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Core HR

Reminders now take you straight to action

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Shared by Calamari Team • January 21, 2026

When you receive a reminder about important dates (email, Slack, or Teams), you can react immediately – we've added direct links to a filtered view of employees who require your attention.

How it works:

  • Click the link in the notification, and you'll land in a filtered People view that shows only the relevant employees.
  • The view includes key columns: First Name, Last Name, Position, and the specific Custom field with the date (e.g., Medical examination expiry date).
  • Next to each date, you'll see how many days remain until the action (e.g., in 14 days) – you immediately know how urgent the matter is.

No more searching through profiles. You go straight to where you do the work – check the list, update the dates, and you're done.

Configure reminders and see how much faster you can manage employee data.

Mobile Apps

Better control over your workday – straight from your phone

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Shared by Calamari Team • January 21, 2026

We've updated the Calamari mobile app to give you faster access to timesheets, leave request management, and team schedule viewing.

What's new:

  • Work Day History on your phone. Your entire workday as a timeline: clock-ins, breaks, projects, and manual edits in one view.
  • Redesigned leave request list. Two clear tabs: "My" and "Company". We've added filters at the top (dates, people, status, leave type) and status icons for faster scanning.
  • Time & Attendance change requests. A dedicated section for editing timesheets (add forgotten time, edit hours, remove errors).
  • Clearer request details. Old values crossed out and grayed out, new changes highlighted in color. Full action history available in request details.

Less time searching, more time getting things done.

Update the Calamari mobile app (iOS/Android) and check out the new features.

Time Off

Make sure your substitute is available

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Shared by Calamari Team • January 21, 2026

You can now control what happens when someone chooses a substitute who is on leave when submitting a leave request.

Previously, the system always blocked such requests – even during the holiday season, when finding an available substitute was difficult. Now you have a choice:

  • Block the request: Don't allow the request to be submitted if the substitute is absent.
  • Display a warning: Show a warning, but allow the request to be sent.

Example: Anna submits a leave request and chooses Mike as her substitute. If Mike is absent during that period, the system will block Anna's request or display a warning – depending on your settings.

👉 Configure in Leave Types → Restrictions

The restriction works separately for each leave type. For existing clients, we've set "Block" as the default to maintain current workflows.

Time & Attendance

Track changes in timesheets – everything in one place

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Shared by Calamari Team • January 21, 2026

We've added a new "Change History" view in the Time & Attendance module. Each employee now has access to their work time change requests and their complete history.

Previously, this information was only visible to managers and administrators in approval views. Now employees can also review their requests – adding forgotten time, editing hours, deleting entries – along with the change and approval history.

This makes it easier to control the employee's timesheet and allows for a precise understanding of what happened with each request.

👉 Check the change history in the Time & Attendance module

Time Off

Generate reports in the background

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Shared by Calamari Team • January 21, 2026

You work with large datasets? Generating extensive reports can take more time – that's why we've introduced a background processing mechanism.

When report creation exceeds one minute, the system takes over the work in the background. You can return to your tasks, and we'll send you an email as soon as the file is ready to download.

What you gain:

  • Freedom – you don't block your browser or your time
  • Email notification – you click the link and immediately download the report
  • Report history – a new panel in the application stores your reports for 7 days.

The feature is already available in the Requests and Entitlement reports. We'll soon expand it to the rest.

👉 Generate a large report and see how it works

Performance

Full control over the evaluation process

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Shared by Calamari Team • January 21, 2026

Work on the new Performance Review module isn't slowing down! From now on, you can change reviewers and participants even during an ongoing review session. You don't need to end it and start over.

What's changed:

  • Flexible sessions - Assign questions per position, per evaluation type, per evaluated person
  • Session filtering – Find specific review cycles by name and status (Active / Completed)
  • List organization – Remove outdated or test sessions from the list.
  • Flexible editing during an ongoing session – Administrators can add or remove participants without restarting the session.

👉 Reach out to us to test Performance Reviews

Time & Attendance

All work data in one report

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Shared by Calamari Team • December 17, 2025

In the Timesheet details report you will now find everything you need to analyze work data – we have added: the day description, working hours, and break times.

You can configure filters and data types according to your needs – just like in other reports.

What else have we improved:

  • The employee data row remains visible while scrolling – you always know whose data you are viewing.
  • Long descriptions are clearly formatted and expandable.
  • Employee avatars make it easier to quickly orient yourself in the data.

This is particularly useful if you need to meet time tracking regulations (e.g., in Poland) or if you are consolidating data from multiple sources.

👉 Check the updated report in the Time & Attendance module

Time & Attendance

Automatic Geofencing – the system tracks time for you

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Shared by Calamari Team • December 17, 2025

Approaching the office or a work zone? Now the app will register your Clock In automatically. Leaving? The system will end the work for you. No clicking, no forgetting.

What you need to know:

  • The Administrator configures zones and enables automatic registration in the panel.
  • The Employee can turn off automatic geofencing at any time in the app settings.
  • You have access to the zone entry and exit history – all in one place.
  • If location permissions are missing, the app will guide you on how to grant them.
  • Calamari does not track your location – we only receive information about entering or leaving a zone from your phone's system.

👉 Learn more about geofencing

Time & Attendance

No more filling out timesheets from memory

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Shared by Calamari Team • December 17, 2025

Do you remember what you did three weeks ago? Neither do we. That’s why Calamari will now remind you of missing entries in your timesheet before you have a chance to forget them.

  • How it works: At the beginning of each week, the system checks the previous 7 days. If your records are missing entries, you will get a notification with a direct link to the spots requiring attention.
  • When: The first day of your work week, at 12:00 PM.
  • Where: Email, Slack, Microsoft Teams, or the mobile app.

This feature is disabled by default – turn it on in Personal notifications (Reminder about missing timesheet entries) if you want to keep your records constantly up to date.

⚠️ Inform your employees about this option: Help Center: how to enable notifications

Time & Attendance

Faster project switching in the KIOSK

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Shared by Calamari Team • December 17, 2025

The Administrator can now assign a default project to each KIOSK. Thanks to this, after scanning, the employee automatically has a project set and can start working immediately or quickly switch to another one.

  • For whom: Production, construction, and cleaning teams.
  • Where: Kiosk settings in the Time & Attendance module.

Try it: Go to KIOSK settings and assign a default project to each Terminal so your employees can record time against specific tasks faster.