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Latino Corporate Directors Association | February 24, 2020

In a push to improve focus on diversity in the C-suite, the Latino Corporate Directors Association (LCDA) launched The Latino Board Tracker Feb. 20 to track of the number of Latino board directors at Fortune 1000 (F1000) companies. Users can search by F1000 rank, company name, location, and the number of Latinos on each board. The tracker currently showed that 25% of F1000 companies have at least one Latino person on their boards, and 32 of those received a gold star designation for having two o...

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Paylocity | April 26, 2022

On April 18th, Paylocity launched a new feature called Community Plus to bolster employee communication and streamline collaboration. Community is a social collaboration hub designed to foster employee engagement and enhance retention, engagement, and performance. The new features in Community Plus will enhance the employee experience across Paylocity’s solution. “The modern workforce is expecting so much more of their employers. Employees expect payroll,...

Walmart | March 23, 2020

Walmart will hire 150,000 associates through the end of May to work in stores, clubs, distribution and fulfillment centers, it said in a March 19 press release. The roles are temporary, but the company said many could become regular positions. The retailer is accelerating its hiring process from a two-week application cycle to 24 hours for key roles like cashiers and stockers, per the release. Walmart also will give $365 million in cash bonuses to hourly workers for their work during "an un...

HR Dive | February 12, 2020

Most of the IT professionals (51%) in a Ponemon Institute survey released Feb. 11 said they believe automation will take over IT security jobs. However, 54% don't think automation will replace "human intuition and hands-on experience." 1,000 IT and security professionals were polled by the Ponemon Institute, in partnership with DomainTools. Adoption of AI tools has had "mixed results" overall, the poll noted; 40% of respondents think automation lowers human error and near...