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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.

Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Listen to this week's news roundup podcast. ServiceNow and Deloitte extended their strategic alliance to help customers accelerate HR service delivery. The companies will conduct joint go-to-market activities to support ServiceNow’s solution through global sales and training activities. Deloitte...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Listen to our weekly news roundup. Challenges around cost, access, logistics and privacy are preventing many employers from implementing plans to test employees for COVID-19, reports Bloomberg. In addition, some executives note that testing covers only “a moment in...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Paycards are becoming more popular among employers as the pandemic continues, Laura Valdespino, ADP’s director of compliance solutions, told the web site PYMNTS. However, she said, the process runs into “friction” as businesses transition away from physical-check processes:...
Equipping employers for the reopened workspace is becoming a specialty unto itself. Technology firms, including a number of HR solutions providers, as well as consultants and business-service firms are offering tools that do everything from track health status to plan for physical distancing. According to the New York Times, some...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Listen to an audio version of this report. Workday is expanding operations into Mexico and named Guillermo Reynoso as the country manager. The company said service partners are available to assist with local deployments. Already, some 350 organizations are...
Social learning platform Degreed raised $32 million in a new funding round led by Owl Ventures. The company attributed the influx to rising demand for training and educational solutions. The investment brings Degreed’s total funding to $182 million. “We’ve seen a tremendous surge in client demand for our career mobility product,”...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. PeopleFluent announced availability of its next-generation enterprise recruiting solution. PeopleFluent Recruitment offers syndication, SMS capabilities, and CRM and nurture campaigns. There’s also an onboarding module, scheduling tools, and e-signature capabilities, and both live and on-demand video interviewing. Salesforce’s Work.com...
The enterprise approach to employee relations is shifting as more organizations leverage technology to manage their efforts and more ER specialists emerge.   In its fourth annual benchmark study, employee relations platform provider HR Acuity said ER has become a “strategic force” as enterprises apply processes, data and technology to...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. More than three-quarters, 77%, of HR leaders expect the shift toward remote work to continue, even a year after COVID-19 substantially subsides. The Conference Board said U.S. workers should brace themselves for more permanent, sometimes painful changes at...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. SAP’s new customer portal, SAP for Me, has been rolled out to customers across products, systems and licenses. The portal provides customers with personalized access and a transparent view of their complete product portfolio. A version will be...