Business

As technology advances, so does the opportunity for vendors to serve business of all sizes. But HCM technology is constantly changing as new companies emerge, old vendors plan for market changes and new generations of employees demand more from their tools. Here’s our coverage.

HR Acuity, which provides SaaS solutions for employee relations case management and HR investigations, acquired Speakfully, a platform designed to help employees express their concerns about the workplace. Formed in 2018, Speakfully allows companies to use a secure portal to manage workplace issues and employee feedback. The company offers data...
A study by software provider Lattice found a stark lack of transparency around employee compensation, with only 25% of global employees having knowledge of the pay band for their job level. This continues even as pay transparency regulation gains momentum, with the New York City’s pay transparency law acting as...
Candidates experience bias during the hiring process, with 50% of employees believing their race, gender or ethnicity hindered them in securing employment, according to a study by talent acquisition suite Lever. The report said many candidates experienced bias within the hiring process, with 50% of employees believing their race,...
Rising inflation and the threat of recession has had an adverse effect on IT leaders and their teams over the last six months, even as their workloads increased. A  study by the integration and automation platform SnapLogic found that 87% of IT decision-makers in the UK and U.S. have been working under...
A new law requiring companies to include salary ranges in their job postings takes effect in New York City today. It’s designed to help reduce overall pay disparity by making the hiring process for businesses with four or more employees more transparent.    Covered employers must include a “good faith...
Beeline, a vendor management and extended workforce platform, agreed to acquire Utmost, which provides software for workforce solutions for matters involving contingent and direct employees. According to Staffing Industry Analysts, “both companies have evolved beyond the historic limitations of a VMS provider to include broader talent categories.” With Utmost, Beeline...
iCIMS has acquired SkillSurvey, a talent intelligence platform that offers skills verification and digital reference checking. Terms weren’t disclosed. SkillSurvey’s reference-checking solution aims to help organizations bring new employees on board more quickly. The platform verifies skills and gathers feedback from references in a way that can be used earlier...
Visier acquired the assets of Boostrs, an API-first skills mapping engine. By integrating Boostrs data into its own platform, the company said it will be able to add capabilities to compile and present internal and external workforce data. “Adding Boostrs to Visier’s technology stack gives our customers an essential linkage...
Benefits technology and services provider Businessolver acquired Workterra, a benefits administration and enrollment platform. Businessolver said the acquisition's goal is to expand its footprint in the employee benefits space. With the acquisition, Businessolver said it will introduce "additional innovation" to the platform to set it on “a renewed growth path." Workterra provides customers...
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