Employee Readiness Core release notes

  • Release version: Store
  • Updated June 11, 2026
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    Summary of Employee Readiness Core release notes

    The Employee Readiness Core plugin provides foundational functionality and data structures for Employee Readiness applications within ServiceNow, including Employee Readiness Surveys and Employee Health Screening. It supports organizations in managing workplace health and safety requirements, employee status tracking, and related processes, especially in environments requiring health verifications and compliance with safety protocols.

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    ServiceNow regularly updates this plugin to enhance security, accessibility, performance, localization, and compliance with evolving platform standards and customer needs. The release notes detail version histories with fixes, feature additions, and important changes from the initial release in May 2020 through June 2026.

    Key Features

    • Health and Safety Requirement Management: Enables creation, activation, and management of employee health and safety requirements such as vaccination status, testing results, exposure tracking, and emergency self-reports.
    • Approval Portal: Provides managers and designated approvers with tools to review, approve, or deny employee health-related submissions with improved accessibility and localization.
    • Localization and Accessibility: Supports multiple languages and adheres to WCAG 2.0/2.1 standards, improving usability for diverse and globally distributed workforces.
    • Privacy and Consent Management: Facilitates employee privacy consent workflows essential for contact tracing and data handling compliance.
    • Dashboards and Reporting: Includes dashboards for vaccine and testing status (deprecated in recent versions but available in older releases) and the ability to track employee health status and workplace readiness.
    • Integration and Automation: Supports webhook integration for third-party health verification systems, guided setup for building and campus automation, and scheduled jobs for maintenance tasks such as removing inactive users and recalculating requirement statuses.

    Security and Compliance

    Multiple releases address security vulnerabilities, including fixes to access control lists (ACLs), role validations, and prevention of unauthorized data access. Customers are advised that the application does not guarantee legal compliance and that organizations remain responsible for adapting the provided templates and workflows to meet their specific regulatory and legal requirements, including data protection and employment laws.

    Important Notes for Customers

    • Customers can install individual Safe Workplace applications or the entire Safe Workplace suite for automatic setup of all components.
    • Dashboards for Testing and Vaccine Status have been deprecated in the latest versions but remain accessible to customers on older releases.
    • Localization has been progressively expanded, covering many languages to support global deployments.
    • Government agencies using this application must confirm compliance with applicable ethics and legal regulations independently.
    • ServiceNow does not cover implementation or configuration costs unless separately purchased.

    Practical Outcomes

    By implementing the Employee Readiness Core plugin, ServiceNow customers can:

    • Centralize management of employee health and safety requirements aligned with organizational policies.
    • Enhance transparency and efficiency in health status approvals through improved portals and automated workflows.
    • Ensure better accessibility and usability for employees and managers worldwide via localization and compliance with accessibility standards.
    • Maintain security and privacy standards with ongoing updates and controls for sensitive health data.
    • Leverage automation and integrations to streamline workplace readiness processes and reporting.

    Version history for the Safe Workplace Employee Readiness Core on the ServiceNow Store.

    Important:
    For details on system requirements and family compatibility, view the application listing on the ServiceNow Store website.
    Note:
    To automatically install all the Safe Workplace applications at once, download the ServiceNow® Safe Workplace suite application.

    Version history

    Version 1.43.0 - June 2026
    • Changed:
      • Fixed ACL-role mismatches by validating role existence and ACL references
      • Updated internal tooling alignment
      • Remediated non-Glide ACLs
    • Fixed: Resolved a security vulnerability where an arbitrary GlideRecord read was possible via SafeWorkplaceAudienceAjax in Employee Readiness
    Version 1.42.0 - December 2025
    Fixed: Updated Read only fields to use new platform security features.
    Version 1.41.0 - August 2025
    Changed: Minor ACL updates
    Version 1.40.3 - February 2025
    • New: Exposures on H&S Profile for specific roles e.g. requestor
    • Fixed: The display value of the user's name was incorrect when a new contractor record was created in the Health and Safety User table
    Version 1.40.2 - November 2024
    Security fixes.
    Version 1.40.1 - May 2024
    Security fixes.
    Version 1.40.0 - February 2024
    Removed: The Testing Status dashboard and Vaccine Status dashboard have been deprecated. Customers who have downloaded the 1.39.0 or any older version will continue to have the dashboards and can continue to use them. Customers who have downloaded the 1.39.1 or newer version of the app will NOT have the dashboards.
    Version 1.39.1 - January 2024
    Security fixes.
    Version 1.39.0 - November 2022
    Fixed: Accessibility and quality improvements
    Version 1.38.2 - August 2022
    • Changed:
      • Improved approval portal design to align to WCAG 2.0/WCAG 2.1 guidelines. This includes:
        • Keyboard accessibility
        • ARIA labels
        • Screen readers
        • Better icons
        • Enabling 200% zoom
    • Fixed:
      • Provided access to health and safety admin to approve test results in approval portal.
      • Added terminology to indicate booster dose in approval portal and differentiate it from normal dose.
      • Performance and quality improvements.
    Version 1.37.0 - May 2022
    • New: Localization for features in the May 5 release.
    • Changed:
      • Added health_and_safety_approver role for the Approval Portal.
      • Managers have the ability to access the Approval Portal.
    • Fixed:
      • Added report_view ACL to sn_imt_core_test_result_history.
      • Added sys_domain field to sn_imt_core_test_result_history and sn_imt_core_vaccine_history tables.
      • Performance improvements to requirement activation process.
      • Added scheduled job 'Remove inactive health and safety users' to periodically delete inactive Health and Safety Users.
      • Syslog errors occured during installation due to the Caller Access setting on sn_imt_core_safe_workplace_audience_cached_user table.
      • Allow HTML encodings in the User Privacy Consent form.
      • Improve tab navigation and fixed screen reader bug.
      • Fixed high contrast color issue on My Safe Workplace page.
      • Improved rendering of approve/deny buttons in the Approval Portal and fixed the JavaScript code that prevented the widget in the form editor from being saved.
      • Rejecting a user's test result didn't set the user's Health Test Requirement to Not Cleared.
      • Two or more Emergency Outreaches couldn't use the same User Privacy Notice and Consent record.
      • Requirements now have a User field to specify which user should be associated with a given table. For example, the COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement uses the User field on Vaccination Profile.
      • Approval Portal row height was misaligned due to text alignment in a button animation.
      • Minor bugs fixed.
    Version 1.36.1 - March 2022
    • New: Localization for features from the February 17 release
    • Fixed:
      • Requirements using an audience with the "All the criteria (AND)" criteria weren’t being honored by requirement flow
      • Improved the Approval Portal's search performance
      • Improved the performance when creating Health and Safety Users and their associated Employee Health and Safety Requirements
      • Requirement audiences weren't working when the audience contained multiple groups
      • Other minor bugs
    Version 1.34.0 - February 2022
    • New:
      • Updated the logic to arrive at Requirement Status for a Health and Safety user
      • Added a new requirement status "Not Required"
      • Ability to identify applicable user set for a requirement and create requirement records
      • Updated the "recalculate audience" scheduled job to address status of "Not Required"
      • New scheduled job to reset the requirement status to align with new logic of "Not required" status
      • Localization for features from the January 27 release
    • Fixed:
      • JavaScript was not handled on SWA Approval portal when Vaccination Status or Health and Safety Testing apps were not installed
      • Recalculate audience job flows did not run when there were no users added or deleted from an audience
      • Employee Health and Safety Requirement records were not created for users who already submitted Health Test Results
      • Other minor bugs
    Version 1.33.0 - January 2022
    • New:
      • Vaccine Status Dashboard
      • Testing Status Dashboard
      • Localization for 22 languages other than English. Translations are available for features released up until the December 16, 2021 release.
    • Fixed: Minor bugs
    Version 1.31.1 - January 2022
    Fixed: Performance and functionality bugs
    Version 1.30.0 - December 2021
    • New:
      • Added fields and functionality to Test Result, Vaccine and Exemption records in the approval modal
      • Show vaccination names in list view on the approval portal
      • Open modals on a record that does not have an image attachment
      • Localization for features from the November 18 release
    • Changed: Updates to the translation engine
    • Fixed: Security and minor bug fixes
    Version 1.28.0 - November 2021
    • New: Localization for features from the November 4 release
    • Fixed: Ability to view PDF files in modals on the Approval Portal
    Version 1.27.0 - November 2021
    • New:
      • Manager Approval
      • Localization for features from the October 14 release
    • Fixed: Minor bugs
    Version 1.26.0 - October 2021
    • New:
      • Approval Portal
      • Localization for features from the September 16 release
    • Fixed: Minor bugs
    Version 1.25.0 - September 2021
    • New:
      • Country-specific vaccination responses and retention policy
      • Vaccine exemptions added to profiles
    • Fixed: Several minor bugs
    Version 1.24.0 - September 2021
    Fixed: Minor bugs
    Version 1.23.0 - August 2021
    Fixed: Minor bugs
    Version 1.22.0 - August 2021
    New: Localization for features from the July 22 release
    Version 1.21.1 - July 2021
    • New: Added Employee Health and Safety Status support for travel requests and reservations
    • Fixed: Minor bugs
    Version 1.20.0 - July 2021
    Fixed: Security bugs
    Version 1.18.0 - June 2021
    Fixed: Minor bug for flow changes on upgrade
    Version 1.17.0 - April 2021
    New: Localization for features from the March 25 release
    Version 1.16.0 - March 2021
    New: Support for syncing the WSD and WSM Visitor tables
    Version 1.15.1 - March 2021
    • New: Localization for features from the February 18 release
    • Fixed
      • Requirement flow in Emergency Self Report not executed for repeated states
      • Other minor bug fixes
    Version 1.14.0 - February 2021
    Fixed: For the Contact Tracing application, notes appear correctly when the case is closed or when the note is logged on the case closure date
    Version 1.13.0 - February 2021
    • New: Localization for features from the January 21 release
    • Fixed: Security bug
    Version 1.12.1 - January 2021
    New:
    • Support for Level 2 domain separation
    • Localization for features from the December 17 release
    • WCAG improvements
    Version 1.11.1 - December 2020
    • New:
      • Support for a common structure to request consent for various privacy policies
      • Support for the new Vaccination Status application
      • Localization for features from the December 3 release
    • Fixed: Minor bug fixes
    Version 1.10.0 - December 2020
    • New:
      • Ability to track and report on employee QR code scans for entry
      • Localization for features from the November 19 release
    • Changed: The My Day menu item and page title were renamed to My Safe Workplace
    Version 1.9.2 - November 2020
    New:
    • Use the new My Safe Workplace page to view all of your information and resources for returning to the workplace. Manage your requirement status for workplace entry, update your health status, track workspace reservations, and create requests for PPE or testing. Modules include:
      • My status
      • Things I can do
        • Screen a visitor for entry
        • Set up a visit to our company
        • Request permission to travel
        • Set up a COVID-19 diagnostic test
        • Report a COVID-19 diagnostic test result
        • Request PPE items
        • Reserve a shift and space for a day
        • Schedule your arrival today
      • My open requests
      • My workplace reservations
      • My health status
      • My team status
    • Localization for features from the November 5 release
    Version 1.8.0 - November 2020
    • New:
      • Employers can set up an employee privacy consent requirement to help facilitate contact tracing
      • New catalog item icons
      • Localization for features from the October 15 release
    • Fixed: Minor bug fixes
    Version 1.7.0 - October 2020
    • New:
      • Set future dates for visitor scheduling
      • On the Health Verification confirmation page, new links are available for employees to easily resolve outstanding requirements
      • Managers can view the Health and Safety status of their direct reports
      • Localization for features from the October 1 release
    • Changed: Updated the Uber link in ServiceNow's guided setup
    • Fixed: Minor bug fixes
    Version 1.6.0 - October 2020
    New:
    • Users can upload a spreadsheet or CSV file to create a Safe Workplace audience
    • Localization for features from the September 16 release
    Version 1.5.1 - September 2020
    • New: Updates to usage metering
    • Fixed: Various priority fixes
    Version 1.4.0 - September 2020
    Fixed:
    • Security fix
    • Activating requirements no longer trigger conflicts upon upgrade
    Version 1.3.0 - August 2020
    New:
    • Additional information on the Health and Safety Status page
    • Support for the ServiceNow Safe Workplace Dashboard's automation of building and campus creation through guided setup
    • Localization for features from the August 6 release
    Version 1.2.1 - August 2020
    New:
    • Added Guided Setup content for setting up the Uber for Business feature
    • Updated Guided Setup for Contact Tracing in Employee Readiness Core
    • Updated the Exposed Contacts Requirement (one of the possible health and safety requirements)
    • Localization for features from the July 23 release
    Version 1.1.0 - July 2020
    New:
    • Generic logging API
    • Webhook to call third-party systems for health verification
    • Localization for features from the July 9 release
    • Compatible with ServiceNow instances on the Paris release
    Version 1.0.6 - July 2020
    • New:
      • Manage visitor requirements
      • Localization for features from the June 18 release
    • Changed: 'View employee status' was updated to 'View employee and visitor status'
    Version 1.0.5 - June 2020
    New: Support for Employee Health Screening and Emergency Self Report
    Version 1.0.4 - June 2020
    Fixed: In Orlando Patch 3 and later instances, reference fields are now rendered at the correct width
    Version 1.0.3 - May 2020
    The Employee Readiness Core plugin provides shared functionality and data structures for Employee Readiness apps, such as Employee Readiness Surveys and Employee Health Screening.

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