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Top Funding News in the HR, Recruiting and Benefits Space | 2016

Advos

Funding Announcements in the HR, Recruiting and Benefits Space | 2016. January 2016. The recruitment marketing platform Smashfly started off 2016 raising $22 million. The first of many big funding announcements in 2016. Glassbreakers raises further funding for diversity and inclusion platform. February 2016.

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Top M&A News in the HR, Recruiting and Benefits Space | 2016

Advos

M&A Announcements in the HR, Recruiting and Benefits Space | 2016. January 2016. SterlingBackcheck Made Several Strategic Acquisitions in 2016. Kronos Acquires Empower Software Solutions. Mercer Acquires Top Tier Workday Services Partner CPSG to Meet Demand for Cloud-Based Finance and HR Services.

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Scheduling Predictability for Hourly and On-Call Workers

nettime solutions

salary bump in 2016, compared to a 3% salary increase for those who stayed put. According to data referenced in the proposed bill, unpredictable and unstable schedules are particularly common in retail, food service, and cleaning occupations: as many as 64% of early career workers receive schedules less than one week in advance.

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Key Learnings From the 2016-2017 Sierra-Cedar HR Systems Survey Results

Reflektive

The results from the Sierra-Cedar HR Systems Survey were debuted at HR Tech in Chicago on Oct. Topics covered include payroll, benefits, workforce management, performance management , integration and implementation. Sierra Cedar HR System Survey key highlight of @HRTechConf @bentechre #HRTechConf pic.twitter.com/5ruLl8s4iY.

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The Rise of the People Strategy Platform

Visier

For example, HR leaders at a professional services corporation used insights gained from their Workforce Intelligence solution to drive the business to change the composition of project teams for multi-year, multi-million-dollar contracts— the result was an improvement in margins by $1-$3 M per contract. There are 2 reasons: 1.

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Algorithmic Management in Organizations: Benefits, Challenges, and Best Practices

Analytics in HR

For example, platforms like Uber, Deliveroo & UpWork manage and closely monitor their global workforce with algorithms. In fact, 40% of HR departments in international companies use AI-based tools. In addition, algorithmic systems provide performance feedback to employees and managers.

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The Affordable Care Act, and Why You Can’t Afford to Ignore It [UPDATE]

ACA Times

Costs for health services, and for the insurance that paid for them, rose far faster than inflation during the three decades that followed 1980. It affects your employee benefits cost, it can impact your workers’ health (and yours), and it requires your HR and payroll departments to prepare detailed reports that must be filed with the IRS.