Upwork has enhanced its enterprise capabilities to help large companies identify and hire contingent workers. The platform is designed to simplify the tasks involved with centrally managing a remote workforce strategy while accessing talent.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a range of companies have shifted to remote work....
What if they reopened a workplace and nobody clocked in? That seems to be a question worth pondering for many employers as more data reveals that employees and consumers are putting their personal safety at the top of their list of things to worry about.
The latest indication comes from...
Facebook added features to its Workplace app in a bid to help companies support their employees and improve communication in the new world of remote work. The company believes its history building consumer products puts in a unique position to help employers develop and maintain their culture across a...
CFOs seem to be more cautious about reopening their
businesses than many governors are about reopening their states. As some
jurisdictions contemplate lifting stay-at home orders and encourage companies
to open their doors, corporate leaders see the path to recovery as being
increasingly complex, lengthy and expensive.
The fourth iteration of PwC’s COVID-19 Pulse...
The Conference Board rolled out a collection of checklists
intended to help HR leaders prepare a new approach to workplaces as companies plot
their approach to beginning new-normal operations.
HR departments face “a daunting task,” as they plan for the gradual
reopening of the economy, the business group said. They must create workplaces
that...
Mark Feffer: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer.
Today, I’m talking with Cecile Alper-Leroux, Vice President of HCM Innovation at Ultimate Software. She’s an economic anthropologist by training and has been working in HR technology for more than 20 years. We talked...
If remote work is going to be part of the new normal, employers should consider ways they can address the stress that comes along with it.
Fully two-thirds of U.S. employees now work from home at least part-time, according to the reviews platform Clutch. While many HR leaders expect to...
Cornerstone OnDemand’s LMS saw a notable
uptick in usage during March, which the company attributes to organizations
transitioning to remote work during the initial weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some 27.5 million user hours were logged on Cornerstone’s LMS during March. The company said the surge demonstrates that employers are using online...
Since the COVID-19
pandemic began, HR practitioners have been bombarded with advice from
consultants, pundits and experts on everything from remote work to telemedicine.
But often they’ve found the most useful recommendations come from their peers.
That’s not surprising. While others talk about “changes to the world of work” and tens of thousands...
With more than 16 million Americans out of work and more
layoffs expected, and financial executives taking an increasingly sober view of
COVID-19’s impact on their business, some HR technology vendors may have reason
to hope.
While most employers are looking for ways to cut costs, and many CFOs are targeting their IT...
