Category: Employee Experience

Auquan launches Sustainability Agent to free finance teams from manual ESG work

Auquan has announced the launch of its Sustainability Agent, an AI-powered tool designed to free sustainability teams from the burden of tedious and time-consuming manual tasks. “At Auquan, our mission is to liberate financial professionals from soul-sapping manual tasks and...

Less paperwork, more care: digital tools are reshaping healthcare efficiency

New research from athenahealth reveals a strong correlation between patient digital engagement and better financial performance. The study also highlights that practices with higher PDEI scores see reduced after-hours documentation time, or “pajama time,” for clinicians—a surprising finding that challenges...

Sumsub and TELUS Digital partner to strengthen remote employee verification

Sumsub has partnered with TELUS Digital to provide the company with enhanced tools for verifying and onboarding remote employees, ensuring a more secure and efficient hiring process.“The growing sophistication and instances of fraudulent activities, ranging from VPN usage, fake IDs,...

Aldi expands UK operations with 1,600 new jobs and increased wages  

Supermarket chain Aldi has unveiled plans to create 1,600 new jobs across the UK as it continues to expand its presence with new store openings. The retailer will open locations in areas including Cambridgeshire, Greater Manchester, and Lytham in Lancashire,...

Brands losing consumers, maternity claim dismissed, and robots beating grads to jobs

Trend-chasing brands are losing consumer trust A shocking one-third of consumers find it embarrassing when brands chase viral trends, yet 93% expect them to stay culturally relevant. Sprout Social’s 2025 Index reveals that authenticity and originality set standout brands apart—trend-chasing alone...

New AI agents from Oracle to help HR enhance employee experience

Oracle has introduced new role-based AI agents within its Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) platform, aimed at helping HR leaders and business executives enhance the employee experience and increase workforce productivity. Available now, these AI agents are designed to...

After shadow IT, shady AI creations could create operational chaos

Business IT departments have long fretted about unofficial applications in offices and networks. Now shadow artificial intelligence poses a new challenge, as workers create smart tools, content, images and ideas. All with a little help from their friendly AI. The campaign...

Majority of zero-hours workers trapped in insecure jobs for years   

Two-thirds of employees on zero-hours contracts have been working for the same employer for over a year, with one in eight stuck in these precarious conditions for more than a decade. Meanwhile, almost half (45%) have been with the same...

More than 20 million U.S. workers plan to skip work after Super Bowl

This year’s Super Bowl will create waves not just on the field but also in workplaces across the U.S. An estimated 22.6 million employees plan to miss work on Monday, February 12, 2025, following the big game, setting a new...

Can a 4-day week create a better employee experience?

The world of work is a dynamic environment, where a recent focus on flexibility has turned the topics of employee engagement and attendance into politically charged issues. Implementing a 4-day week doesn’t just affect the business, its workers, and partner...