Bridge VMS Product Updates - February 26, 2026

🚀 BridgeVMS Release Notes

Release number three of 2026 is here, and it's a good one.  This update is all about sharper workflows, better visibility, and a few quality-of-life wins.  The kind of improvements that quietly make your day easier as the year gathers pace.  Let’s take a look 👇 

💬 What’s new?

• Expenses just got more flexible: We've rolled out several upgrades to how expenses work in BridgeVMS:
• Open expenses - users can now input the claim values
• Claim frequencies - set expenses to daily or weekly frequencies
• Daily claims now require a claim date
• Capped values can be applied to open expense types
• Auto-claim option now available

• New compliance progress bar: Tracking compliance just got easier. We've added a progress bar to the compliance validation function so you can quickly see:
• Progress on documents added
• Progress on documents still requiring validation

• Due dates for compliance validation: You can now assign a due date for compliance validation to help monitor SLAs more effectively. To enable:
• Go to Compliance Settings in Employer Category Settings
• Select Enable due date for compliance validation
• Enter the required validation timeframe (in days)

• Compliance document management improvements: We've made document handling more forgiving (and more transparent):
• Removed documents now move to a candidate document archive available on the candidate profile
• Documents can be permanently deleted from the archive if needed
• New document status indicator (active vs Archived) in submissions
• You can now edit, add or archive documents directly from the compliance section on a candidate submission
• California Meal Break Rules monitoring: We've introduced a new function to monitor California meal break compliance.

• Timesheet grid view for expenses: We've expanded visibility in the timesheet grid view. You can now view:
• Expense Value
• Expense Commission
• Expense MSP Fee
• Expense Charge.

• New custom report fields: We've added new custom report fields to the custom report builder:
• PO number - associated to the timesheet
• Meal break compliance status - associated to the timesheet
• Break intervals - associated to the timesheet

• Hide invoices functionality: you can now hide invoices from Employer and Agency users via a new Hide Invoices setting (Employer profile > Invoice Rules).

• Invoices remain visible to MSP users
• Invoices are hidden from Employer and Agency users

• Clearer rate change action: Adding a new effective date rate just got easier. Instead of being tucked behind the ellipsis menu, you'll now see an "Add new effective date rate" button directly in the rate change module. Less hunting, more doing.
  
  
• Reporting improvements: We've made some under-the-hood reporting upgrades to improve performance and stability:
• Reports will now run quicker
• Preview now shows a maximum of 100 items
• Added memory check to manage large report downloads.
   

🐞 Fixes & Optimisations:

Fresh clean-up crew reporting for duty. Here’s what we've sorted:

• DE invoice subtotals – Now tallying correctly.
• Bulk candidate confirmation – Was giving users an error, this is now resolved.
• Approved timesheets showing in pending status – The issue was linked to a cron job for reminders, this is now fully resolved.
• Duplicate hierarchy entries - Bug fixed to prevent duplicate hierarchy entries being entered via the hierarchy data loader.
• Other small fixes - the quiet kind that keep everything running smoothly.

That’s it for this release! A strong set of updates to keep 2026 moving in the right direction.

📬 Got feedback? Need support? Or just want to say hello? Drop us a note via BridgeVMS Support.

As always, thanks for being part of the journey. Onward ✨