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Higginbotham | August 25, 2021

Higginbotham, the nation's 20th largest independent insurance, financial and HR services firm, today announced its partnership with Grace Hill, the innovator of talent and customer management solutions for real estate, covering policies, training, performance assessment and surveys. The collaboration with Grace Hill is a progression of Higginbotham's single source initiative to become the technology platform that powers multifamily clients to manage and develop talent and improve propert...

Gartner | June 24, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) implementation will move away from the pilot stage toward operationalization at 75% of companies by 2024, according to Gartner's Top 10 Data and Analytics Technology Trends for 2020 report released Monday.Growth projections mean the next four years will see a five-fold increase in streaming data and analytics infrastructures adoption, Gartner said.During the pandemic, machine learning (ML), optimization and natural language processing (NLP) proved the...

Fimatix | September 22, 2020

Fimatix has launched an independent track and trace kit developed especially for workplaces, to help businesses better manage COVID-19 risks. 'Shield for the Workplace' uses Bluetooth wristbands linked to a desktop control system to allow workplaces to immediately detect and isolate anyone in the workplace who has been in contact with an infected person. The system is being launched at a time when more people have been considering returning to work in offices, labs or other workplaces mo...

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

U.S. Department of Labor | January 04, 2021

An employee who decides to telework for part of the day and work in an office for part of the day, and who has adequate opportunity to perform individual errands in the middle of, need not be made up for movement time between the two areas, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL's) Wage and Hour Division said in one of two assessment letters published Dec. 31. The letter refered to two examples. In one, the employee leaves the workplace midday to go to a parent-teacher meeting and ...