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.
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Northwell Direct announced that it has been selected by Northwell Health to supply the provider network for the health system’s 2022 health care benefits for approximately 75,000 employees and dependents.1 Northwell Direct is a for-profit entity which delivers direct-to-employer solutions for all types of businesses. This marks the first time the state’s largest private employer has chosen direct network contracting, a health benefits approach that enables businesses to offer their workforce access to high-quality care without engaging with a traditional insurance company.
Equus Software, the leader in global mobility technology, announced the acquisition of Singapore-based ReloTalent, a leading SaaS platform for Destination Service Providers (DSP) and their HR and employee clients.
Workhuman, pioneers of the human workplace, announced that it has been named one of the Best Companies for Work-Life Balance from Comparably, a leading workplace culture and corporate brand reputation platform with over 15 million anonymous ratings on 70,000 companies. According to Comparably data, having work-life balance is the number one priority for employees today, aside from salary; in fact, 1 out of 3 workers said it was more important than compensation, career advancement, perks/benefits, and stability.
Kinesso is answering the call for future global growth with the hiring announcement of Nick Bass, into the newly created position of EVP Global Talent Experience Leader for Kinesso. Kinesso’s regional and marketing Talent Experience Leaders will report into Bass. This hire comes on the heels of continued investment in employees during high growth times, including a Kind Week (a week of paid time off) for staff in the US and Canada, as well as a new partnership with Dr. Kim Hires to assist in addressing staff burnout companywide.
US technology companies added new workers for the 10th consecutive month in September and an estimated 140,000 tech occupations were added throughout the economy, an analysis by CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce, finds.