PsyMetrics Launches Suite of Assessment Tools to Tackle Healthcare Attrition
PsyMetrics unveiled its Healthcare Behavioral Assessment Suite, an AI‑driven psychometric platform aimed at curbing the chronic turnover in hospitals, clinics, and medical support services. The tool leverages 30 years of industrial‑organizational psychology data to map candidates' behavioral traits to the high‑stress demands of healthcare roles. Reported outcomes include a 67% reduction in turnover for medical‑records and administrative positions and a 25% cut for imaging and laboratory staff. The suite also meets strict EEO standards, providing an objective, bias‑free hiring layer.
Culture Amp: Strong Culture Drives 47% Higher Market Value
Culture Amp unveiled its Performance Culture Quadrant (PCQ), a diagnostic that maps a company’s engagement and performance confidence into four distinct culture states. Research covering 1,800 firms found that organizations in the "Peak Performance" state—high engagement and high confidence—outperformed peers,...
Everee Named to Fast Company’s 2026 Most Innovative Companies
Everee has been named No. 11 on Fast Company’s 2026 Most Innovative Companies list in the Human Resources category, highlighting its rapid rise in payroll technology. The company’s 2025 milestones include a pay‑cycle‑free payroll system, real‑time gross‑to‑net processing across all states,...
Study: Employees Build AI Skills Faster Than Firms Recognize
Litmos released the “From Ladder to Lattice” report highlighting an emerging “AI ceiling” in workforce development. While 80.5% of HR leaders say they prioritize skills‑based growth, only 28.5% report AI‑driven learning shortening promotion timelines. Employees feel their newly acquired capabilities...
Overalls Named to Fast Company’s 2026 Most Innovative Companies
Overalls, Inc. has been named to Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2026, ranking No. 7 in the Workplace category and earning a Small and Mighty spot. The HR‑tech firm offers a single platform where employees can submit any personal...
Geographic Solutions Named Finalist for 2026 Inspiring Workplaces
Geographic Solutions has been named a finalist for the 2026 Inspiring Workplaces Awards, marking its third consecutive year as a finalist. The company previously made the Top 50 North American list in 2024 and 2025 and earned global Top 100 recognition in...
Welliba: Top EX Firms Deliver 5% Higher Shareholder Returns
Welliba’s new Hidden Economics report finds that the 100 S&P 500 companies with the highest employee experience (EX) scores deliver 5 % higher total shareholder returns over five years than the rest of the index. The performance edge translates to roughly $13‑15...
Experian Wins 2026 Lighthouse Award for I-9 Management Solution
Experian has been honored with its third straight Lighthouse Tech Award for its I‑9 Management solution, recognized in both Core HR/Workforce and Best Innovative or Emerging Tech categories. The platform offers virtual I‑9 completion, mobile document upload, and real‑time E‑Verify...
NINJIO Teams with Emtrain for Compliance, Culture Training
NINJIO, a cybersecurity awareness provider, has entered a strategic partnership with Emtrain, a leader in workplace compliance and culture training. The deal adds Emtrain’s behavioral‑science‑driven HR compliance, ethics, and inclusion courses to NINJIO’s existing platform. Together they offer video‑based modules...
Tenor Named to Fast Company’s 2026 Most Innovative Companies
Tenor, an AI‑driven leadership development platform, has been named to Fast Company’s 2026 World’s Most Innovative Companies list. The company’s solution combines voice‑AI role‑plays, personalized coaching, and real‑time feedback to help managers improve performance. Fast Company’s editors selected Tenor after...
One in Four Canadians Admit to “Resume Botox” To Seem Fit
Employment Hero's survey reveals that 28% of Canadian workers and job seekers trim their resumes—removing older roles, graduation dates, or senior titles—to avoid age bias and appearing over‑qualified. The practice, dubbed “resume botox,” is most common among those 35‑54, with...
Personegy Earns 2026 Lighthouse Award for Talent Acquisition Solution
NXTThing RPO has been named a 2026 Lighthouse Tech Award winner for Talent Acquisition: Best Frontline‑Focused Solution, recognizing its Personegy platform. Personegy combines AI‑driven screening, mobile‑first applications, and automated scheduling to move candidates from application to interview in under 60...
TeamViewer Unveils AI Tia Reporting at Gartner Digital Workplace Summit
TeamViewer introduced Tia Reporting, a conversational AI feature in its Digital Employee Experience (DEX) platform, at the Gartner Digital Workplace Summit. The tool translates natural‑language prompts into live dashboards, pulling data from device telemetry, app performance and employee experience signals....
Covenant HR Announces Inclusion in Lockton & ASHHRA AP3 Partner Program
Covenant HR has been accepted into the ASHHRA Preferred Partner Program (AP3), a collaboration with Lockton that curates vetted HR technology providers for the healthcare sector. The inclusion follows a rigorous vetting process that highlighted Covenant HR’s operational maturity and...
Securian: Workers Risk Finances Amid Benefits Affordability Trap
Securian Financial’s fourth workplace benefits study reveals an emerging “affordability trap” where employees opt for lower‑premium, high‑deductible health plans to boost take‑home pay, only to face costly out‑of‑pocket expenses later. Nearly two‑thirds of respondents prioritize premiums, and 22% reported surprise...
Traliant Transforms Harassment Training with TV-Style Learning
Traliant unveiled a fully redesigned Preventing Workplace Harassment course that uses a cinematic, TV‑style narrative to teach anti‑harassment laws. The platform offers industry‑specific and international editions, automatically tailoring content to a learner’s role and location, and meets mandates across U.S....
Jooble: 68% Remote Workers Report Higher Productivity
Jooble’s survey of 1,756 U.S. job seekers finds that 68% of remote workers report higher productivity, despite 71.5% admitting to handling personal matters during the workday. While 42% say they work longer hours, most (52.5%) still keep a standard eight‑hour...
Breeze Wellbeing Launches “Insights” Feature to Address Workplace Loneliness
In February 2026 Breeze Wellbeing introduced “Insights,” a curated knowledge‑base of specialist articles and peer stories aimed at reducing workplace loneliness. The feature links directly to self‑discovery assessments, delivering personalized content on topics such as relationships, ADHD and emotional awareness....
Report Finds Health, Wellbeing Gains Across Key Industries
Navigate Wellbeing Solutions released an impact report showing that more than one‑third of high‑risk employees lowered their health risk profile within a year. The study, presented at the Conference Board’s annual Employee Health Care Conference, draws on anonymized 2025 platform...
Global Tech Hiring Stays Strong as U.S. Sees Q2 Improvement
Tech hiring in the United States is stabilizing, with the Q2 2026 Net Employment Outlook climbing to 41%, an eight‑point rise yet still five points below a year ago. Globally, the outlook improves to 45%, up four points quarter‑over‑quarter and nine...
Best HR Software Australia (2026): HiBob Named Best HR Software in Australia
HiBob’s Bob platform was crowned the best HR software in Australia by TechGuide’s 2026 review. The award highlights its people‑first design, AI‑driven analytics, and out‑of‑the‑box compliance tools for Fair Work awards and enterprise agreements. HiBob’s integration network spans more than...
LiquidLabor Launches Technology Tools to Boost Staffing Profitability
LiquidLabor unveiled its full suite of AI‑powered staffing tools, targeting healthcare staffing agencies plagued by inaccurate job data and compliance delays. The platform automates and standardizes job information across travel, contract, staff and per‑diem roles, integrating seamlessly with VMS and...
Rivermate Expands EOR Services to Enhance Cross-Border Employment Solutions
Rivermate announced an expansion of its Employer of Record (EOR) services, adding new country coverage and boosting operational capacity. The move targets firms building distributed teams and entering markets such as the UK, Germany, Canada, and Spain. By acting as...
BambooHR Announced the Launch of New Services Offerings
BambooHR unveiled BambooHR Services, a new portfolio that adds HR consulting, technical services, and managed payroll to its existing people‑intelligence platform. The offerings are designed to help fast‑growing companies tackle increasing payroll, compliance and operational complexity. Dedicated consultants will provide...
Dayforce Expands Partner Ecosystem with Emburse and Docusign
Dayforce announced expanded partnerships with Emburse and DocuSign, embedding expense‑management and digital‑agreement capabilities directly into its HCM platform. The certified integrations promise secure data exchange, a unified buying experience, and reduced implementation risk for HR, finance and operations leaders. By...
Your360 AI Reveals Team Insights Beyond Traditional Surveys
Your360 AI has launched a full‑scale group 360 offering that replaces costly interview‑based assessments with AI‑driven voice conversations. The service includes confidential AI interviews, synthesized coaching reports, and live debriefs led by PhD‑qualified people scientists, starting at $2,500 for up...
Synergie Acquires Majority Stake in Agilus Work Solution
Synergie has closed the acquisition of a majority stake in Agilus Work Solutions, Canada’s eighth‑largest staffing provider. Agilus, which reported roughly CAD 300 million in 2025 revenue across 14 branches, specializes in temporary and permanent staffing for technical, engineering, IT and natural‑resource...
Streamlining Talent Acquisition to Payroll with End-to-End HR Solutions
Companies are increasingly adopting end‑to‑end HR platforms that fuse talent acquisition with payroll, turning fragmented processes into a continuous employee journey. Integrated systems automatically transfer candidate data into employee records, cutting time‑to‑hire and reducing manual entry errors. Automation not only...
Astra-HR Reduces Onboarding Burden with AI-Powered Solution
Lunagen Inc. launched Astra‑HR, an AI‑driven onboarding platform that automates twelve repetitive tasks such as Slack setup, background checks, and device provisioning. The solution claims to cut onboarding administrative effort by 40‑60 % while delivering a consistent, error‑free day‑one experience for...
EarnIn Powers Real-Time Income with 1M+ Live Pay Transactions
EarnIn announced that more than one million Live Pay transactions have been completed since July 2025, marking a milestone for real‑time earnings. Over 600,000 workers have joined the Live Pay waitlist, reflecting strong demand for instant access to wages. Users engage with the...
One in Four Job Seekers Have Ghosted a Potential Employer
A LiveCareer survey of 1,008 U.S. workers finds that 25% of job seekers have ghosted a potential employer at some stage, and 39% would consider doing so after a perceived unfair hiring experience. The most common trigger is accepting another...
Quota Crushers Expands B2B Sales Recruitment Into Miami
Quota Crushers Agency is extending its 97% direct‑head hunting sales recruitment model to Miami, targeting quota‑carrying B2B executives for fintech, SaaS, logistics and enterprise software firms. The firm’s performance‑first methodology, which verified that 78% of 2024 placements exceeded quota in...
Hyke Appoints Olga Troyano as COO to Accelerate Growth and Scale Ops
Hyke announced the promotion of Olga Troyano to Chief Operating Officer, tasking her with overseeing operations, go‑to‑market execution, and cross‑functional alignment as the company scales its U.S. business. Troyano, who has spent over four years driving Hyke’s operational and product...
What HR Leaders Need to Know About Workforce Tech Trends in 2026
In 2026 HR has shifted from managing static personnel to orchestrating a dynamic, AI‑augmented ecosystem. Agentic AI now automates end‑to‑end processes, freeing leaders to focus on strategy, while skills‑based talent platforms replace traditional job titles with competency fragments. Well‑being is...
ActivTrak Study Finds AI Accelerating Work, Not Replacing It
ActivTrak’s 2026 State of the Workplace report, analyzing 443 million hours across 1,111 organizations, reveals AI usage soaring to 80% of employees and an eight‑fold rise in time spent on AI tools. Instead of shrinking workloads, AI is accelerating work speed...
monday.com Adds AI Agents to Transform How Work Gets Done
monday.com unveiled a dedicated infrastructure that lets external AI agents sign up, authenticate, and operate directly inside its work‑management platform. The new agent pathway grants free API access, instant GraphQL keys, and enterprise‑grade governance, enabling agents to organize projects, trigger...
Employ Inc. Announces Eric Waldinger as CRO
Employ Inc., a people‑first hiring platform integrating JazzHR, Lever and Jobvite, announced the appointment of Eric Waldinger as Chief Revenue Officer. Waldinger will steer go‑to‑market strategy, market expansion, and oversee sales and revenue operations. He arrives with nearly three decades...
RemoFirst Integrates BambooHR to Improve Global Workforce Management
RemoFirst, an Employer of Record platform operating in over 185 countries, announced a new integration with BambooHR. The connector syncs employee records from BambooHR directly into RemoFirst, cutting manual data entry and speeding up onboarding. The self‑serve integration activates in...
Trusaic, Gradar Partner to Advance Global Pay Transparency
Trusaic announced a strategic partnership with gradar to help enterprises meet the EU Pay Transparency Directive and other global pay equity regulations. The collaboration integrates gradar’s factor‑based job evaluation engine with Trusaic’s PayParity® analytics, creating a unified platform for defining...
Hallmark Deploys AI Bill Rate Intelligence for Health Systems
Hallmark Health Care Solutions has launched an AI‑agent Bill Rate Intelligence within its Total Workforce Vendor Management System. The tool uses machine learning, third‑party and historical hiring data to recommend market‑aligned bill rates for contingent labor at order creation. It...
Kelly Appoints Joel Leege as President of Kelly SETT
Kelly announced that Joel Leege will assume the role of President of its Science, Engineering, Technology & Telecom (SETT) division effective March 16, 2026. Leege joins the senior leadership team, reporting directly to CEO Chris Layden, to accelerate profitable growth across life sciences,...
Paychex Earns Two Lighthouse Tech Awards in 2026
Paychex, Inc. announced that its Paychex Flex and Paycor platforms earned Lighthouse Research & Advisory’s 2026 Tech Awards, winning Best Small Business‑focused Solution and Best Midsize Business‑focused Solution in the Core HR/Workforce category. The awards recognize only 1‑2% of HR...
Yourco Announced the Launch of Frontline Intelligence
Yourco unveiled Frontline Intelligence, an AI‑powered add‑on to its SMS‑based two‑way communication platform that converts everyday frontline chats into real‑time operational insights. The solution supports more than 135 languages and requires no app downloads, making it instantly accessible to deskless...
CrawlJobs Closes Round at $3M Valuation to Expand AI Job Search
AI‑driven employment aggregator CrawlJobs announced the close of its first external funding round, valuing the company at $3 million. The round was led by senior executives from Fortune Global 500 firms and will fund expansion of its crawling infrastructure and the commercial...
Wilson James Selects Legion AI WFM for Workforce Ops
Wilson James, a provider of aviation, security, infrastructure and logistics services, has chosen Legion’s AI‑powered Workforce Management platform to modernise its operations across the UK and abroad. The solution adds demand forecasting, dynamic scheduling, real‑time attendance and compliance tools, shifting...
Talroo Earns Lighthouse Award for Talent Acquisition Solution
Talroo was named the 2026 Lighthouse Tech Award winner for Best Frontline‑Focused Solution in Talent Acquisition. The award recognizes the platform’s ability to deliver measurable hiring outcomes, such as up to an 80% increase in hire and interview rates and...
Halfpricesoft.com Announced the Launch of 2026 ezPaycheck Network Version
Halfpricesoft.com unveiled the 2026 ezPaycheck Network Version, a payroll solution designed for multi‑office and remote teams. The network edition lets authorized users share payroll data in real time and print checks and tax forms simultaneously from different locations. It retains...
Family First Debuts Prevention-First Backup Care Model
Family First announced a Care Subsidy Program that flips the traditional backup‑care model on its head. Instead of requiring employers to pre‑purchase a set number of days at flat rates, the new offering lets companies fund actual care expenses with...
Arch Insurance Releases 2026 Disability Leave Guide
Arch Insurance North America unveiled its 2026 State Disability & Paid Family Leave Reference Guide, a comprehensive compendium of state‑by‑state leave statutes. The guide details eligibility rules, covered medical conditions, statutory weekly benefit amounts, and other critical compliance data. Targeted...
Bonterra Acquires Deed to Redefine Corporate Philanthropy
Bonterra, a leading ethical‑AI provider for social‑good, announced the acquisition of Deed, a people‑first CSR engagement platform. The deal merges Deed’s AI‑forward employee experience with Bonterra’s enterprise grantmaking suite, delivering a single view of corporate impact across giving, volunteering and...