Small Business

HCM technology solutions for micro and small business are advancing at an increasing clip. That’s no surprise given that ADP says about 70 million U.S. small businesses had assigned HR responsibilities to employees who had other “primary” responsibilities. As the workforce and tech become more sophisticated and solutions become cheaper, that’s a trend whose momentum is only going to grow.

Upwork added AI-driven features to its platform, along with new educational content related to advanced technology. In addition, the company created a waitlist for access to its GPT-4 app currently in beta, Upwork Chat Pro. The efforts are designed to help professionals start and complete work more efficiently, improve productivity...
Employees prefer company culture changes over an individual approach to mental health, such as one providing therapy, apps and time off, according to a study from Qualtrics. In fact, 78% of those surveyed said an emphasis on healthy and sustainable workplaces would be moderately to extremely helpful for their...
isolved added new capabilities to People Cloud with an eye toward helping customers take advantage of AI. Specifically, the company wants to provide tools to help better manage the workforce, more closely connect HR leaders to overall business strategy and streamline HR operations. At last week’s isolved Connect conference, the...
Namely plans to launch four new bundled offerings designed to address challenges faced by SMBs in the current economic landscape. The launch will take place at the HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas. The company believes small businesses are increasingly challenged by financial limitations when it comes to investing in...
ADP launched ADP Ventures, a corporate venture capital arm and “innovation lab.” The unit’s mission is to strengthen ADP's core business, create offerings in new adjacent segments and geographies, and develop assets to monetize markets and segments beyond HCM.  "ADP Ventures will allow us to further invest to provide clients...
Transcript Mark: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer. My guest today is Roberto Masiero who runs the innovation lab at ADP. Over the summer they launched Roll, a payroll app designed for small business. The product uses a conversational interface to let business...
McLean & Company launched an expanded HR Management & Governance Framework to reflect the broader scope being undertaken by HR.  The expanded framework offers a research-informed, holistic model of HR across nine functions and 39 areas that have been expanded to reflect current and future trends in the HR landscape....
Transcript Mark: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer. My guest today is Cris Grossman, the CEO of Beekeeper. Their platform is designed to help companies manage desk close workers with automation, electronic communication, and other tools. We're going to talk about how AI...
Justworks will acquire the international employment platform Via in the name of increasing SMB access to the global talent pool. The acquisition will fit Via’s capabilities into Justworks’ existing suite of global PEO solutions. Via helps companies hire and pay international teams with on-the-ground workforce support in 12 global markets....
Transcript Mark: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer. My guest today is Ben Hanowell, director of People Analytics Research at the ADP Research Institute. They've just launched a report series called Today at Work and its kickoff edition takes a look at...