Home in the Mobile App

The article provides an overview of the BambooHR mobile app's home screen functionality. It outlines key areas accessible from the home screen, such as company announcements, settings, a welcome checklist for new employees, time clock features, and personal information management. The welcome checklist includes steps for adding a profile photo, confirming personal information, and reviewing pay details. Users can also view company holidays and notifications. The app allows for managing benefits, including enrollment during open periods, and facilitates inbox tasks such as time-off requests and signature approvals. Notifications can be enabled for important updates. Translations are not supported in the mobile app, but users can access translated information via the web app.

  • May 5, 2026
  • Knowledge

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Home in the Mobile App
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This feature is included in the Core, Pro, and Elite packages.

How does the home screen function on the mobile app?

Purpose: To give you a general overview of the home screen in the BambooHR mobile app.

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Home 

From Home, you can navigate to the following areas: 

  1. Announcements: From here, you can find any new company announcements (see below).
  2. Settings: Manage specific settings for your login.
  3. Welcome checklist: New employees will see the Welcome checklist to verify their information and get acquainted with their new account.
  4. Time Clock: If your company uses BambooHR® Time & Attendance, you will see the option to clock in and out or manually add your work hours here. Additionally, you can tap Timesheet to go to your Timesheet tab under My Info.
  5. Balances: View your current time off balances. Only three time off categories will show here, but you can click Time Off to view additional categories on the Time Off tab. If you tap on one of your time off balances, you will arrive at your Time Off tab under My Info.
  6. Request Time Off: Submit time off requests while on the go.
  7. Holidays: View the company calendar that includes company holidays.
  8. Out Today and Celebrations:  Quickly view who from your team is out of the office today and who is celebrating birthdays or anniversaries.
  9. Company Links: Tap here to see a list of links that your HR admin has shared with you.
  10. Inbox: The red dot indicates items that need your attention.
  11. People: View the company directory and directly contact any employee.
  12. Files: Search, view, and upload company files based on your access.
  13. My Info: View your employee information. If you have access to edit your personal information on the My Info tab, you can tap on specific fields to update pertinent information.
Welcome checklist

When new employees first log in to the mobile app, they will see a notification to start the Welcome Checklist. Click Get Started to begin.

The Welcome Checklist screen has five simple steps.

  1. Profile photo: Add your profile photo to your account.
  2. Personal information: Confirm and edit your personal employee information.
  3. Manager and team directory: Check out your team members' contact information.
  4. Pay information and company holidays: Check your pay information and company holidays.
  5. Notifications: Allow push notifications for the mobile app.

Profile photo

Click Add a photo to your profile and select either Take photo to take a photo or select Choose existing photo to use an image from your camera roll. Click Use Photo, and the app will mark this step as completed.

Personal information

Click Make sure your personal information is up-to-date to edit your personal information and add an emergency contact. After you complete all substeps, the app will mark this step as completed.

Manager and team directory

Click Get to know your coworkers and scroll through your team members' contact information. Click Done, and the app will mark this step as completed.

Pay information and company holidays

Click Take a look at your pay schedule and company holidays, scroll through your pay information, and click Done. The app will mark this step as completed.

Notifications

Click Get notified immediately when your time off is approved, and then click Turn on Notifications. Click Allow to allow notifications for time off and additional updates. Once confirmed, the app will mark this step as completed.

Completed checklist

After you complete each step, you will see all of the steps marked as completed. Click Wahoo! Checklist Complete! to go back to your home screen.

Company announcements

If there is a new announcement, you will see a notification within the megaphone icon.

All unread announcements will have a colored dot next to them. You can tap on an announcement to read its full message.

Benefits

If your company has BambooHR Benefits Administration, you can view and manage your benefit enrollment via the BambooHR mobile app.

During open enrollment, a widget will appear on your mobile homescreen. Click Start Enrollment to begin the enrollment process.

Continue through the steps to select your benefits, add dependents, or make edits.

Once you finish enrollment, a success message will appear and you will be taken back to your mobile home screen.

Benefit enrollment is only available for employees to view and edit their benefits. Admins cannot review or approve employee benefits through the mobile app.

Inbox

From the inbox within the mobile app, you can do the following:

Time off requests

  • Approve or deny
  • Edit
  • Comment
  • See who else will be out on the requested days

Timesheets

  • Review and/or approve timesheets

Signature requests

  • Sign requested documents

Onboarding/offboarding tasks  

  • Mark complete
  • Attach files
  • Comment
  • Sign attached documents
  • Preview attached documents
  • Preview files attached to comments

Job information

  • Approve or deny updates to job information (compensation, employment status, promotion)

Custom approvals

  • Approve or deny custom approvals

You also have the option to filter inbox notifications by All Items, Time Off Requests, Timesheet Approvals, Signature Requests, Onboarding, and/or Offboarding. Toggling on Show assigned to company will show you all assigned tasks throughout the company.

Notifications

If you do not have notifications enabled when approving an item from the inbox within the mobile app, you will receive a prompt asking if you would like to receive notifications on this and similar actions in the future.

To update your push notifications preferences within the mobile app, navigate to Settings (gear icon) and toggle on Allow Notifications. You can also enable notifications in Settings > BambooHR > Notifications within your mobile phone settings.

Translations are not supported in the BambooHR mobile app. To access translated employee information on the go, you can open the BambooHR web app in your mobile device’s browser.

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