SAP SuccessFactors Launches AI‑Native Autonomous HCM Suite with Joule Assistants
SAP SuccessFactors announced an AI‑native autonomous HCM suite at the SAP Sapphire conference in Orlando, debuting Joule Assistants that can run HR processes end‑to‑end. The rollout adds AI‑driven workforce planning that ties people data directly to business outcomes, signaling a shift toward autonomous HR operations.
Exclaimer Adds UKG Ready Integration as HR Systems Displace It-Managed Directories as the Source of Employee Data
Exclaimer announced a new integration with UKG Ready, extending its HR‑IS connector suite beyond Workday. The integration, powered by data‑aggregation partner BindBee, pulls employee attributes directly from UKG Ready into Exclaimer’s email signature and meeting‑theme platform. By operating in read‑only...
The Trouble with Emotion-Reading AI
Emotion AI promises to quantify employee feelings using voice, facial, text, and biometric data, with vendors like Cogito, Affectiva, Hume AI, Entropik, and HireVue offering turnkey solutions. The technology builds on disputed theories of universal facial expressions, leading to accuracy...
Connecticut Enacts Senate Bill 5, Tightening AI Use in Employment Decisions
On May 11, 2026 the Connecticut General Assembly approved Senate Bill 5, and Governor Ned Lamont is set to sign it into law. The measure imposes pre‑decision notice and disclosure requirements on any Automated Employment‑related Decision Technology (AEDT) used in...
Tāmaki Health Cuts Hiring Cycle to Three Weeks with Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
Tāmaki Health, New Zealand’s largest privately owned primary‑care group, has migrated its HR, recruiting and learning systems to Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, cutting hiring timelines from months to roughly three weeks. The move, overseen by Deloitte New Zealand, aims to...
Argano Acquires Ascend to Boost UKG HCM and Workforce Management Services
Argano announced the purchase of Ascend, a UKG services partner, expanding its HCM and workforce‑management portfolio. The deal is the twelfth acquisition under Argano’s 2025‑26 growth plan and the 28th since its 2020 founding, underscoring a wave of consolidation in...
Connecticut Passes Law Significantly Regulating Use of AI in Employment
Connecticut’s Senate Bill 5, set to become law in October 2026, creates the nation’s first comprehensive AI‑employment statute. It defines Automated Employment‑related Decision Technology (AEDT) broadly and requires employers to disclose AI use in real‑time interactions and before any employment decision. The...
Explore the 1H 2026 Innovations in SAP SuccessFactors Enterprise Service Management
SAP SuccessFactors Enterprise Service Management rolled out new 1H 2026 features that embed HR support directly into employees’ workflow. The update adds mobile and Microsoft Teams access, real‑time case notifications on the SuccessFactors homepage, and an AI‑driven HR Service Agent for...
Salesforce Lands $72 M Air Force Deal to Overhaul Cloud‑based Personnel Management
Salesforce secured a $72 million enterprise license agreement with the U.S. Air Force to modernize its personnel and logistics management through AI‑enabled cloud tools. The contract is part of a broader $5.6 billion Defense Department vehicle that aims to consolidate procurement and...
Agents Like AI! But Why? Find Out How to Implement, Build Trust and Deliver Results
SuccessKPI is hosting a live webinar on May 27, 2026 that examines how artificial‑intelligence can transform the contact‑center agent experience. Research cited in the event shows 88% of companies see higher agent satisfaction after AI implementation, driven by reduced repetitive...
Opexus Termination Slip Triggers Deletion of 96 U.S. Government Databases
Opexus, a Washington‑area contractor that supplies case‑management software to more than 45 federal agencies, failed to disable the accounts of twin engineers after firing them, enabling a rapid sabotage that erased 96 government databases. The incident underscores the high stakes...
Gallagher Introduces New AI Tool to Advance the Future of Employer Benefits Decision‑Making
Gallagher announced an AI‑enabled benefits solution embedded in its Benefits & HR Consulting practice. The tool, built on the Avante platform and linked to Gallagher Drive, offers employees conversational guidance and employers real‑time analytics on utilization, cost drivers, and plan...
Employee-Driven AI at Mars: No-Code Agents Unlock 115 Years of Knowledge
Mars, Inc., a 150,000‑employee global food and pet‑care giant, has partnered with Google Cloud to roll out Gemini Enterprise as its AI operating system. The platform gives associates no‑code and low‑code tools to create personalized AI agents, aiming to surface...
Employee-Driven AI at Mars: No-Code Agents Unlock 115 Years of Knowledge
Mars, Inc., the global food and confectionery giant, has rolled out a no‑code, employee‑driven AI platform that lets staff create their own intelligent agents. The system taps into 115 years of corporate knowledge, breaking down long‑standing data silos across its 150,000‑strong...
Why AI-Generated Applications Are Creating a New Hiring Problem (And What HR Can Do About It)
AI‑generated résumés are flooding hiring pipelines, inflating applicant volumes and straining recruiters. Candidates can now produce polished applications in seconds using generative tools, making it harder to verify authenticity and assess true skill fit. The surge has prompted HR leaders...
Workable Launches MCP Server for AI-Powered Recruiting and HR Workflows
Workable announced the general availability of its MCP Server, an open‑standard integration built on the Model Context Protocol. The server grants AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT direct read‑and‑write access to live recruiting and HR data—including jobs, candidates, offers, time‑off...
Meta Cuts 10% of Workforce, Slashing 8,000 Jobs Amid Record Profits and Low Morale
Meta announced a 10% cut to its global staff, roughly 8,000 positions, citing efficiency gains despite record quarterly profits. Employees report plummeting morale, pay‑gap widening, and AI‑driven surveillance, while union‑organizing efforts gain traction in the UK. The moves underscore a...
Designing Cloud-Native Performance Management Platforms That Scale Across the Enterprise
Sales performance management (SPM) remains critical for meeting targets, fair compensation, and employee engagement, yet many organizations rely on outdated, fragmented systems. Cloud‑native platforms address these shortcomings by leveraging microservices, containers, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure‑as‑code to deliver scalable, transparent, and...
Transforming Benefits with AI: A New Era of Human-Centric Solutions
Artificial intelligence is reshaping employee benefits by automating core administrative tasks and delivering personalized health guidance. AI platforms can process enrollment, claims, and inquiries at scale, freeing HR teams to focus on strategy. The technology also uses predictive analytics to...
Agentic AI Is Redefining Human Connection and Leadership Now – HR Can’t Miss the Opportunity
A recent SAP SuccessFactors roundtable revealed that employees are increasingly treating agentic AI as a peer, with 22% preferring AI for celebration, 30% seeking AI for stress relief, and 40% turning to AI for emotional support. HR leaders, however, still...
Speak-Up Culture | Digital Whistleblowing Dominates as Anonymous Reporting Surges
Digital whistleblowing has reached a historic high, with anonymous submissions now making up 56% of all reports, according to Safecall’s 2026 Benchmark Report. Named reports have dropped from 37% in 2019 to 25%, while online anonymity accounts for 63% of...
Introducing Time Side Navigation in SAP SuccessFactors Time Management
SAP SuccessFactors has rolled out a new side‑navigation panel for its Time Management suite, giving users a persistent menu on every time‑tracking screen. The redesign consolidates core functions—such as clock‑in/out, timesheet approval, and leave requests—into a single, left‑hand pane. Early...
Strada Teams with Navro to Deliver Integrated Global Payroll and Payments
Strada announced a strategic partnership with London‑based payments provider Navro, embedding Navro’s payment infrastructure into Strada’s payroll platform. The integration lets the company process $1.4 trillion in annual payroll for more than 11 million employees across 95 countries in a single, unified...
Agentic AI as the Next Major HR Technology Frontier
Agentic AI—systems that act autonomously, make decisions and collaborate across workflows—has emerged as the next major frontier in HR technology. A recent webinar featuring ADP, Zapier and Charter executives clarified how agentic AI differs from current predictive tools and highlighted...
UKG Launches Pro Pay with Workforce AI to Slash Payroll Errors and Cut Processing Time
UKG introduced Pro Pay with Workforce AI, an AI‑powered payroll suite that aims to cut payroll processing from days to hours and address the 2%‑4% labor‑spend leakage many firms face. The launch targets frontline and hourly workers, whose pay accuracy...
VidCruiter Launches AI Interview Scoring
VidCruiter unveiled AI Interview Scoring, a new feature that grades pre‑recorded video responses using client‑approved rubrics. The tool delivers consistent, explainable scores with full audit trails, removing reviewer bias and eliminating black‑box AI criticism. It also excludes biometric data, focusing...
BambooHR and Clair Roll Out Zero‑Fee On‑Demand Pay Embedded in HR Platform
BambooHR announced the launch of BambooHR On‑Demand Pay, an earned‑wage‑access service powered by Clair that integrates directly into its HR platform with no employer fees. The move targets the 50% of workers who report financial strain and aims to boost...
Maryland Enacts Sweeping Earned Wage Access Reforms, Bans Tipping
On April 28, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed Senate Bill 94 into law, overhauling the state’s earned‑wage‑access (EWA) framework and banning tipping in both EWA programs and certain consumer‑loan products. The legislation imposes new consumer‑protection duties, requires clear fee disclosures, mandates a free...
Accio Data Teams Up with BambooHR to Streamline Background Screening
Accio Data announced a direct integration with BambooHR, enabling consumer reporting agencies to conduct pre‑employment and ongoing employee background checks within the HR platform. The move promises faster hiring cycles, reduced manual effort, and better compliance for HR teams and...
AI Transforming HR Faster Than Companies Can Set Up Processes to Contain Risks
The 2026 Employer Survey Report reveals that AI is reshaping human‑resources functions faster than firms can establish safeguards. Over three‑quarters of respondents expect AI‑driven changes in hiring, performance reviews, and workforce planning within the next year. Yet fewer than one‑third...
Pearson, Salesforce Expand AI Upskilling Partnership for Global Workforce
Pearson and Salesforce announced an expanded multi‑year partnership that will embed AI‑powered skill‑gap analytics and targeted learning directly into Salesforce’s global workforce. The deal leverages Pearson’s Faethm, Credly and assessment tools to help the CRM giant anticipate emerging roles, close...
SAP and Anthropic Embed Claude in Business AI Platform to Power Enterprise Workflows
SAP and Anthropic announced at SAP Sapphire 2026 that Anthropic’s Claude model will be embedded across the SAP Business AI Platform, giving enterprise customers agentic AI capabilities within core applications such as S/4HANA, SuccessFactors and Ariba. The move aims to...
10 Best Bullhorn Integrations For Recruiters in 2026
The article outlines the ten most effective Bullhorn integrations for recruiters in 2026, ranging from data enrichment tools like Cognism to communication platforms such as CloudCall and Ringover. Each integration is evaluated on how it solves common recruitment pain points—disconnected...
Air Force Taps Salesforce’s Army Contract for Personnel Modernization Work
Salesforce has secured a $72 million enterprise license agreement with the U.S. Air Force to modernize personnel and logistics management using artificial intelligence. The deal taps into the broader $5.6 billion contract the vendor signed with the Army earlier this year, creating...
Sir Robert McAlpine Adopts Workforce Planning Platform
Sir Robert McAlpine has implemented Bridgit’s AI‑enabled workforce planning platform, shifting from spreadsheet‑based scheduling to a data‑driven model. The system aggregates the contractor’s historical crew data, certifications, location and availability to surface real‑time skill insights. Planners can query the platform for...
Happl Secures $11 Million Series A to Scale AI‑Native Global Benefits OS
Happl, the AI‑native employee‑benefits platform for multinational firms, closed an $11 million Series A led by Portage Ventures. The funding will accelerate AI integration, compliance tools, and expansion of its UK and US teams, underscoring investor confidence in automated global benefits...
Deel Launches Akai AI Platform to Automate Global HR Operations
Deel announced Akai, an AI‑powered workflow engine that automates payroll, compliance and finance processes for distributed workforces. The platform, already running thousands of workflows across Deel’s own operations, claims to cut more than 91,000 manual hours each month.
Faces of HR: SGX Group’s Shailaja Sharma on AI’s Potential to Deepen People Development and Shape More Inclusive, Future-Ready Workplaces
SGX Group’s Group Head of Talent and Learning, Shailaja Sharma, argues that AI can power personalized, just‑in‑time learning at scale, enabling employees to close skill gaps within the flow of work. She stresses that this approach not only accelerates skill...
Colorado Legislature Passes Bill Banning AI‑Driven Wage Setting From Surveillance Data
Colorado's House and Senate approved legislation that bars employers from using AI surveillance data to set wages. The measure, still awaiting Gov. Jared Polis's signature, targets what lawmakers call “weaponized” compensation practices and has drawn sharp criticism from tech trade...
AI Hiring Tools Face Patchwork Regulations as State Laws Outpace Federal Rules
Employers that rely on artificial‑intelligence screening tools now navigate a fragmented legal landscape, where federal civil‑rights statutes remain static while dozens of state and local ordinances impose new audit, disclosure and testing requirements. The mismatch forces talent‑acquisition teams to overhaul...
Brookings Report Finds AI Threatens Six Million U.S. Back‑Office Jobs, 85% Held by Women
A new Brookings Institution report identifies six million U.S. back‑office positions as highly vulnerable to AI automation, noting that more than 85% of these roles are occupied by women. The findings highlight a gender‑neutral technology that could deepen existing labor...
ServiceNow’s Head of TA on HR’s AI Opportunity
ServiceNow’s senior talent‑acquisition leader Sarah Tilley explained how the company leverages generative AI to automate repetitive recruiting tasks while preserving the human element of hiring. She highlighted tools such as AI‑driven interview‑question generation and candidate rediscovery that free recruiters to...
Lossdog Launches AI Platform to Quantify White‑Collar Worth and Hedge Compensation Gaps
Thinkorswim and tastytrade co-founders Tom Sosnoff and Scott Sheridan released Lossdog in April 2026, an AI‑driven platform that delivers a single market‑based compensation figure and a portfolio‑optimization layer for white‑collar professionals. The service aims to counter AI‑induced wage suppression by...
Oracle Integrates Eightfold AI to Boost HR Suite Capabilities
Oracle announced a strategic integration of Eightfold's AI talent platform into its Human Capital Management suite, a move analysts say could lift Oracle's valuation. The partnership deepens AI-driven hiring and workforce planning tools for enterprise customers.
Brent Byng Calls for Data‑Human Fusion in Enterprise Leadership
Brent Byng, a 27‑year veteran of military and corporate operations, announced a new leadership framework that blends advanced analytics with human judgment. His predictive models have cut staffing shortfalls by 10% and operating costs by 5%, underscoring the business impact...
AI Doesn’t Create Bias, It Inherits It – How Do We Ensure Fairness when It Comes to Automated Decisions?
Artificial intelligence does not generate bias on its own; it inherits the prejudices embedded in historical data sets used for training. This reality complicates efforts to define and measure fairness across sectors such as hiring, credit, education, and criminal justice....
Day 2 of HR Tech Asia 2026: Purpose, People Data, and the Human Side of AI Transformation
Day Two of HR Tech Asia 2026 highlighted that technology alone won’t drive workforce change; the focus shifted to purpose, people data, and AI governance. UOB’s Dean Tong showcased a purpose‑driven reskilling programme with an 80% success rate and a...
Predictive, Personalized, Preventive in Talent Training
The article outlines an AI‑driven talent development framework that combines predictive analytics, personalized learning paths, and preventive interventions. Predictive training uses data from assessments, work history, and KPIs to spot skill gaps and at‑risk employees before problems arise. Personalized training...
Betterworks Urges Simpler AI for Performance Management at HR Tech Europe
Betterworks Director of Solutions Engineering Bruce Walcroft told HR Tech Europe that AI will only improve performance management if it removes friction, not adds new steps. He warned vendors that layering AI onto legacy workflows will stall adoption, urging a...
The Cost of AI? TestGorilla Research Reveals 59% of Organisations Made a Bad AI Hire in the Past Year
TestGorilla’s new research shows AI fluency has become the top hiring priority, with 53% of senior hiring leaders preferring AI‑savvy candidates over traditional domain experts. Despite 71‑72% of firms formally defining AI fluency, 59% report a bad AI hire in...