Halloween and Bonfire Night are a thing of the past and the countdown to Christmas is on! Investments, acquisitions, new modules, new marketplaces and awards are all exciting things making a bang in the HR and payroll world this month…
When I Work
When I Work have secured $200 million growth investment from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities. This funding will allow When I Work to expand their employee-first solution that brings flexibility and empathy to shift-based workplaces worldwide.
https://wheniwork.com/blog/when-i-work-secures-200-million-investment-from-bain-capital
Fosway Group
The 2021 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Talent & People Success and full report has been released by the Fosway Group. Featuring both Specialists and Suites including SilkRoad Technology, Get Bridge, Clear Review, Gloat and Cornerstone OnDemand, this year’s analysis shows the shift to new talent management differentiators. Read the full report here:
https://www.fosway.com/9-grid/talent-management-people-success/
SAP SuccessFactors
SAP have launched their new ‘Opportunity Marketplace’ which is an internal-marketplace solution that uses machine learning to deliver customised recommendations to help fuel workers personal growth and increase organisational agility.
Workday
Workday announced the acquisition of VNDLY – a cloud-based external workforce and vendor management technology. This acquisition will allow Workday to bring the two companies together so customers can manage internal and external workers from the same interface.
Papaya Global
Papaya Global announced the acquisition of remote work connectivity platform, NickNack. This acquisition adds to Papaya’s capabilities to support companies in a post-COVID, remote/hybrid working world.
https://papayaglobal.com/blog/papaya-acquires-remote-work-connectivity-platform-nicknack/
ADP
ADP’s WorkMarket platform received a fresh look and new features, including a new analytics dashboard enabling clients to track key metrics for their business KPI’s.
https://mediacenter.adp.com/2021-11-09-ADPs-WorkMarket-Gets-a-New-Look-and-New-Features
XCD
Earlier in the year XCD announced the acquisition of Hireserve, enabling XCD to expand their HR & payroll offering available on the Salesforce platform. Since this announcement, the Hireserve team have been successfully onboarded by XCD and the teams are working in synergy to provide an all-in-one HR, Payroll & Applicant Tracking System on the Salesforce platform.
Ceridian
Ceridian announced the acquisition of all DataFuZion assets which strengthens their compliance offering. DataFuZion is a HCM technology company which includes specific features for certified payroll reporting, prevailing wage rate calculations, incentive payments, union rate calculates and complex general ledger reporting.
For the second year running, Ceridian have been named a leader in the 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud HCM Suites for 1,000+ Employee Enterprises. Congratulations Ceridian!
Natural HR
The Natural HR team have welcomed 5 new team members (in one week!) in key roles including sales, software support and payroll. Among these hires is Natural HR’s new Sales Director, Marc Greggains. Congratulations team!
Natural HR also won the ‘Scale Up Business of the Year’ award at the West Midlands Tech Awards 2021!
Immedis
Immedis have been awarded ‘Global Payroll Supplier of the Year’ at the 2021 Global Payroll Association Awards. Congratulations!
Find out more about the fantastic awards Immedis have won this year:
https://immedis.com/news/immedis-wins-multiple-prestigious-awards-in-2021/
Breathe HR
Breathe HR have launched their COVID-19 Management & Vaccine Tracking module which provides easy tracking and management of COVID-19 vaccinations, test results and tracing those who have been in contact with an employee who tested positive.
https://www.breathehr.com/en-gb/hr-software/vaccine-tracking
BrightHR
BrightHR have been awarded HR Tech Provider of the Year at the PERSONNEL TODAY Awards 2021 as well as leaders for Rota & Shift Scheduling Software in the Crozdesk Software Awards 2021. Congratulations BrightHR!
