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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Chubb Launches New Hospital Indemnity Product, Offering Employers Greater Plan Customization
Chubb Workplace Benefits, a Chubb business that partners with benefits brokers, agents, and consultants to offer voluntary benefits to the employees of middle-market and large companies in the U.S., has launched a new hospital indemnity product, Hospital Cash. This product includes more than 40 optional benefits designed to provide coverage beyond what many traditional hospital indemnity products offer, providing employers greater flexibility to customize employee benefits.
WeWork And Yardi Partner To Jointly Create The Next Generation Of Workplace Management Software
WeWork, a leading global flexible space provider, is partnering with Yardi, the leading provider of real estate software, to accelerate speed to market and deliver more enhanced capabilities to the already announced WeWork Workplace product. By partnering, the two organizations will provide companies of all sizes with a universal platform for powering and optimizing flexible workplace strategies.
ZRG Acquires Terra Search Partners
ZRG, a rapidly growing global talent advisory firm, announced its acquisition of Terra Search Partners, a retained executive search firm exclusive to the real estate industry.
Since 2006, Terra Search has advised real estate businesses throughout the U.S. on positive transformation through human capital. Terra Search has leveraged its extensive background in real estate development and investment, bringing a contextual perspective to the search process, enabling the firm to use the power of search to help build leadership teams, and empower its clients to better execute, grow, and compete within their markets. Matt Slepin, founder of Terra Search, is also the host of the 5-star rated podcast series, “Leading Voices in Real Estate,” in which he has interviewed many of the most significant leaders in the real estate business.
Wavy Raises $2.5 Million To Be The Platform Where Culture Happens As Workplaces Evolve Beyond The Office
Wavy announced that it has raised CAD$2.5 million in seed funding to establish its platform as the place where culture happens. The round was led by Laconia Capital, with participation from Garage Capital, Two Small Fish Ventures, Archangel, Backbone Angels, and others, including 12 early-stage women angel investors.
Wavy empowers people leaders to plan flexible events, collaborate across teams, gain visibility on spend and engagement, and measure the impact of their culture and team building initiatives. The company will use the funding to fuel the ongoing development of its culture platform, grow its global team of Wavers, expand its marketplace of experience creators, and engage one million employees across its customer base.
The Great Retention Initiative Is Lutheran Life Communities’ Response To The Great Resignation And Retirement
Lutheran Life Communities, a not-for-profit senior living and services organization in Arlington Heights, IL, understands people have many employment choices. With millions of Americans retiring sooner than expected due to the pandemic, Sloan Bentley, President and CEO of Lutheran Life Communities, responded by investing in The Great Retention Initiative.
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