Industry News

Coverage of business deals, partnerships, new products, people moves, marketing strategies, regulatory issues and other developments that HCM solutions providers, HR leaders, financial executives and investors need to know.

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...
Inefficient work processes are exhausting employees and encouraging them to seek stability as the economy continues to be, well, nervous. According to the Qualtrics 2023 Employee Experience Report, a “fresh collision” is brewing between burned out employees who want more support and organizations that want to streamline budgets without surrendering...
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...
New research conducted by the real estate professional services firm JLL Technologies found "a large gap" in the adoption of technologies critical for the smooth running of the hybrid work model.  JLL Technology's report, Technology and Innovation in the Hybrid Age, observed that tech-enabled solutions are critical to the survival of hybrid work....
The recruiting and talent acquisition space is rapidly growing as HR teams look for ways to operate more effectively throughout the talent lifecycle, from skills and engagement to talent mobility, according to Fosway Group’s 2022 9-Grid for Talent & People Success. “There is a huge focus on skills and upskilling...
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...