Welcome to the HR Tech Roundup. We have gathered the top HR trends for 2021 with different HR categories like Employee Engagement, e-Learning, Training and Development, Employee wellness, Career Development and Artificial Intelligence.
Catch more in this HR and HR Tech highlight:
Bloom UK Celebrates 500 New Members As It Looks Ahead To International Women’s Day And Launches Its 2022 Mentoring Scheme
The entirely non-profit and voluntary group, Bloom UK is a professional network for women in communications and raised £92,000 for Womens’ Aid last year and, with a significant rise in new members, it hopes to raise a six-figure sum towards its life-saving work in 2022.
As Digital Accessibility Lawsuits Increase, Isolved Decreases Employer Risk With Inclusive Employee Experience Technology
Fifty-nine percent of the workforce identify as either neurodiverse (35 percent) or someone with a physical disability (24 percent) according to isolved’s survey of over 1,000 full-time employees in the United States. These diversities can impact how someone accesses the information and systems they need to be successful at work as well as the degree in which they feel supported across the many dimensions of wellbeing as well (e.g., physical, spiritual, social, career, financial). In fact, 25 percent of those who identify with a neurodiversity say their current employer does not accommodate their neurodiversity, while 29 percent of the employees with a physical disability said the same. Lack of digital accessibility is one area that can make organizations susceptible to critical compliance risks,* supporting the need to partner with a human resources (HR) technology company that makes accessibility part of its core offerings.
EdCast Integrates With Microsoft Viva Learning To Seamlessly Support Learning In The Flow Of Work
EdCast announced an integration partnership with Microsoft Viva Learning that further demonstrates its commitment to Learning in the Flow of Work. The combination of EdCast’s leading AI-powered cloud-based talent experience platform and the Viva Learning ecosystem removes a key barrier to corporate upskilling and talent development. Employees using the Viva Learning app in Microsoft Teams can now easily access the full EdCast toolset and library.
AIG Life & Retirement And Annexus Launch X5 Accelerator Annuity, Powerful New Opportunity To Increase Income In Retirement
AIG Life & Retirement, a leading provider of annuities, announced the launch of the X5 Accelerator Annuity in partnership with Annexus, an innovator in delivering retirement solutions to the marketplace. X5 Accelerator is issued by American General Life Insurance Company, a member company of American International Group, Inc., and marketed through a network of Annexus-contracted independent distribution companies.
Women’s Entrepreneurship Training Program In The Fashion Industry
The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), J.P. Morgan and Nafisa Shams Academy and incubator are announcing the official launching of a joint program for training and incubation in the fashion sector in Saudi Arabia (the “Program”). The Program is dedicated to women Entrepreneurship with the objective of developing their business skills and making them more effective, efficient and impactful in the management of their businesses.
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