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One in five payroll payments contains errors, costing businesses up to $922, 000 annually
12+ hour, 50+ min ago (661+ words) Payroll errors remain a costly and persistent challenge for employers, with new research suggesting that inaccuracies affect 20 per cent of annual payroll and can cost businesses with 1, 000 employees as much as $922, 131 a year. The findings, drawn from research cited by…...
Xoxoday acquires Amara. ai to bring real-time AI listening into HR
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (519+ words) Xoxoday has acquired conversational AI platform Amara. ai, strengthening its push into real-time employee engagement and expanding its HR technology capabilities across India and Southeast Asia. The company announced the acquisition through a public statement on Linked In. The deal…...
Salesforce claims Slack AI tools saved employees 3. 8 million work hours annually
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (576+ words) Salesforce says rapid adoption of AI tools across Slack and Agentforce is reshaping workplace productivity, software development and enterprise operations. Salesforce says artificial intelligence tools integrated into its workplace collaboration platform Slack have generated the equivalent of 3. 8 million hours in…...
The future fintech workforce will belong to hybrid talent," says Easiloan CEO Pramod Kathuria
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (857+ words) The rapid expansion of digital lending is not just transforming how loans are processed in India. It is also changing who gets hired, what skills matter, and how financial companies structure their workforce. As fintech lenders increasingly rely on automation,…...
Groupon layoffs hit HR, customer service and tech teams amid AI restructuring
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (597+ words) The online marketplace plans to cut up to 400 jobs globally as it redirects investment towards AI systems, automation and operational restructuring. Groupon is cutting up to 400 jobs worldwide across human resources, customer service, software engineering and operational functions as the…...
This HR-tech startup says AI boosted revenue per employee by 50% without layoffs
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (698+ words) Remote, an Amsterdam-based HR and payroll technology startup, says artificial intelligence has helped the company increase revenue per employee by 50% while avoiding layoffs, offering one of the clearest examples yet of how AI is beginning to reshape workforce productivity inside…...
Microsoft cancels Claude Code licences after engineers use it too much
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (802+ words) The tech giant is scaling back use of Anthropic's AI coding assistant inside key engineering teams as rising enterprise AI costs force companies to rethink large-scale deployments. Microsoft is reportedly cancelling most internal licences for Claude Code across its Experiences…...
TCS employees lose key route to promotions as firm pauses upskilling programme
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (633+ words) Tata Consultancy Services has deferred parts of its Wings learning and assessment initiative as the company aligns workforce development with AI-first business priorities, triggering concerns around promotions, salary growth and career progression. Tata Consultancy Services has paused key components of…...
Meta profits surge 61% yet company moves ahead with 8, 000 job cuts
4+ week, 1+ day ago (318+ words) Strong earnings and rising AI investments sit alongside workforce reductions as Meta reshapes operations for efficiency....
Skills are becoming perishable: Dr Smitha Ranganathan on the future of lifelong learning
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (1031+ words) In a conversation with People Matters, BITS Pilani's Dr Smitha Ranganathan argues that India's upskilling boom risks becoming an exercise in credential collection unless learning delivers real workplace capability and long-term transformation. India's upskilling economy is booming. Courses are multiplying,…...