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.

Jira Service Desk, a tool beloved by IT departments around the world, is adding templates and workflows designed to meet the needs of HR and other business functions. In a blog post, Jira’s developer, Atlassian, said it expanded the product’s capabilities after a number of existing customers began using it...
Kronos announced a basketful of enhancements to its HCM solutions suites, including enhanced people analytics features and a new take on the intelligent time clock. The products were unveiled at the company’s annual Kronos Works conference in Las Vegas. Among the new features: mobile-first enhancements to Workforce Dimensions that improve...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. SilkRoad Technology announced CHRO Essentials, a consulting program to help HR leaders define their organization’s vision and build a transformative talent strategy and roadmap to achieve it. CHRO Essentials also baselines current HR domains, compares those metrics to best practices and identifies work...
PeopleFluent said it’s expanding its solutions to serve smaller companies, specifically those with between 1,000 and 5,000 employees. To date, PeopleFluent has targeted companies with more than 5,000 workers and large HR teams. Smaller customers—whom PeopleFluent refers to as “mid-market”—can have tools preconfigured in order to reduce deployment time from several months...
Ceridian launched several enhancements to its HCM package, including new analytics, a new earned-wages tool and a simplified approach to customizing Dayforce. The analytics feature, Dayforce Intelligence, provides companies with predictive analytics designed to identify key metrics for each HCM process. The company said the tool will allow its customers to...
Workday introduced new applications at Workday Rising, including Workday People Experience, People Analytics and Credentials. Driven by customer demand, the company said it’s “made significant and unique investments” to build solutions for a work world that includes “a multi-faceted workforce, new ways of working and a distributed workplace.” “Today’s organizations...
Betterworks, which provides continuous performance management solutions for enterprise companies, launched new features with an eye toward improving its usability and social tools. Betterworks CEO Doug Dennerline said the enhancements are intended to increase adoption by offering employees a more engaging experience. “The biggest deciding factor for organizations choosing a talent management technology...
Paycor rolled out at a new analytics package designed to make workforce analytics more accessible to HR managers. Powered by Visier, Paycor Analytics helps HR recognize patterns and identify problem areas so they can develop strategies to address issues in both the near and long terms. The company said Paycor Analytics turns workforce...
Vibe HCM launched Vibe Insights, a new solution that provides access to traditional HR transaction and compliance data along with metrics on employee engagement, employee sentiment, peer recognition and social engagement. Vibe CEO Susanne Bowen said adding the module’s reporting and analytics tools to Vibe’s engagement platform will aid customers...
ADP announced new features for its analytics platform ADP DataCloud to improve its user experience and leverage machine learning to make better use of the workforce data the company compiles from some 30 million employees. Jack Berkowitz, ADP’s senior vice president of product development, said the enhancements are an attempt to make...