Workforce Management

New products and methodologies that help companies manage both full-time employees and independent contractors, and why they may need to meld the often-competing concerns of HR and Procurement as contingent workers take on a greater role in executing business strategy. Here’s where we also look at trends related to workforce dynamics and the products that address them.

Workforce engagement company Playvox launched a global collaboration with Salesforce. The companies said the arrangement will help Salesforce Service Cloud customers better manage, among other things, forecasting, scheduling, adherence and capacity planning within Salesforce Contact Center. Users will also be able to make real-time changes based on Playvox's AI...
Employers' performance management and pay-for-performance programs are falling short, according to WTW's 2022 Performance Reset Survey. More than 90% of the survey's respondents said driving performance across the organization was one of their top objectives. However, less than half said their performance management program was helping them to meet that...
Salary.com signed a reseller agreement with Mercer, the global HR consulting and asset management firm. Under the agreement, Mercer surveys will become available to Salary.com's 8,000 survey and B2B software subscribers. Kevin Plunkett, Salary.com’s vice president of partnerships, said increasing demands for wage transparency, coupled with the tight labor market,...
GoCo.io, a provider of flexible software solutions for HR, benefits and payroll, announced a $15 million Series B funding round led by ATX Venture Partners. The round was completed in September, and placed the company's valuation "significantly higher" than its previous round. The latest funding brings the total investment...
A little over half (53%) of IT professionals are extremely or somewhat likely to look for a new job in the next year as turnover and recruitment emerge as pressing challenges to the IT industry. This comes from a new study by learning experiences provider Skillsoft, which surveyed 7,952 IT decision-makers...
Qualtrics unveiled Qualtrics Manager Assist, a new product designed to help managers listen, understand and act on feedback from their teams in real time. The pitch is about employee attitudes and retention. Manager Assist brings together the components managers need to increase productivity and engagement, and reduce attrition, Qualtrics said....
Lattice said that data from Mercer Compensation Benchmarks is now available through the company’s new Compensation product.   Lattice Compensation was launched in July 2022 to connect performance and compensation as a way to drive more effective strategies and transparency around pay decisions, which impact both talent management and retention....
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Listen to a podcast of our roundup. Playvox, a provider of workforce engagement management solutions, expanded its Workforce Management Capacity Planner. Within the Capacity Planner, customers can prepare and forecast for the long-term with regards to staffing and business...
SAP SuccessFactors unveiled its second half 2022 release, introducing features designed to help organizations “create an agile and future-ready workforce.” At the start, select customers will have access to three new features: skills ontology, growth portfolio and dynamic teams. The skills ontology uses machine learning and AI to recommend relevant...
Beekeeper added new capabilities to its mobile-first platform, Beekeeper’s Frontline Success System. Founded in 2012, Beekeeper aims to serve frontline employees and organizations by providing digital solutions that can automate businesses processes and communications from any location. “The disconnect between employers and their frontline employees is at an all-time high, causing...