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Acquisition expands regional payroll capabilities across countries, enhancing support for multinational enterprises across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East AscentHR , a leading provider of HR technology, payroll, compliance, and workforce solutions, announced the acquisition of OS HRS , a trusted APAC-focused payroll outsourcing provider with over two decades of experience in delivering multi-country payroll services. Catch more HRTech Insights:  HRTech Interview With Hari Kolam, CEO and Co-founder of Findem: Featuring Findem’s GliderAI The acquisition was completed through a single-stage transaction under which AscentHR acquired 100% of the equity share capital of  OS-HRS Malaysia, OS-HRS Japan, and OS-HRS India  from  BREXA Inc. (formerly Outsourcing Inc.), Tokyo, Japan . Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition significantly strengthens AscentHR’s regional presence, strengthening its payroll delivery capabilities, compliance expertise, and...

The nature of learning in the workplace has changed dramatically in the last decade. Historically, corporate training has been scheduled, consisting of workshops, annual compliance programs, and occasional classroom sessions that deliver knowledge at periodic intervals. These methods allowed employees to build foundational skills but often failed to keep pace with rapidly evolving business environments and emerging technologies. Training every now and then would no longer equip workers to the constant change organizations were facing. Today’s digital transformation, artificial intelligence, automation, and changing business models are making professional skills obsolete faster than ever before. Technical expertise that was valuable just a few years ago may now need to be majorly upgraded or replaced. Industries are embracing new technologies at a pace never seen before, and employees are expected to constantly stretch their capabilities while adapting to new tools, workflows and respo...

CPD-certified “ HR Compliance for Managers ” goes live on 1 July 2026, equipping the people who make employment-law decisions every day to manage legally, fairly and with confidence. Avado , the UK’s leading provider of online HR training and CIPD qualifications, launches HR Compliance for Managers, a new CPD-certified course created in partnership with one of the UK’s best-known employment law and HR speakers, Amanda Chadwick. The course is available to UK organisations and individual learners from today. The launch comes at a pivotal moment for UK employers. The Employment Rights Act 2025, the most significant overhaul of UK employment law in a generation, became law in December 2025 and is being rolled out in stages through 2026 and 2027. Some changes are already in force. A new enforcement body, the Fair Work Agency, began operating in April 2026, and new day-one rights including paternity leave and statutory sick pay took effect the same month. The changes...

Enhanced offer gives organizations on leading enterprise WFM platforms a repeatable, scalable, and auditable way to validate WFM configurations as their environments continue to change. TestAssure, a provider of workforce management testing software and services, today announced WFM Regression Testing, an enhanced offer designed to help organizations on leading enterprise WFM platforms reduce ongoing compliance and payroll risk. Going live on a WFM platform is just the beginning. Business policies change, labor rules evolve, new jurisdictions are added, and configuration updates continue long after implementation is complete. For enterprise organizations with large frontline workforces and complex operating environments, each of those changes creates risk. A seemingly small configuration update can affect time calculations, premiums, scheduling, accruals, or downstream payroll outcomes—and without a structured testing process, those issues can go undetected until they’ve alread...

Organizations are under growing pressure to apply AI across core business functions. In payroll, adoption is moving more slowly, not because the value is in question, but because the foundation is not ready. This hesitation carries real business implications in a function that can account for between 40–60% of operating expenses inside large organizations, according to recent UKG and KPMG research. AI only works as well as the environment it operates in. It depends on reliable data, connected systems, and consistent processes. Many payroll environments still lack those conditions, limiting the ability to apply AI with confidence. When the foundation is unstable, layering AI on top doesn’t simplify payroll, it amplifies risk. It introduces new exposure across payroll accuracy, compliance, financial reporting, and employee trust. To move forward, the focus cannot start with AI alone. It must start with strengthening data quality, improving system integration, and clarifying clearer gov...

Analysis of 2,000+ placements finds 84% of Latin American hires were mid-level or senior as U.S. companies reinvest savings into more experienced teams. Hire With Near, a nearshore staffing and recruiting agency that helps U.S. companies hire in Latin America across all departments and industries, released an analysis showing that U.S. companies are using the savings from hiring in Latin America to recruit more experienced talent and build larger teams, not simply to cut costs. Across more than 2,000 placements analyzed in the company’s 2026 State of LatAm Hiring Report, 84% of hires were mid-level or senior, including VP- and C-suite roles. The finding challenges a common assumption that companies hire abroad mainly for inexpensive, junior or short-term labor. Hire With Near’s data shows the opposite. U.S. companies save an average of $35,000 to $64,000 per hire, or 30% to 70% depending on role and seniority, and many reinvest those savings into the kind of experience an...