The Best Employee Scheduling Software in 2026
The 2026 roundup of employee scheduling software highlights a shift toward AI‑driven labor forecasting, compliance automation, and mobile‑first tools. Deputy tops the list for its robust forecasting and fatigue alerts, while Homebase stands out with a free tier for small teams. Niche solutions such as 7shifts cater to restaurants with tip‑management, and Connecteam serves desk‑less workforces with GPS geofencing. Pricing ranges from free plans to $45 per location, giving businesses flexible cost options.
Automate the Grunt Work, Keep the Human Voice
Do not automate the part that needs your voice. Automate tracking, formatting, reminders, and basic fields. Write the LinkedIn message, referral ask, and hiring manager note like a real person.
'Claude Is My BFF': How One CPO Is Reinventing HR with AI
Avalara’s chief people officer, Ee Lyn Khoo, is rebuilding the company’s HR function around generative AI, embedding the technology in goal‑setting, employee support and hiring. By prompting Claude and other models, her team lifted well‑written goal rates from 50% to 95% and...
AI Agents Hire Humans for Real‑world Tasks, Creating Jobs
Rentahuman (@RentAHumanX) allows AI agents to communicate with and pay humans to do tasks in the real world. Their mission is to use AI to create new jobs and coordinate workers at global scale. The future will have more intelligence, more...
Paychex Launches WISE AI Platform
Paychex announced the Workforce Intelligence Strengthened by Expertise (WISE), an AI‑powered platform that deploys autonomous agents to execute HR tasks within customer‑defined workflows. The solution moves beyond static chatbots, offering agents that can schedule shifts, approve timesheets, and provide real‑time...
Exploring Pin: A Live Tour of the Platform Reshaping How Talent Teams Work
Pin, an AI‑powered recruiting platform, will host a live walkthrough on June 3, featuring Conor Kline, Head of Revenue. The session will demonstrate how Pin consolidates sourcing, outreach, pipeline management, and follow‑up into a single workflow, aiming to eliminate the disjointed...
Whistleblower Hotlines Emerge as Critical HRTech Tool for Compliance and Safety
Industry analysts and government agencies are spotlighting whistleblower hotlines as a core HRTech solution for ethics reporting and compliance. From Sarbanes‑Oxley mandates to Nigeria's anti‑trafficking efforts, multi‑channel hotlines are proving vital for secure, anonymous employee and public disclosures.
RemoFirst Goes All-In on AI, Becoming the First Major AI-Native Employer of Record and Launches RemoAI
RemoFirst has completed a year‑long AI‑centric rebuild and unveiled RemoAI, a conversational AI platform that embeds intelligence across its global Employer of Record services. The new suite includes a Global Recruiter Agent and a Task Manager Agent, offering instant compliance...
EV Salary Sacrifice Orders up 32% as Employees Use Workplace Benefits to Cut Fuel Bills
Electric‑vehicle salary‑sacrifice orders on loveelectric’s platform jumped 32% in Q1 2026 versus the same period a year earlier, as UK workers scramble to offset soaring fuel costs – petrol now about £1.50 ($1.90) per litre and diesel near £2 ($2.55). The scheme delivers...
Workday Shares Jump 5% on Strong Q1 Results, Sparking SaaS Sell‑Off Debate
Workday's stock rose more than 5% on May 22 after reporting a 13.5% YoY revenue increase to $2.54 billion, driven by AI‑centric product adoption. The rally has reignited discussion on whether the broader SaaS downturn is ending, given the company's strong...
Workday Introduces Adaptive Decision Intelligence, Bringing Planning Questions, Scenarios, and Decisions Into One AI Experience
Workday announced Adaptive Decision Intelligence, an AI‑driven layer that merges planning questions, scenario modeling, and decision execution into a single interface. The solution lets users ask natural‑language queries across finance, HR, and operations data, delivering real‑time insights and recommended actions....
New Workday Global Research Finds AI Is Easing Burnout but May Be Deepening a Connection Deficit at Work
Workday’s Global Research surveyed 5,000 U.S. employees and found AI‑driven tools are cutting perceived workload, with 58% reporting reduced burnout after adopting generative assistants. However, the same study shows a growing "connection deficit": 46% say AI reduces face‑to‑face interaction, and...
PTO Exchange Announces Growth Milestones, Cementing Its Position as the Leader in Flexible Employee Benefits
PTO Exchange reported that more than 3 million hours of paid time off have been exchanged on its platform, highlighting rapid adoption of flexible benefits. The company unveiled a new PTO Early Access feature that lets employees draw cash from accrued...
Beyond EWA: How a Senior Living Company Helped Employee Savings Skyrocket
Senior Living Communities discovered that its 3,200 hourly staff paid $87,000 in earned‑wage‑access fees over six months, prompting a switch to Chime Workplace’s fee‑free EWA and financial‑wellness suite. After rollout in October 2025, employee savings accounts grew 145 % and active...
AI Chatbots Transform SOPs Into Instant Knowledge Assistants
𝗔𝗜 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀: 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘀 📄⚡ That’s why companies are turning SOPs and manuals into AI-powered knowledge assistants. Why this matters: 🎯 Learning happens at the point of need ⏳ Eliminates endless searching through SharePoint or intranets 🧠 Creates a single,...
How to Build a Recruitment Pipeline with Tellent Recruitee
Tellent Recruitee provides a stage‑based recruitment pipeline that unifies sourcing, screening, interviewing, evaluation, offers and onboarding into a single, configurable workflow. Users can customize stage names, set time limits, and trigger automated actions such as knockout questions, interview scheduling and...
Racism Bias in AI? Hiring Tools Screening Out Black and Asian Job Applicants
A Stanford‑led study of 4 million applications across 156 firms found that AI hiring tools, primarily the Pymetrics platform now owned by Harver, systematically screen out Black and Asian candidates. The analysis identified adverse impact in roughly one in ten roles...
EY, Microsoft Commit $1 B to AI‑Powered HR and Talent Solutions
EY and Microsoft have announced a joint five‑year AI program with more than $1 billion in funding, targeting HR, talent acquisition and workforce analytics. The partnership blends Microsoft’s engineering depth with EY’s consulting expertise to move clients from pilot projects to...
Restaurants Can’t Find Workers. AI Says It Can.
The restaurant sector is grappling with chronic labor shortages, with turnover rates exceeding 75% and many operators reporting multiple open positions. In 2025, the average restaurant carried five vacancies, up from 3.8 the year before, and training a new hire...
Workday Debuts Three Autonomous AI Agents for HR, IT and Travel
Workday launched three autonomous Sana AI agents—covering HR, IT service management and business travel—during its Q1 earnings call, positioning them as margin‑expanding, end‑to‑end workflow tools. The move signals a strategic shift from conversational chatbots to execution‑focused agents, challenging incumbents such...
SAP Unveils Autonomous HCM Roadmap and Unified Business AI Platform at Sapphire 2026
At SAP Sapphire 2026, SAP SuccessFactors rolled out an autonomous HCM roadmap featuring 14 new Joule Assistants and 42 specialized agents, while SAP SE introduced a unified Business AI platform that underpins the Autonomous Enterprise. The moves signal a strategic...
AI, Trust, and the Future of High-Volume Hiring: A Conversation with Humanly CEO Prem Kumar
Humanly announced a $25 million Series B round to accelerate product development and expand its team. The company is redefining high‑volume hiring by shifting from pure SaaS to a “service as software” model that delivers a continuous pipeline of qualified candidates. Using...
Rollie Jobs Gains Traction as Regions Seek Smarter Workforce Intelligence
Rollie Jobs, an AI‑driven workforce intelligence platform, is gaining traction among chambers, economic development organizations, and veteran nonprofits seeking real‑time hiring visibility. The service automatically aggregates local job postings, turning static boards into dynamic, branded portals with over 5,000 active...
Poppulo Acquires Sociabble to Power Its Employee Experience Platform for Communications and Business Leaders in the Era of Agentic Work
Poppulo announced the acquisition of Paris‑based employee engagement platform Sociabble, merging Sociabble’s social intranet, mobile frontline app, advocacy and rewards tools with Poppulo’s AI‑driven communications suite. The combined offering creates a single, governed experience platform that can reach more than...
SAP Powers TCS’s Large‑Scale Payroll Transformation, Supporting Its Cloud‑First Strategy
SAP announced that Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has completed a large‑scale migration of its global payroll to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private on AWS. The shift delivers 30‑40% faster payroll processing while consolidating operations across dozens of countries into a single,...
California Gov. Newsom Orders AI Risk Review to Shield Workers, Prompting HRTech Shift
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order in May 2026 requiring state agencies to conduct AI‑risk assessments focused on job displacement and algorithmic bias. The 90‑ to 180‑day review will shape future labor policy and force HR‑tech vendors to...
Prem Kumar, CEO of Humanly
Humanly announced a $25 million Series B round to expand its AI hiring platform. The funding, led by XYZ Ventures, will accelerate product development and deeper integrations with ATS and video interview tools. Humanly aims to cut enterprise time‑to‑hire by up to...
Bujeti Unveils Unified Payroll Platform to Streamline Finance and HR in Africa
Bujeti has launched Bujeti Payroll, a unified SaaS platform that combines payroll processing, compliance and cash‑flow management for African companies. By embedding payroll directly into existing finance systems, the startup promises real‑time reconciliation, automated tax filings and a hiring planner...
Home Affairs Goes Digital to Catch Ghosts
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs will launch a digital identity‑verification platform on 15 June to pilot biometric checks on civil‑service employees, aiming to eliminate ghost workers that cost the state about R3.9 billion ($205 million) in 2025. The system, linked to the...
Beyond Implementation: How SAP Professional Services Extend Your SAP SuccessFactors Capability
SAP Professional Services are not limited to the selection, implementation, and go‑live phases of SuccessFactors; they continue to add value after the system is live. The service portfolio now includes health‑check assessments, talent analytics enhancements, integration of third‑party HR tools,...
Beyond Automation: Here’s How the Power of AI Can Really Drive Your Organization Forward
ChartHop’s CEO Ian White and VP Pilar Muner illustrate how AI can move beyond simple automation in HR to drive strategic outcomes. By merging people data with business metrics, AI helped redesign the customer‑success team and accelerate compensation benchmarking from...
Agentic AI Shifts HR From Tools to Outcomes
What does HR agentic moment look like in practice? In my conversation with Rinky Karthik from @SAP SuccessFactors, we unpacked what SAP Sapphire’s agentic AI announcements could mean for HR leaders, practitioners, and the employees they serve. We talked about payroll,...
Simple Math Shows 7.5× ROI for Recruiters
Founders: Example ROI math that makes prospects pay attention: You have 10 recruiters at $125k fully loaded cost = $1.25M annual spend Our tool makes them 30% more efficient = $375k value created We charge $50k = 7.5x ROI Make the math dead simple.
Deel Introduces Stablecoin Payroll for Employees, Expanding Crypto Pay to 40,000+ Clients
Deel has rolled out a stablecoin payroll option on Polygon for full‑time employees in the United States and Eurozone, allowing workers to receive a portion of their net salary in a digital dollar. The feature integrates with Deel’s existing HR...
McKinsey Rolls Out Free AI Interview Coach, 10,000 Use It in First Month
McKinsey & Company launched a free, AI‑powered interview preparation tool for entry‑level applicants, delivering unlimited quantitative case practice. In its first month, about 10,000 candidates used the platform, which the firm says will democratize access to interview coaching and reduce...
SHRM India Report Says AI Could Cut 28% of Back‑Office Jobs by 2029
The SHRM India Skill Intelligence Report predicts AI will disrupt up to 28% of back‑office positions in India by 2029. The study flags a widening skills gap, a formal training rate of just 2.3%, and low urgency around AI investment,...
Lendi Group Factors AI Use Into Annual Performance Reviews
Lendi Group announced that, starting in July, employee performance reviews will include metrics on AI agent usage, reflecting its goal to become fully AI‑native by June. Staff will be evaluated on how they train, coach, and leverage AI assistants, with...
Microsoft Report Finds Management Decisions Account for 67% of AI Success at Work
Microsoft’s Work Trend Index 2026 reveals that 67% of AI‑driven productivity gains depend on management and corporate culture, not just technology. The study of 20,000 employees across ten countries shows a sharp shift toward AI as a thinking tool, while...
Workday CEO Warns AI Could Replace Human Labor, Cites 200% ACV Surge
Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri told investors that AI is already displacing full‑time employees in HR functions, noting that AI‑driven expansion deals are more than 50% larger and that AI ARR is nearing $500 million. The comments come as the company reports...
Dayforce Shares Jump After Q1 2026 Earnings and Outlook Upgrade
Dayforce reported year‑over‑year revenue growth for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 and lifted its full‑year guidance, sending the shares higher. The results underscore continued demand for integrated HCM platforms amid a cautious enterprise‑software cycle.
Extending Data Replication Proxies to Third-Party Payroll Systems
SAP announced that its Data Replication Proxies, the change‑tracking engine used by Employee Central Payroll (ECP) customers, will now support third‑party payroll systems. The first building block delivers end‑to‑end guidance for implementing the proxy with external payroll providers. This extension...
From Legacy to Cloud: My Brownfield Checklist for SAP ECC HR to SuccessFactors EC & EC Payroll
The article presents a field‑tested brownfield checklist for migrating SAP ECC HR to SuccessFactors Employee Central and EC Payroll. It emphasizes the hidden complexity of retaining custom logic, data dependencies, and business rules during a cloud transition. The checklist guides projects...
Deel Launches Stablecoin Payroll for Full‑Time Employees, Expanding Crypto Pay to 10,000+ Workers
Deel announced that its global people platform will let full‑time employees allocate 10%‑25% of their net earnings to stablecoins pegged to the U.S. dollar or euro. The move follows the platform’s existing crypto payroll for independent contractors, which already serves...
Dayforce Delays Preceda Switch-Off as Customers Linger
Dayforce announced that it will keep the legacy Preceda payroll platform online until every client completes migration to its cloud‑based Dayforce solution. The vendor had originally slated the system’s end‑of‑life for March, but a spokesperson confirmed the shutdown will be...
Juicebox Launches Conversational AI Agents to Automate End‑to‑End Recruitment Sourcing
Juicebox introduced conversational AI agents that can take a job description, devise a search plan and continuously refine candidate discovery, aiming to automate the most labor‑intensive stage of hiring. The move reflects a broader shift toward agentic AI in HRTech,...
UAE Raises Wage‑Payment Compliance to 85% and Moves Deadline to 1st of Month
The UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE) announced that, starting June 1, 2026, private‑sector employers must pay wages by the first day of each month through the Wage Protection System and meet an 85% compliance threshold, up from 80%....
What Are the Must-Have Features in a Core HR Software?
According to G2’s Spring 2026 Grid Report, Native Teams, HRM Thread, and Worknice dominate the core HR software market, earning perfect 10/10 scores in organization management, payroll, reporting, and compliance. Time‑and‑attendance leaders include uKnowva HRMS and Native Teams, while ClearCompany stands...
6 Key Features To Look for in Benefits Administration Software
Benefits administration software is evaluated on six critical features, with G2’s Spring 2026 Grid Report highlighting top performers. Max ERP, Zimyo, and Benepass consistently earn perfect or near‑perfect scores for enrollment planning, payroll integration, regulatory compliance, reporting, internationalization, and self‑service portals....
Delicate Software Rolls Out Mobile Attendance & WPS Payroll Platform for UAE SMEs
Delicate Software Solutions announced the launch of an integrated mobile attendance and Wage Protection System (WPS) payroll suite designed for small and medium‑size enterprises in the UAE. The cloud‑based product eliminates biometric hardware, syncs real‑time check‑ins with payroll, and embeds...
Remote’s Payroll Platform Hits $300M ARR, Posts 300% YoY Growth in APAC Push
Remote announced its payroll business grew more than 300% year over year, reaching $300 million in annual recurring revenue and becoming cash‑flow positive. The company is now opening its global employment infrastructure to partners, developers and AI agents, with a focus...