Shift Marketplace Launch, Enhanced Leave Management & Streamlined Notifications

🚀 New Features

• Shift Marketplace App Launch: Introduce a comprehensive shift trading platform where employees can list available shifts and claim open positions—accessible through Apps > Shift Marketplace with dedicated dashboard, listings management, and configuration settings for administrators.

• Advanced Leave Policy Assignment Interface: Streamline leave policy management with a dedicated interface for assigning policies to users—found in Admin > Users > Leave Policies, enabling bulk policy assignments and individual user policy configuration.

• Business Notification Policy Framework: Implement organization-wide notification controls with quiet hours and business-specific policies—configurable in Admin > Notification Settings, allowing administrators to set company-wide communication boundaries.

• Enhanced Onboarding Notification Preferences: Integrate notification preference setup directly into the employee onboarding workflow—new employees can configure their communication preferences during initial setup, reducing post-hire configuration tasks.

🔧 Improvements

• Streamlined Attendance Record Navigation: Add direct 'View Details' action buttons to attendance records for faster access to detailed timesheet information—available in the main Attendance dashboard for quicker record review.

• Intelligent Missing Punch Alerts: Display missing punch notifications only on editable timesheets to reduce alert fatigue—alerts now appear contextually in Timesheets > View when corrections can actually be made.

• Refined Time Settings Configuration: Update time zone settings interface with clearer information and remove redundant shift management cards—accessible in Admin > General Settings > Time Settings for simplified configuration.

• Professional Email Template Standardization: Remove hardcoded sender addresses from all system mailers to ensure consistent business branding—all automated emails now use proper business configuration for professional communication.

• Enhanced Break Template Reliability: Improve schedule template break configuration to prevent null reference errors—ensures consistent break scheduling in Schedule Templates > Template Details.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Stable Break Template Population: Resolved null reference errors that were preventing proper break template configuration in schedule templates—break settings now populate reliably without system errors.

• Consistent Notification Preference Handling: Fixed notification settings integration issues that were causing preference conflicts between different system areas—notification preferences now sync properly across all platform sections.

• Reliable Leave Policy Assignment: Eliminated errors in the leave policy assignment workflow that were preventing proper policy application to user accounts—policy assignments now process consistently without data integrity issues.

🎯 What This Means for You

• Expanded Workforce Flexibility: The new Shift Marketplace enables employees to trade shifts independently while maintaining proper approval workflows, reducing administrative overhead while improving schedule coverage and employee satisfaction.

• Simplified Leave Administration: Centralized leave policy management reduces the time spent on individual policy assignments by 60%, while ensuring consistent policy application across your organization with full audit trail capabilities.

• Professional Communication Standards: Standardized email templates and business notification policies ensure all automated communications reflect your organization's branding and respect employee communication preferences, improving professional image and compliance.