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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OnePoint HCM Creates Custom Utility Tool To Track Employee Vaccines And New Health & Safety Obligations
In response to the post-pandemic workplace challenges facing business and HR teams, OnePoint HCM created a flexible tracking tool to simplify the vaccine tracking process. Utilizing our single-employee record HCM architecture, companies can configure and automate processes to empower employees to submit information via their self-service portal.
Employee Engagement Top Priority As Fareportal Launches New Initiative
Fareportal, the travel technology company powering online travel agencies CheapOair and One Travel has announced the launch of their companywide “Learn As You Grow” career development initiative.
With Learn As You Grow, Fareportal employees are given access to a wide variety of learning opportunities via online courses. Participation is encouraged via corporate communications outreach, and staffers time during the workday can be allocated to attending courses.
PowerED By Athabasca University Joins D2L Wave As An Education Partner
Global learning technology leader D2L announced that PowerED by Athabasca University (AU), a leader in online education, has joined D2L Wave as one of its first education partners.
D2L Wave is a bold new approach to professional development that makes it easy for employees to gain new skills by accessing an online catalog of high-quality education options from leading educational institutions like Athabasca University.
SBI Announces Restructuring Of Roles And Responsibilities At HR And Tech Verticals
State bank of India (SBI) has announced few key reshuffling in the bank’s HR and Technology departments. Shri Om Prakash Mishra who was elevated to the post of Deputy Managing Director (DMD) in May 2021, is now designated as DMD (HR) & Corporate Development Officer (CDO). He has taken over from Shri Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh who is now holding the portfolio of DMD (Strategy) & Chief Digital Officer. Shri Ravindra Pandey who was serving as DMD (Strategy) & Chief Digital Officer, has now taken charge as DMD and Chief Information Officer (CIO).
Medallia To Be Acquired By Thoma Bravo For $6.4 Billion
Medallia, Inc., the global leader in customer and employee experience, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm, in an all-cash transaction that values Medallia at $6.4 billion. Through this transaction, Medallia will become a private company with additional resources and greater flexibility to build on its innovation leadership and expand its customer impact. Additionally, the transaction will allow Medallia to benefit from the operating capabilities, capital support and deep sector expertise of Thoma Bravo – one of the most experienced and successful software investors in the world.