By 2017, the combination of online and Web-influenced retail sales will reach $1.8 Adding frictionless purchase options inside the community adds value for buyers and sellers,” he stated. “In our 2016 Social Business Futurescape, we predict that by 2020, 30% of all purchases will be made through an online community.”. There’s always one defining tradition that gets people in the holiday spirit. For some, it’s decking the rooftop with Christmas lights in true Griswold fashion. For many, it’s after the last slice of pumpkin pie is served on Thanksgiving Day. Impulse buying. MORE

With 35% in 2018 (and 50% in 2020), IT budgets will shift onto the creation of new digital revenue streams. Since this brings a greater reliance on IT and its budget, the IT’s budget for governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) staff will increase by 10% in 2017. Even more dazzling, it’s expected that in 2020, 1 million new connected “things” will come online every single hour. MORE

One of Bersin’s nine trends for 2017 is what he calls the “ The Continuing Explosion and Evolution of the Learning Market. ”. The future of HR is upon us and rather than look at the year 2020 let’s take a look at what Bersin’s 2017 will bring for HR leaders and the industry as a whole. They are also looking for solutions that align with how today’s employee works. MORE

are proposed to start in 2017. The Department of Labor (DOL) will be updating the salary threshold every three years beginning in January 2020. No business is immune to risk, especially when it comes to its workforce. People can be unpredictable — their behavior can change in an instant. These days it seems new legislation is always coming into effect. Well, in this case: HR! MORE

Part of the administration’s budget proposal for FY 2017 includes a tweak to the current threshold for the Cadillac tax. Back in December, President Obama was under pressure to get a budget deal passed by year-end and signed   a budget bill that delayed the implementation   of the tax until January 1, 2020. Consistent criticism about the ACA’s “Cadillac Tax” and its corresponding calculation method has led the Obama administration to do something that was unthinkable just months ago: Propose major changes to the controversial health reform provision.  . Not the first major change. MORE

Three key points we like from How to Make BYOD Work: It is estimated that 50 percent of firms will demand that employees make use of BYOD by 2017. 50% of companies plan to move exclusively to BYOD for smartphones in 2017. By 2017, Gartner predicts that 50% of all companies will require employees to use their own mobile devices for work. Jump to: Articles. eBooks. Guides. ZDNet. MORE

Three key points we like from Millennial Workforce Driving Digital Workforce Management Solutions: Millennials are digital natives who will make up almost 50% of the workforce by 2020. Gartner estimates that by 2017 more than 50% of HRMS will be in the cloud, versus on-premise. Concerns about security and server downtime ranked as some of their top concerns. MBTwebsite.  .  . dfluss. MORE

In fact, 2020 is expecting to bring 2.5 This world is hyper. Hyperconnected. Hyperactive. Hyper speed. Never before has everything been so intimately linked, fast, and highly active. And the Digital Economy is not showing any sign of slowing down. How do companies grow, thrive, and operate sustainably in this hyperconnected world? They adapt, of course. MORE

By 2017, more than 50% of analytics implementations will be driven by use cases that include event data streams generated from instrumented machines, applications, and/or individuals. By early 2020, machines – not people – will be the dominant users of the Internet. If you doubt we are living in exponential times, just take a look around right now and think back to 2005. years. MORE

By the end of 2017, two-thirds of the CEOs of global 2000 enterprises will have digital transformation at the center of their corporate strategy. By 2017, over 50% of organizations’ IT spending will be for third-platform technologies (cloud, mobile, social business, and Big Data analytics), solutions, and services, rising to over 60% by 2020. one percent today), providing U.S. MORE

Good news for California businesses—according to the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation’s (LAEDC) annual forecast, there will be continued job growth and economic output in the state through 2020. next year and 1.4% in 2017. The UCLA report also predicted that California’s unemployment rate will continue to dip to 4.8% in 2017, the same rate as the U.S. MORE

If, as the European Commission forecasts, Europe will have a shortfall of 900,000 ICT professionals by 2020, image will be everything in the market for talent. Academy Cube aims to have 2,000 e-learning courses on its platform by 2017 to meet the demands of a growing market. What must-have skills are in demand? It’s getting harder to match qualifications to job titles. Big data. MORE

Will we even bother with archaic employee engagement surveys by 2020, or maybe even 2017? An employee engagement survey interception. The future is upon us in employee engagement, it will just take a little time to catch up to it. Oh, did I mention that employees seldom ever see their own data! MORE

In turn, SAP has committed itself to increasing its global number of women in management to 25% in 2017 (up from 18% in 2010). To The ultimate goal of the program is to have 1% of the company’s total workforce represent people on the autism spectrum by 2020. With HR moving to the cloud, how do you envision the future in 2020 and beyond? MORE

The city of San Mateo raises the local minimum wage beginning January 1, 2017. Last week, the City of San Mateo adopted a minimum wage ordinance which requires annual increases beginning January 1, 2017. January 1, 2017. January 1, 2020. San Mateo’s $12/hour increase is higher than the scheduled state increase to $10.50/hour slated for January 1, 2017. 12.00. MORE

By the end of 2017, two-thirds of the CEOs of global 2000 enterprises will have digital transformation at the center of their corporate strategy. By 2017, over 50% of organizations’ IT spending will be for third-platform technologies (cloud, mobile, social business, and Big Data analytics), solutions, and services, rising to over 60% by 2020. one percent today), providing U.S. MORE

The i4cp 2017 Conference is fast approaching! by 2020. Sign up now for the i4cp 2017 Conference i4cp thanks the nearly 300 senior human capital practitioners from the world's most respected companies who attended the 2016 conference. By attending in 2017, you will have the opportunity to: Network with peers, not vendors or consultants. Fink, PhD., MORE

The City of Santa Monica has approved a minimum wage increase beginning July 1, 2016, for employers with 26 or more employees and phasing in smaller employers beginning 2017. July 1, 2017 — $12.00/hour. July 1, 2020 — $15.00/hour. Employers with 25 or fewer employees will be phased in a year later, starting July 1, 2017, at $10.50/hour and reaching $15.00/hour by July 2021. MORE

July 1, 2017. July 1, 2020. In the ongoing saga of state-enacted minimum-wage increases in the United States ( here are our HREOnline ™ analyses and our HRE Daily posts on the subject), it seems we’ve reached a new plateau. According to this release from Littler , Oregon Gov. Kate Brown recently signed the first geographically-tiered minimum-wage hike in the country. Base Rate. MORE

It’s practically impossible to try and cover everything that will change in California for both 2016 and 2017. This bill sets the hourly minimum wage at $10.50 in 2017, $11 in 2018, and then $1 increases every year until it reaches $15 in 2022. Keep an eye on your local regulations—some of these wage increases take effect midyear (July 1, 2017), while some are even earlier. MORE

Minimum wage in Sacramento would increase to $12.50/hour by 2020. Last week, the Sacramento City Counci l passed a local minimum wage ordinance with the first increase scheduled for January 1, 2017. Under the ordinance, the minimum wage in Sacramento will increase as follows: 2017 :  $10.50/hour. 2020:  $12.50/hour. 2018:  $11/hour. 2019: $11.75/hour. Not a member? MORE

Gartner estimated the number of connected devices to reach 26 billion by 2020. According to a Gartner report , smartglass, such as Google Glass, could be responsible for an added profit of more than $1 billion per year by 2017. The Internet of Things (IoT) has made its way into the workplace and is changing the way we do business. But that’s not enough. IoT rides on the Big Data wave. MORE

The Los Angeles City Council voted on May 19 2015, to raise the city’s minimum wage from $9 to $15 by 2020. It will rise to to $10.50 in July 2016, to $12 in 2017, $13.25 in 2018, $14.25 in 2019 and $15 in 2020. bill pending in the legislature would go beyond that increase and raise the rate to $13 by 2017. The council voted 14-1 to phase in the wage increase over five years. Starting in 2022, annual increases will be linked to inflation. Councilman Mitchell Englander, the council’s only Republican, cast the only opposing vote. Employee Hiring Industry News MORE

According some estimates on the adoption of connected technology by consumers, the ratio of connected and interactive products will rise to approximately 20% on average by 2020 , according to Forbes. Demand for more choice, flexibility, and customized products is growing fast and estimated to be 15% of all products by 2020, according to MIT Smart Customization Group. Conclusion. MORE