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SHRM | August 12, 2020

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is supporting newly introduced legislation that would temporarily increase the amount of tax-free education assistance that employees can receive from their employers, as businesses adjust to economic changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation also would permanently modernize qualified education assistance to cover expenses for tools and technology required for educational programs. Section 127 of the Internal Revenue Code ena...

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION

AstrumU | December 02, 2021

AstrumU, a Seattle-based startup that is pioneering the use of machine learning to forecast the value of educational experiences in the labor market, has announced its collaboration with Missouri's Park University aimed at supporting active-duty military members on their campus. Using the AstrumU platform, military students will gain insight into how their skillsets translate into civilian career paths along with data-driven recommendations for education and training options to support their...

WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT

TimeWellScheduled | February 11, 2022

On February 10th, leading experience platform and digital signage provider, Raydiant, joined hands with TimeWellScheduled (TWS), an employee management firm. Raydiant forged the partnership to deliver optimized employee communication and management tools to modern business leaders. One in ten businesses in the U.S. say that their workers miss shifts on a day-to-day basis. With the partnership, TWS’s attendance, time tracking, and scheduling tools will integrate with Raydiant...

Bloomberg | March 15, 2020

We’re tracking the latest on the coronavirus outbreak and the global response. Sign up here for our daily newsletter on what you need to know. Scandinavian airline SAS AB will temporarily lay off up to 10,000 employees, or 90% of its workforce, in response to the fallout from the coronavirus and related measures from authorities that have restricted international air travel. “It is important to say that we do not intend this to lead to permanent layoffs,” said the company&rsquo...