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BI WORLDWIDE | May 18, 2020

BI WORLDWIDE (BIW) has won four Communicator Awards and three MUSE Creative Awards for creative work produced on behalf of customers in the automotive, financial services, sports organization and technology industries. These projects were developed by BIW’s Events group, which creates large-scale meetings, events and brand experiences for Fortune 1000 companies....

TALENT MANAGEMENT

Litera and Micron Systems Inc. | August 17, 2022

Litera, a global leader in legal technology solutions, announced today it had acquired Micron Systems Inc., a leading developer of talent management software for the legal and accounting professions. With the acquisition, Litera expands its solution set and reinforces a commitment to solving one of the most pervasive challenges facing the legal market – talent engagement and retention. “Bringing Micron Systems into the Litera portfolio is an important ste...

HR Dive | January 15, 2020

Tech-sector hiring was the lowest in December for all of 2019, according to CompTIA data. Only 3,500 tech jobs were added to the labor market last month, CompTIA said, and the U.S. economy only gained 3,000 IT jobs overall, as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly jobs report revealed. While IT job postings were down by 7,200 from November, employers still listed more than 313,000 IT openings, largely for software and application developers, said CompTIA. Hiring in specific occupation...

Google | March 11, 2020

Google has created a fund to enable all its contract and temporary workers globally to take paid sick leave if they have potential COVID-19 symptoms or are in quarantine, the company announced Tuesday. Google relies on roughly 120,000 such workers, who outnumber its 100,000 full-time employees, according to the New York Times. Google said last week that it would continue to pay hourly workers their typical wages despite reduced staffing needs, but questions still remained about how sick pay woul...