September 2026

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title: September 2026
description: The Employee Slate product family has been re-branded to ServiceNow EmployeeWorks. Several new features and changes have been introduced.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/release-notes/employeeslate-rn-2026-09.html
release: brazil
topic_type: topic
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
keywords: [Employee slate, EmployeeWorks, Employee works, Employee hub]
breadcrumb: [EmployeeWorks release notes, Unified Employee Experience release notes, Employee Service Management release notes, Features and changes by product, Release notes for upgrading from Australia, Learn about the Brazil release, Brazil release notes]
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# September 2026

The Employee Slate product family has been re-branded to ServiceNow EmployeeWorks. Several new features and changes have been introduced.

## What's new

-   **Directory template**

    New landing-page layout guides employees through topic subtopics for clearer content pathways.

-   **Breadcrumb navigation**

    Employees can now easily navigate through the topic hierarchy with contextual breadcrumb links. Ask Otto name configuration: Admins can customize the displayed assistant name while supporting the configured Moveworks bot-friendly name by default.

-   **Ask Otto name configuration**

    Admins can customize the displayed assistant name while supporting the configured Moveworks bot-friendly name by default.

-   **Image auto-compression**

    Images are automatically compressed and optimized per display context \(thumbnail, carousel, hero feed\).

-   **Task delegation**

    Employees can now delegate tasks to colleagues directly from the task details view.

-   **Home page background theme**

    Admins can set home page backgrounds per theme in the Admin Console, enabling different audiences to have distinct visual experiences.


## What's changed

-   **Product re-branding**

    The Employee Slate product family has been re-branded to ServiceNow EmployeeWorks.

    | | |
    |---|---|
    |Employee Slate|ServiceNow EmployeeWorks Web App|
    |Employee Slate built for Moveworks|ServiceNow EmployeeWorks Web App|
    |Employee Slate Core|ServiceNow EmployeeWorks Web App Base|
    |Employee Slate Advanced|ServiceNow EmployeeWorks Web App Extended|


-   **Browse UI refinements**

    Visual and usability improvements across Browse deliver a more consistent and polished experience.

-   **Inline admin configuration**

    Admins can now edit Browse options, Quick Links, Knowledge, and Applications directly without navigating to separate configuration records.

-   **Person card report counts**

    Person cards in the org chart now display total report count alongside direct report count by default.


## What's deprecated or removed

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## Plugin information

-   **New plugins**

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-   **Deprecated plugins**

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-   **Plugins planned for deprecation**

     \(\): Planned for deprecation in . 

-   **Renamed or changed plugins**

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**Parent Topic:**[EmployeeWorks release notes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/release-notes/employee-slate-rnn.md)