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Top M&A News in the HR, Recruiting and Benefits Space | 2016

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M&A Announcements in the HR, Recruiting and Benefits Space | 2016. January 2016. SterlingBackcheck Made Several Strategic Acquisitions in 2016. Kronos Acquires Empower Software Solutions. Pontoon and hyphen Complete Merger—Unify Global HR Outsourcing within Adecco. February 2016. March 2016.

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Top Funding News in the HR, Recruiting and Benefits Space | 2016

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Funding Announcements in the HR, Recruiting and Benefits Space | 2016. January 2016. The recruitment marketing platform Smashfly started off 2016 raising $22 million. The first of many big funding announcements in 2016. February 2016. March 2016. April 2016. Job Today inks $10 Million Series A.

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Scheduling Predictability for Hourly and On-Call Workers

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salary bump in 2016, compared to a 3% salary increase for those who stayed put. According to data referenced in the proposed bill, unpredictable and unstable schedules are particularly common in retail, food service, and cleaning occupations: as many as 64% of early career workers receive schedules less than one week in advance.

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The Affordable Care Act, and Why You Can’t Afford to Ignore It [UPDATE]

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Costs for health services, and for the insurance that paid for them, rose far faster than inflation during the three decades that followed 1980. Searching for a solution, in 2010 Congress passed the ACA. During the war, with millions of men in military service, employers had to compete for scarce workers.

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The Optimal HR to Employee Ratio

Analytics in HR

A high ratio (meaning that there are relatively many HR people working at the organization) could indicate a lower efficiency in the delivery of HR services. Organizations who have heavily invested in digital HR and self-service functionalities, usually have a smaller HR organization. We will explore this in the next section.

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Key Learnings From the 2016-2017 Sierra-Cedar HR Systems Survey Results

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Topics covered include payroll, benefits, workforce management, performance management , integration and implementation. — Jamie Hawkins (@jamieshawkins) October 5, 2016. — Susan Richards (@SteelBridgeHR) October 5, 2016. — Mark Stelzner (@stelzner) October 5, 2016. with an average 13,551 employees.

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Algorithmic Management in Organizations: Benefits, Challenges, and Best Practices

Analytics in HR

They implemented an AI solution based on computational linguistics to make their recruitment process more efficient. Many retailers consider this type of scheduling effective, because they see the immediate, short-term benefits like cutting payroll, while overlooking the long-term negative effects, such as the impact on customer service.