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America and France: Two countries united by failed military payroll

Ahmed's Universe

It is not only good to die for one''s country, but payroll software requires you do it for free Last month saw France''s president pay a state visit to the United States. was a pioneer in the use of package software to run its HR and payroll operations. Quite a lot for a payroll system that was never used. tries first.

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Error 404: Oracle Fusion not found

Ahmed's Universe

As soon as Oracle finalized its acquisition of PeopleSoft in 2005, it announced it was starting work on the successor product. As of today, Workday has not only delivered an entirely new HR system of record, two payrolls, strong talent functionality (even if missing some key parts), but also a financial management system.

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Can Infor's acquisition of Lawson deliver on great HR technology?

Ahmed's Universe

It was developed (along with a payroll product called Sysper ) in the 1980’s by a French company called Presys (itself the resulting merger of two small IT companies) which in turn was bought by UK-based ERP company JBA in the late 1990’s (which also bought a small French HR-cum-payroll vendor called Logi-Soft ). Anybody remembers JBA?

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PeopleSoft vs Workday - Old vs New

Ahmed's Universe

Workday has yet to plug some big holes in its product scope (global payroll, recruiting, learning, time.) The reason is the unique and complex requirements they have (try understanding how to move somebody from one step to another and onto a different grade while ensuring their payroll is on track.)

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The future of payroll – part two

LACE Partners

On Friday we released a blog which was part one of a two-part series that looked at the future of the Payroll function from a ‘internal factors’ lens. In today’s blog Chris Kirby looks at the external factors that are leading to the conversations around the future of payroll that will shape any revolution too. Where does Payroll sit?

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Workers’ Comp Insurers Continue Cutting Their Rates

InterWest Insurance Services

Competition has been fierce in the workers’ compensation insurance market and rates charged to employers have been falling since 2005, although there was a slight uptick in 2013 and 2014, followed by further declines. per $100 of payroll, down from $1.80 at the end of 2021. In 2014, the rate was $3.24 and in 2003 it was $6.54.

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Looking Ahead: The Biggest HR Trends in 2020

HR Digest

Traditionally, Human Resources restricted itself to hiring, payroll, and some administrative duties. The number of people who work from home has increased by 140% since 2005. Human Resource is all about recruiting, mentoring and tending of the greatest assets of any company—human capital.