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AI can support performance conversations by finding patterns, drafting feedback, and surfacing review signals. It can help managers prepare better, reduce missed context, and keep performance discussions more consistent. Algorithmic performance management also changes the trust equation. When a system suggests scores, flags behavior or shapes feedback, employees need to know how people remain accountable. HR leaders need a clear answer before these tools influence ratings, development plans, or pay conversations. Performance AI should guide managers. It should never remove their duty to use judgment. Catch more HRTech Insights:  HRTech Interview with Emma Lavelle, Chief Operating Officer, UneeQ Why does Algorithmic Performance Management create trust risk? Algorithmic performance management creates trust risk when employees feel judged by a system they cannot question. A score or feedback summary may look objective, even when it reflects incomplete data. This concern grows when m...

The growth represents demand for streamlined retirement plan administration and fiduciary support. Standard Insurance Company (The Standard) announced that it has surpassed $5 billion in pooled employer plan assets under administration. Catch more HRTech Insights:  HRTech Interview with Emma Lavelle, Chief Operating Officer, UneeQ “Our PEP asset growth reflects strong market momentum and increasing demand for our approach,” said Steve Chappell, assistant vice president of retirement plan sales at The Standard. “Our PEP asset growth reflects strong market momentum and increasing demand for our approach,” said Steve Chappell, assistant vice president of retirement plan sales at The Standard. “Advisors rely on our fully integrated PEP solution to help clients focus on their priorities while receiving the fiduciary management and administrative support needed to manage their retirement plans.” Leader in PEP solutions As one of the first PEP providers, The Standard built a full...

Foundational partnership gives civic organizations access to the same workforce data used by Fortune 500 companies and now built for the first time for public sector workflows PerceivIQ, a decision intelligence platform purpose-built for workforce and economic development organizations, and Revelio Labs , the leading independent provider of global workforce intelligence, announced a foundational partnership. Revelio Labs’ data, spanning 1.1 billion professional profiles, 5 billion job postings and 30 million companies across 195 countries will power PerceivIQ’s platform, giving Workforce Development Boards, Economic Development Organizations, Regional Chambers, Trade Associations and community colleges the labor market intelligence to make faster, more defensible decisions for the communities they serve. The partnership marks Revelio Labs’ formal entry into the civic market at scale, and gives PerceivIQ the data engine powering its full product suite together bringin...

LumApps , the market leader in employee experience platforms, announced the appointment of Sébastien Cano as Chief Executive Officer, effective December 1, 2026. Founder and current CEO Sébastien Ricard will transition to the role of Executive Chairman of the company. The planned transition comes as LumApps reaches significant scale, serving millions of employees across desk teams and frontline workers globally. As Executive Chairman, Ricard will remain actively involved in long-term strategy and company governance, while handing over day-to-day operations to Cano. Cano brings more than two decades of enterprise software leadership, specializing in scaling high-growth technology companies into global market leaders. He previously held senior executive positions at Thales and Gemalto, where he led international operations and business expansion. In his new role, Cano will focus on executing LumApps’ Workhub product vision and expanding customer value worldwide. Catch more HRTech...

Expanded strategic partnership combines ADP’s 77 years of HR, payroll, and compliance expertise with AWS cloud and AI capabilities to help ADP clients navigate the growing complexity of workforce management in the AI era. Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, and ADP , a global leader in HR and payroll solutions, announced an expanded, strategic partnership. The partnership affirms AWS as ADP’s strategic cloud provider, enabling its continued AI transformation and ongoing innovation of generative and agentic AI solutions for its more than 1.1 million clients across 140 countries and territories. “ADP is setting the standard for how AI can transform human capital management at global scale,” said Scott Liska, vice president at AWS. “By combining ADP’s deep expertise in payroll and HR with AWS’s comprehensive AI and cloud capabilities, this partnership gives companies a smarter and more efficient way to manage their people and orches...

Today, job candidates are grading brands based on how seamless their candidate experience is. A strong candidate experience is no longer a “nice to have”, it is a requirement that prospective talent use to qualify the employer brand and decide if this organization will be a good fit for them. Another shift on the horizon is further disrupting the talent pipeline: job-seekers now expect the process to be as seamless and efficient as other digital transactions. The candidate experience needs to mimic the level of fluidity, usability and recognition that digital consumer interactions have in everyone’s day to day life. This means the pressure is on talent acquisition teams to upgrade their career site and other recruitment channels they use to engage talent. In fact, 62% of companies report pressure from senior leadership to improve the career site experience, underscoring how talent acquisition has risen to the C-suite agenda. Why Owned Channels are Poised to Win in Recruiting While j...