Employee self-service software

Many companies have realized the labor-saving and efficiency benefits of HR tools that allow employees to handle some HR tasks on their own. This resource provides advice on common approaches to HR self-service, including establishing an HR intranet or hiring a service provider to run an employee self-service portal.

March 18, 2021 18 Mar'21
Kroger rushed to launch on-demand pay, and it's not alone

In the face of the pandemic, The Kroger Co. sped up the rollout of an on-demand pay platform to 400,000-plus employees. These platforms saw sizable growth in 2020.
October 20, 2020 20 Oct'20
Salesforce Work.com gets customer, employee experience tools

Salesforce continues to build out Work.com as a place for broadcasting pandemic-specific employee and customer communications, as well as to enable remote work.
January 10, 2020 10 Jan'20
Better HR security could help thwart Iranian cyberattack

HR departments have a broad role to help protect their firms from Iranian cyberattacks. The security efforts include helping with continuous training and rethinking how to protect employee records.
September 24, 2019 24 Sep'19
MyPayrollHR arrest brings relief, but few answers

The FBI arrested MyPayrollHR's Michael Mann this week, bringing relief but not answers to its customers. Some of the victims are still working on restoring lost funds.

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