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Of cars and HR software: Metaphor-based HRIS tips

Ahmed's Universe

Well, for the past couple of decades that I have been in the HR technology industry, I have been asking myself a similar question: Why can't my HR software be like a car? Note that most would apply to enterprise software, not HR only; however, since I am an HR technology person through and through, you'll be hardly surprised that's my focus.

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Desperately Seeking SaaS: Oracle buys Taleo

Ahmed's Universe

Oracle, by just announcing last week its acquisition of talent-software leader Taleo, showed it was enforcing the same principle. In addition, the pressure had been growing since December when the US-based giant''s nemesis, Germany''s SAP, bought the other talent-software leader, SuccessFactors. How can that fly? (in

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58% of manufacturers spend at least £10,000 on staff wellbeing

Employee Benefits

More than half (58%) of UK manufacturers spend between £10,000 and £50,000 on staff wellbeing initiatives, up from a third two years ago, according to research by manufacturers’ organisation Make UK. One-quarter (25%) use software and devices to monitor health and safety risks and performance.

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

Ahmed's Universe

They were quite big in the 1990’s (I attended their users'' conference at their Birmingham, UK, HQ and it was quite impressive) but then they just vanished into thin software air. Anybody remembers JBA? Then, when the 2000 dotcom bubble burst, JBA was sold to Canadian company GEAC. It is therefore quite uplifting to hear that, like St.

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Workforce Software Guest Blog: Toolkit for Improving the Deskless Worker Employee Experience

3Sixty Insights

These significant business benefits are being enjoyed by enterprises across industries and geographies when best-fit employee experience programs are in place, extending to predominantly deskless worker industries such as manufacturing, natural resources, public sector, transportation, and retail.

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How to Improve Employee Engagement in the Manufacturing Industry?

Empuls

At the moment, manufacturing companies are dealing with many challenges such as labor shortages, skill gaps, high turnover rates, and more. To soften these blows as much as possible, employee engagement in the manufacturing industry becomes critical. Manufacturing jobs can be physically demanding.

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Changes Coming to Electronics, Dual-Wage Class Codes

InterWest Insurance Services

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California will recommend changes to class codes for some electronics manufacturing sectors, as well as increases to the wage thresholds for construction industry dual classifications. If this recommendation is okayed, the higher pure premium rate of $0.46