employee's claims, and Source... ## [Custom roles (8 Oct 2026)](https://help.cintra.co.uk/docs/october-2026-custom-roles.md) Updated on 2026-10-09 | Published on 2026-10-08 Cintra People HR now supports custom roles. You can build your own sets of permissions and assign them to individual employees, alongside the existing system roles and project roles. Note : Custom... ## [Calculate Payroll available to SaaS customers (16 Sep 2026)](https://help.cintra.co.uk/docs/september-16th-2026-calculate-payroll-available-to-saas-customers.md) Published on 2026-09-24 Release notes ## [Statutory payments (16 Sep 2026)](https://help.cintra.co.uk/docs/september-2026-statutory-payments.md) Published on 2026-09-16 For SaaS customers (who process their own payroll), an employee's tax code, National Insurance category, student loan repayments, and court-ordered deductions can now be managed directly in Cintra... ## [Bulk import (26 Aug 2026)](https://help.cintra.co.uk/docs/august-12th-2026-bulk-import.md) Updated on 2026-08-26 Loading payroll data for multiple employees has always meant working record by record, or sending files to your bureau team to process manually. The new Bulk Import tool changes that — upload your... ## [Viewing period changes: Changes Report (26 Aug 2026)](https://help.cintra.co.uk/docs/august-2026-period-changes-dashboard-changes-report.md) Updated on 2026-08-26 The Period Changes Dashboard gives payroll managers and Cintra Bureau users full visibility of every change made to a payroll for the selected period. Instead of hunting through static reports or... ## [Audit Report (11 Aug 2026)](https://help.cintra.co.uk/docs/august-2026-audit-report.md) Updated on 2026-08-11 | Published on 2026-08-11 Payroll queries usually come down to one question: what changed? Until now, answering that meant piecing together information from memory, emails, or separate change logs. The new Payroll Audit Report... ## [Other benefit schemes (Jul 2026)](https://help.cintra.co.uk/docs/july-2026-net-deduction-benefit-schemes.md) Updated on 2026-08-06 | Published on 2026-07-31 We've added a new Other benefits tab to the employee profile in Cintra People Payroll, bringing together benefit scheme membership and contributions such as private healthcare, health cash plans, and... ## [Work patterns (Jul 2026)](https://help.cintra.co.uk/docs/july-2026-work-patterns.md) Published on 2026-07-21 Work patterns are major addition to Cintra People, giving HR administrators a way to define exactly how a team works, separately from leave and absence entitlement. What's new? Previously, teams that... ## [Company cars and vans (Jul 2026)](https://help.cintra.co.uk/docs/july-2026-company-cars-and-vans.md) Updated on 2026-07-21 | Published on 2026-07-08 Manage company car and van benefits directly in Cintra People Payroll. Cintra People Payroll now supports company car and van management as a Benefit in Kind (BIK), directly against an employee...