Illinois Human Rights Dept Issues First AI Hiring Regulations
The Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) announced formal regulations governing the use of artificial intelligence in hiring and other employment decisions. The rules, released on May 18, 2026, mark the first state‑level mandate aimed at curbing bias and ensuring transparency in AI‑driven HR processes.
Paychex Unveils WISE AI Platform to Automate HCM Tasks Across 800,000 Clients
Paychex announced the launch of Workforce Intelligence Strengthened by Expertise (WISE), an AI‑driven platform that automates routine HR tasks for its 800,000 payroll customers. The solution embeds autonomous agents across Paychex Flex, Paycor and SurePayroll, aiming to shift HR from...
Award-Winning HR Software Vendor HiBob Named an ISG 2026 Vendor of Excellence for Human Capital Management (HCM) Platforms
HiBob, the maker of the Bob people‑management platform, has been named an ISG Vendor of Excellence for its Human Capital Management (HCM) Platform for 2026. The ISG award assesses product innovation, market presence, user experience and delivered value, and HiBob...
Chronus Unveils Rumi, the First AI Mentor Designed to Scale and Enhance Human Mentorship
Chronus introduced Rumi, the first AI‑driven mentor, at ATD 2026, positioning it as a companion to human mentors. Powered by Chronus’s two‑decade‑long Mentoring Intelligence, Rumi delivers real‑time guidance, role‑play practice, and reflective prompts within tools like Slack, ChatGPT and Claude....
Rivermate Named in Forbes México as a Leading EOR Solution for Hiring Talent in Spain Without a Legal Entity
Rivermate was highlighted by Forbes México as a leading Employer of Record (EOR) provider for companies seeking to hire talent in Spain without establishing a local legal entity. The article explains how the EOR model streamlines access to Spain’s skilled...
PsyMetrics Releases Healthcare Workforce Benchmark Showing Up to 67% Reduction in Hospital Staff Turnover
PsyMetrics unveiled a new healthcare workforce benchmark that shows a 67% reduction in turnover for medical records staff and a 25% reduction for imaging, laboratory, nursing, and orderly roles within a leading non‑profit hospital system. The AI‑powered platform uses three...
09.SAP SuccessFactors HCM Implementation – How to Define Data Migration Scope
The blog post outlines how to define the data migration scope for SAP SuccessFactors HCM implementations, drawing on the author’s 12 years of project experience. It emphasizes inventorying HR data objects, aligning migration with business processes, and establishing clear cut‑over criteria....
Announcing the WISE AI Platform for an Agentic Digital Workforce
Paychex unveiled Workforce Intelligence Strengthened by Expertise (WISE), an agentic AI platform that embeds autonomous digital workers across its Paychex Flex, Paycor and SurePayroll solutions. Leveraging five decades of payroll and HR data, WISE combines context‑aware intelligence, multi‑channel assistants and...
Match2 Joins Phenom Marketplace
Match2 announced its integration with the Phenom Marketplace, bringing its Universal Candidate Profile™, Direct Talent Network™, and Talent Connector™ platform to thousands of Phenom‑powered employers. The new Connect With™ model creates a persistent, consent‑based relationship between candidates and employers, allowing a...
Disconnected Talent Data: A 3% Cost to Payroll
A Korn Ferry 2026 Global Talent Analytics Survey finds fragmented talent data costs companies at least 3% of payroll. Ninety‑nine percent of leaders say data fragmentation hurts financial performance, and more than 80% estimate the impact is three percent or...
New HR Tech From Caliber, Veritone
Caliber unveiled Talent 360, a real‑time talent intelligence platform that continuously measures employer brand perception across more than 40 markets and benchmarks it against thousands of peers. The solution combines market‑wide syndicated data with client‑specific research, giving CHROs and talent teams...
AI Tools Bring Transparency to Benefits
Artificial intelligence is being deployed to expose hidden inefficiencies in employee benefit plans, giving employers and brokers clearer pricing and actionable insights. Companies such as Collective Health, Angle Health and Reclaim Health illustrate how AI can parse claims data, answer...
LinkedIn Report Shows AI Hiring Trends Favor Skills Over Degrees in 2026
LinkedIn’s Talent Velocity Report 2026 reveals that 93% of talent leaders now value human skills above degrees, while only 14% of firms are deemed AI‑ready. The data signals a rapid shift toward skill‑based hiring, internal mobility and real‑time talent visibility.
LinkedIn Adds AI-Powered Job Outreach
LinkedIn has launched InMail with Hiring Pro, an AI‑driven outreach tool for recruiters that drafts personalized messages based on job requirements and candidate profiles. The feature is limited to promoted job listings and permits up to five AI‑generated InMails per...
Convai and Probe CX Deploy AVA AI Agent, Cutting Seasonal Hiring Time by 60%
Convai and Probe CX introduced the AVA AI Agent, a voice‑driven recruiter that automates early‑stage screening for high‑volume seasonal hiring. The tool has handled over 16,600 calls, cut hiring delays by 60%, and saved 330 recruiter hours in a single...
Top Software Development Companies Helping HR Teams Build Smarter Recruitment Solutions
Custom software development remains a strategic priority for HR teams seeking recruitment solutions that fit unique workflows and security requirements. The article profiles six development firms—CISIN, SapientPro, Shaligram Infotech, Kindgeek, Simform, and SoftKraft—highlighting each provider's service breadth, industry focus, and...
New Health App Aims to Connect Benefits, Medical Records and Advice
HealthBook+ has launched an app that consolidates employee benefits information, personal medical records, and AI‑driven triage via its partner Paige. The platform targets the 85% of workers who struggle to understand their benefits and aims to streamline care decisions. Early...
‘Leonardo Da Vinci in Your Pocket’: Why Context Is the Key to AI Success for HR
Workday executives at the Elevate London event warned that AI’s ROI in HR hinges on supplying the right business context, not just data or guardrails. They highlighted AI’s probabilistic nature, which can produce hallucinations and unacceptable errors—especially in payroll where...
Hive Support Services Accelerates Digital People Transformation with Launch of WorkBee Platform
Hive Support Services has completed Phase One of its WorkBee rollout, an integrated HR, payroll and workforce management platform built on Dayforce. The system is now live in nine client organisations, delivering a unified, data‑driven people experience. Hive cites the...
Salesforce Freezes Engineering Hires, Spends $300M on Anthropic AI
Salesforce announced a hiring freeze for software engineers in 2025 and will allocate roughly $300 million to Anthropic AI tokens this year. The move accompanies a company‑wide redesign of roles, reskilling every employee to work alongside AI agents. The shift signals...
HeroHire Launches Autonomous AI Recruiter to Fix Hiring for the 99%
HeroHire unveiled an autonomous AI recruiting platform aimed at small‑to‑mid‑size companies (revenues $1M‑$10M). The voice‑driven agent pulls from over 800 million profiles across 80+ data sources, screens and ranks applicants, and delivers a shortlist of about five pre‑qualified candidates within days....
Remote Launches AI‑enabled Payroll Platform in Australia
Remote has unveiled an AI‑enabled payroll platform for Australian businesses, marking the company's first foray into the Oceania market. The launch aims to automate tax calculations, compliance reporting and employee self‑service, positioning Remote against established local payroll providers. While financial...
How One Company Shrunk Its Performance Review Process From Eight Weeks to 48 Hours
Remote, the HR‑software provider, slashed its performance‑review cycle from eight weeks to just 48 hours after a three‑year overhaul led by Chief People Officer Barbara Matthews. The previous system suffered from rating inflation, misaligned expectations, and low trust, mirroring broader...
Will the Fair Work Agency Use AI to Enforce Employment Law?
The UK Fair Work Agency (FWA) launched on 7 April 2026 with a £60.1 million (~$76 million) budget to consolidate labour‑market enforcement across several existing bodies. It can inspect workplaces, demand payroll and contract records, issue 200% penalties for under‑payment and even bring tribunal...
Where Can AI Make the Most Impact in Hiring?
AI adoption in recruiting jumped from 26% to 53% in the past year, yet many firms still shy away from using it for core hiring decisions. Most organizations apply AI only to routine tasks like resume filtering and job‑description writing,...
The Rising Issue of Deepfake Interviews
Deepfake interviews—AI‑generated video and voice impersonations—are moving from novelty to a tangible hiring threat. Gartner predicts that by 2028 one in four job candidates will be fake, and real‑world cases like North Korean operatives infiltrating over 300 U.S. firms and...
HR Leaders Shift From AI Adoption to Redesigning Work Around It
Across Australia, the United States and the Philippines, HR leaders are moving from simply adding AI tools to fundamentally redesigning work processes around AI. New data shows a stark gap between executive AI ambition and middle‑manager execution, driving a rethink...
Josh Bersin Report Predicts AI ‘Superagents’ Could Cut HR Headcount 30%
The Josh Bersin Company released a research report forecasting that AI‑powered “superagents” will slash core HR headcount by more than 30% and accelerate the rollout of AI‑driven recruiting and employee‑experience platforms. The analysis spotlights enterprise HCM suites and mid‑market all‑in‑one solutions...
Amazon Mandates AI Usage Quotas, Employees Push Back Over Token‑Maxxing
Amazon has imposed weekly AI usage targets for its developers, aiming for over 80% adoption of its in‑house MeshClaw tool. Employees are responding by using the system for non‑work tasks to meet quotas, sparking internal backlash and raising questions about...
DOL Launches VFCP Webinar to Guide Employers on Fiduciary Corrections
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration will hold a one‑hour webinar on May 19 to explain its Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program. The session targets plan officials, fiduciaries, service providers and advisers seeking to correct ERISA violations without...
TTEC, Deloitte, and Zoom Cut Benefits as AI Funding Drives New HR Strategies
TTEC announced a pause on discretionary 401(k) matching to free cash for AI tools, while Deloitte and Zoom trimmed parental leave, PTO and IVF benefits. The moves highlight how AI investment is reshaping compensation and benefits decisions across large employers.
AI's Double-Edged Role in Hiring and Layoffs
Recruiting Brainfood - Issue 501 https://t.co/npWi5149we Airbnb AI for HR playbook, Google's own recommendations for GEO, Hangzhou People's Court ruling against AI driven layoffs, Meta planned mega layoff round and the great Irony of Automation... https://t.co/860A3Z6esx
Cameroon’s MINFOPRA Unveils Documentary Showcasing AIGLES Platform Success
Cameroon’s Ministry of the Public Service and Administrative Reform (MINFOPRA) released a 43‑minute documentary titled “AIGLES: A Successful Takeoff” on May 12, 2026. The film highlights the AIGLES platform, launched Jan. 1, 2025, which merged career‑management and payroll functions into a...
New York State Payroll Hits $22.5 Billion as Overtime Costs Surge 21%
New York State's total payroll climbed to $22.5 billion, a 7% increase over the prior year, as overtime payments surged 21% to $1.64 billion. The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision accounted for the largest share, with overtime costs up 54% to...
Nigeria Pushes to Revamp IPPIS Payroll System, Targeting Greater Transparency
Nigeria’s federal government convened a three‑day retreat in Abuja to review and strengthen the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS). Officials said the effort will tighten payroll accuracy, curb ghost workers and improve fiscal discipline for millions of public‑sector...
Formula One Slashes Time‑to‑Hire by 10 Days After HR‑Tech Consolidation
Formula One trimmed its average time‑to‑hire by 10 days and cut screening time 16% after unifying its HR technology stack with Workday and HiredScore. The move, highlighted at Workday Elevate London, demonstrates how integrated systems can accelerate talent acquisition for...
Gartner Survey Finds 88% Employees Prefer Personal AI Tools Over Enterprise Solutions
A Gartner Global Labor Market Survey of 12,004 employees and managers across 40 countries reveals that 88% of workers with enterprise AI access also rely on personal AI tools for business tasks. The study links this “shadow AI” behavior to...
AI Hiring Tools Just Flunked Every Standard
The Mercuri Urval Research Institute released a 2025 report declaring that current AI‑based hiring tools do not meet professional selection standards or EU AI Act requirements. The study shows AI tools skip essential assessment steps, inherit multiple bias types, and...
Fusemachines Finds 68% of Talent Leaders Expect Agentic AI to Become Core to Hiring Within a Year
Fusemachines Inc. released results from its inaugural Agentic AI Forum, revealing that 68% of senior talent acquisition leaders anticipate agentic AI will become core to hiring within a year. The study also notes cross‑functional decision‑making, with only 14% of firms...
Remote Hits $300M ARR, Posts 300% Growth as Global Payroll Platform Scales
Remote announced it has surpassed $300 million in annual recurring revenue, marking a 300% year‑over‑year increase and its first cash‑flow‑positive quarter. The growth reflects accelerating demand for cloud‑native payroll and employer‑of‑record services among multinational firms.
CaptivateIQ Deploys AI Agents to Speed Up Compensation and Sales Planning
CaptivateIQ introduced a suite of AI agents for compensation building, operations, and revenue planning, aiming to replace weeks‑long manual work with minutes‑long automation. The tools, now in limited beta, target HR and RevOps teams that still spend months adjusting incentive...
MethodHub Unveils QuantumHire, AI‑Powered Platform Targeting Enterprise Recruiters
MethodHub launched QuantumHire, an AI‑driven full‑time hiring platform designed for enterprise recruiters. The solution promises to automate screening, improve candidate experience, and reduce reliance on spreadsheets and disconnected systems, signaling a new competitive push in the HRTech market.
Deel Acquires SaaS‑Spend Platform Sastrify to Merge HR and Software Procurement
Deel announced the acquisition of SaaS‑spend management startup Sastrify, closing the deal at the end of April and revealed on May 5. The move expands Deel’s product suite from device management to full‑stack software lifecycle management, tying HR events to SaaS...
Gallagher Launches AI‑Enabled Benefits Guidance Tools to Personalize Employee Support
Gallagher has rolled out AI‑powered benefits guidance tools, built on Avante’s platform and linked to its Gallagher Drive analytics suite, to give employees real‑time, personalized advice and provide employers with granular utilization data. The move targets rising benefits inflation and...
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) Modernization Partner Demo Systems Reprovisioning
SAP announced a comprehensive upgrade of all SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) partner demo systems, moving them from the legacy ERP HCM stack to the S/4HANA HCM platform. The new architecture delivers a modern, cloud‑native environment that mirrors SAP's production...
Workday Rolls Out Sana AI Platform in Korea, Links to Microsoft 365
Workday unveiled its Sana AI platform in South Korea, coupling the service with Microsoft 365 Copilot and introducing an enterprise‑specialized AI agent. The rollout targets error‑sensitive HR and finance tasks, citing 400 early adopters and a 20% boost in employee...
How Formula One Cut Time to Hire by 10 Days by Consolidating Its HR Tech Stack
Formula One streamlined its hiring process by consolidating disparate HR systems onto Workday’s platform and adding the AI‑driven HiredScore tool. The integration cut candidate‑screening time by 16% and reduced overall time‑to‑hire by ten days, while automating 97% of initial resume reviews....
OpenAI’s New $4B Consulting Venture Lands Squarely in HR Territory
OpenAI has created the OpenAI Deployment Company, an enterprise‑focused consulting unit backed by more than $4 billion in initial capital from private‑equity firms such as TPG, Brookfield Asset Management, Advent International and Bain Capital. The venture will embed OpenAI engineers inside...
From Point Solutions to Platforms: How AI Is Rewriting HR Tech
AI is reshaping HR technology, turning isolated point solutions into integrated platforms. Generative AI has commoditized traditional features such as ATS workflows and LMS tools, shifting competitive advantage to data scale, workflow orchestration, and decision‑making capabilities. Harbinger’s CTO advises HR...
The Hidden Risks of AI-Driven Hiring: How Can HR Leaders Stay Ahead?
AI-driven hiring has accelerated, but candidate fraud surged. A recent i4cp survey shows 75% of talent leaders encountered fraud, with fabricated credentials and location deception common. The EU AI Act now classifies recruitment tools as high‑risk, demanding rigorous governance, while...