Emplicity

SHRM | March 10, 2020

An extra 35,000 H-2B temporary-worker visas will be made available to employers for the second half of fiscal year (FY) 2020, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The H-2B guest-worker program, capped annually at 66,000 visas split evenly between the fall/winter and spring/summer seasons, is relied upon by the landscaping, hospitality and construction industries, among others. This marks the fourth year in a row that DHS has released additional H-2B visas in response to pressu...

eLamp | March 04, 2020

French startup eLamp has announced raising €2 million to expand its technology for skills management platform. Self-financed from the outset by its 30 customers (Bouygues Construction, Eurotunnel, SPIE, etc.), the company raised this first round of financing from MySeedCap, BPI France, BNP, CIC, Société Générale and a group of Euratechnologies Business Angels. Created in 2015 by 3 mining engineers, Olivier Rohou, Florian Bojda and Jean-Baptiste Noachovitch,...

HR STRATEGY

ServiceNow | October 07, 2022

ServiceNow today announced it has won a single award, Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA), with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), part of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). The agreement is in partnership with Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, and has an estimated value of $250 million for a five-year performance period, through 2027. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will provide ServiceNow Technology Workf...

HR ANALYTICS

Execupay | May 05, 2021

Execupay, a Texas-based payroll, and human resource services and technology company, reported in March that it had purchased Paydayz Payroll, a payroll service business subsidiary of Olathe, Kansas-based Paydayz Staffing. Paydayz Payroll, established in 2007, and owned by Kathy and Matt Phar, is the successful payroll service subsidiary of Paydayz Staffing. Paydayz Payroll has been serving customers in 6 states for 13 years, with a personal touch and the best quality of customer s...