Small-business payroll and benefits platform Gusto raised
$200 million Series D funding. Fidelity Management & Research Company and Generation
Investment Management joined previous investors Dragoneer Investment Group,
General Catalyst and investors advised by T. Rowe Price.
CEO Josh Reeves said the company as been “intentional” in working with investors who take a long-term...
TriNet released
Workforce Analytics, an HR reporting and analytics tool designed to provide
SMBs with in-depth reporting and forecasting using data drawn from a single
system.
Dilshad Simons, TriNet’s senior vice president of products, said access to HR data is particularly important in a tight labor market. She contends that Workforce Analytics is...
ADP announced
a new component in its cross-platform relationship with QuickBooks developer
Intuit. As of today, QuickBooks Online users can connect their accounting data,
in real time, with ADP’s RUN small business payroll software.
ADP said the integration offers a “simplified, friendly design” and will streamline their payroll and accounting chores. Meanwhile,...
Cornerstone OnDemand is offering small businesses a free 14-day trial of its learning management system, PiiQ. The trial provides access to a library of some 1,500 courses covering subjects from compliance to technical and soft skills, the company said.
Cloud-based PiiQ is designed to help employers prioritize internal training and...
Freelancer marketplace Upwork announced its first packaged service for small business. Besides helping SMBs in identifying and hiring talent, Upwork Plus offers on-demand support, increased job-posting visibility, dashboards for collaboration and access to a customers-only online community.
Upwork, which claims to be the world’s largest freelancing web site, said Upwork...
The movement toward more flexible working practices continues to pose a security risk to small businesses, according to a report from digital security firm Avast. Among other reasons, the company found that just 18 percent of SMB employees consider security when they work remotely.
That means SMBs "face the challenge...
ADP planted its feet a little deeper into the small-business market by enhancing its General Ledger Interface mapping with Intuit’s QuickBooks.
Combined with enhancements to ADP’s Compensation Benchmarking, the integration through its Accountant Connect product helps CPAs to “better position” themselves by allowing them to provide more comprehensive services to...
Cornerstone OnDemand’s announcement of Cornerstone Frontline and its acquisition of service-employee marketplace Workpop are new indications the company sees growth potential for both recruiting and HCM technology tools in markets beyond the traditional large-business space.
Frontline is a recruiting solution designed for users seeking to hire local, entry-level and customer-facing...
HCM technology provider HRnext announced a strategic partnership that will allow it to integrate the time and attendance application PrimeTime into its software suite.
The company said PrimeTime will provide its customers, most of them small and mid-sized companies, with a better solution for time tracking through most devices. The...
Mid-market HR and payroll platform provider iSolved HCM is adding functionality to serve professional employer organizations, or PEOs. Launch is expected sometime during the fourth quarter.
While the company already supports some 45,000 employers through a network of regional payroll service bureaus, it says the complexity and frequency of regulatory...
