Buyer's remorse is common in HR tech. According to a recent Capterra tech trends report, HR software ranks third among all B2B software categories for regretted purchases, with 62% of buyers reporting significant or monumental financial damage. Workforce management (WFM)…
In Texas, a routine data upload in mid-March altered how hundreds of employees for the city of Austin were classified for overtime. That error affected payroll calculations and inflated employees’ pay. The result: up to double pay for some employees…
Across industries, organizations are experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI). Pilot programs are underway. Proofs of concept are promising. Yet many companies remain stuck in experimentation mode, unable to transition from pilot to true production-grade AI applications and AI success. The…
A whopping 77% of employers expect HR technology to help improve the employee experience, according to Aspect43’s State of HRTech survey. And considering that more than a third (38%) of employed workers in the U.S. plan to look for a…
Many HR leaders and frontline managers face the same weekly grind: Shift errors that escalate into timecard disputes, OT overruns and FLSA audit risks that Payroll teams must resolve. That reality raises the stakes in every workforce management (WFM) buying…
Most organizations have come to terms with this: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has or will change how their employees work. Now there are guardrails to help get that work done. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released the Artificial Intelligence…
As global hiring expands, Employer of Record software has become an essential solution for HR teams seeking to manage international talent and remain compliant with local laws. Often called an EOR, this model lets a third-party provider act as the…
Every shift change begins in Operations – until it shows up as a payroll correction or a wage claim on HR’s desk. That’s the breaking point where spreadsheets and basic HRIS tools can’t keep pace with complex schedules, changing rates…
HR data – including CVs and payroll info – appeared in four out of five cyber breaches, a recent study found. That's a wake-up call: The very systems designed to manage employee data can also expose it. Cybersecurity incidents involving…
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…
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…
