As finance and HR leaders develop 2026 salary budgets, errors in payroll execution can quickly undermine the impact of planned pay raises. Employees rely on their pay to cover rising costs and navigate an uncertain economy – and payroll mistakes…
HR Technology
After payday, an employee flags a missing differential. HR sends the details to payroll, and the team begins retracing punches, schedules, and pay rules. By the next day, the issue has escalated to Finance because the fix now requires a…
Payroll keeps running, but it takes more follow-ups than it should. Corrections show up after each run. Exceptions live outside the system. The software is in place, but HR is doing more manual cleanup than expected. Payroll problems don’t just…
Your employees use AI to do their jobs more than ever. It might seem like a godsend, supposedly helping them do work more efficiently. But researchers found that's not always the case. The increased use of AI in the workplace…
For the first time in 45 years, college graduates have a higher unemployment rate than the national average as automation and AI threaten the first rung of the career ladder. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has even warned that AI may…
CFOs are planning their largest technology spend in five years. That’s the upshot of Grant Thornton’s Q4 2025 CFO survey, which gathered insight from more than 230 senior finance leaders. What that means for HR becomes clear once you look…
As AI hiring tools become embedded in core HR workflows, AI hiring compliance is moving higher on HR leaders’ priority lists. A class action lawsuit against Eightfold serves as an early reminder that adopting AI-enabled tools requires a clear understanding…
ATS vendor questions matter most when demos focus on polished workflows and leave the hard parts for later. Unfortunately, many buying decisions end up being shaped by demo workflows rather than how recruiting operates once the system is in use.…
Learning Management System (LMS) platforms were originally designed to manage required employee training. Today, that definition is starting to fall apart. As part of the broader HR technology landscape, LMS platforms now sit closer to talent decisions, workforce planning, and…
Performance management software preserves the proof HR needs when stakes are high – informing merit increases and promotions while backing up terminations and performance reviews. It’s where managers log coaching notes, HR runs calibration sessions with managers, and investigators pull…
Managers don’t always keep up with performance documentation. Check-ins slip, notes sit in personal files, and feedback leans on memory. Months later, HR is asked to back up a termination, rating, or pay decision and finds the record is thin…
HR technology buying often stalls at the same point. The demo lands. Everyone agrees the current system isn’t working. The meeting wraps without next steps, and the purchase drifts into “let’s revisit this later.” A week later, HR is still…
Agentic AI – autonomous AI tools that act on behalf of users – is reshaping corporate learning, and many HR teams aren’t ready for the impact. In 2026, it’s inviting new questions about how HR oversees training outcomes. Many employees…
The HRIS is the system HR relies on when decisions are challenged. It’s where headcount numbers are pulled, access is audited, and records are expected to line up without explanation. When an HRIS is clunky or inaccurate, gaps don’t stay…
For the past four years, we’ve been analyzing key industry sectors and seeing a clear divide emerge: The majority of organizations struggle to keep pace, but the top 5-10% consistently pull ahead. They set the standard for everyone else. They're…
A harassment complaint lands on your desk, and your HR instinct goes straight to one question: Has this employee completed the required training? You expect to pull that answer in a few clicks. Instead, you’re digging through a shared drive…
