Up to 70 percent of U.S. small businesses, or roughly 1.5 million companies, have assigned HR responsibilities to staff members who handle the tasks in addition to their primary role, according to a study by ADP. The company found that such ad-hoc HR managers spend an average of more than...
Consulting firm Mercer has introduced Mercer Digital, which it describes as an “innovative approach to empowering organizations for the workforce and workplace of the future.”
According to its web site, Mercer Digital offers “solutions across the full value chain — from digital strategy to organization design and workforce change —...
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Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer. My guest today is Josh Cohen, the digital marketing director of Upnetic, a small business services platform and the Tarkenton Companies, an agency that helps businesses reach and service the SMB market. For the...
Fyndo, a hiring automation platform, launched with the goal of helping small and medium-sized businesses automate their hiring process, from posting jobs to setting up interviews. The company said it will help hiring teams both save time and increase efficiency. The company’s financial model requires use to pay only...
Hiring at U.S. small businesses increased during February, led by hiring in the leisure and hospitality industry, according to research by Paychex and IHS Markit, a provider of information and analytics. The company’s Small Business Jobs Index, which measures national employment growth for businesses with fewer than 50 workers,...
GoCo acquired WFHomie, an employee experience and people analytics platform for remote-first companies. With it, GoCo hopes to help its customers automate their HR workflows so that they are efficient and intuitive for employees in and out of the field.
Founded in 2020, WFHomie is a Toronto-based company and platform...
We spoke with Bob Lockett, the chief diversity & talent officer at ADP. He also oversees performance management, leadership development, succession planning, engagement, culture, OD and the non-profit ADP Foundation.
What are your current DEI practices and how do you go about creating them?
To create an inclusive workplace environment, employees...
Upwork will make full-time hiring available to all customers for the first time. The company announced a new end-to-end solution that will allow businesses of all sizes to find, vet, hire, onboard and pay skilled professionals in full-time work arrangements.
It’s the first time Upwork has made full-time hiring available...
GoCo.io announced the availability of its winter product release, which aims to add flexibility and automation to the employee management platform.
Michael Gugel, GoCo’s co-founder and chief product officer, said the release adds a new template library, enhancements to onboarding, and new integrations with E-Verify by Tracker I-9, popular learning...
For years, businesses have tried to glean insight into the performance and productivity of their employees, whether through employee monitoring, tracking, data collection, evaluations or some other method. Since the rise of remote and hybrid work began during the Covid-19 pandemic, these efforts have become increasingly important, even as...
