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Companies building payroll products on Check’s API can now offer employees a built-in 401(k) through Basic Capital, with no separate integration required Basic Capital, the technology-driven retirement platform, announced a partnership with Check, the payroll infrastructure company known for its robust API and front-end modules. The partnership lets any Check partner add a 401(k) plan directly into its existing payroll product. Catch more HRTech Insights:  HRTech Interview with Emma Lavelle, Chief Operating Officer, UneeQ Basic Capital’s retirement infrastructure connects to Check’s API layer, so contributions, deductions, and recordkeeping run on the same data as payroll rather than through a separate file-based feed. For the vertical SaaS companies and HR platforms that already use Check to power payroll, this means Basic Capital’s 401(k) offering can be added as a feature of their product, not bolted on as a third-party referral. Retirement benefits have h...

Talentcare Crew Supports Every Stage of the Hiring Journey, From Candidate Selection and Interviewing to Hiring and Retention Talentcare , a frontline hiring and retention leader trusted by fast-growing companies since 2013, announced the launch of Talentcare Crew, an AI-enabled system that helps companies hire and retain frontline employees at scale. For executives leading fast-growing companies, unfilled frontline roles are a constraint to growth and profit. “For more than a decade, we’ve solved the business problem of talent for our clients. By hiring better frontline staff and keeping them longer, together we have driven results like increased revenue by expanding billable staff capacity or reduced costs like overtime and turnover by improving staff retention,” Talentcare founder and CEO Eric Smith said. “Now with Talentcare Crew, we’re adding AI to the process so hiring managers can find the right people more easily, get them started faster, and keep them longer.” Standard AI ...

For most organizations, the biggest hiring challenge is finding the right talent. Today, teams must face a larger challenge: determining whether the person moving through the hiring process is who they claim to be. According to Gartner, by 2028, one in four candidate profiles globally will be fake. Minor resume exaggerations used to be the only concern for hiring teams. Organizations today are encountering candidates with AI-generated work histories, synthetic digital footprints, fabricated credentials, and manipulated video appearances. With generative AI growing more sophisticated, hiring fraud is evolving from isolated instances of misrepresentation into coordinated deception that can be difficult to detect through hiring processes. The impact of fake candidates extends well beyond the recruiting process. A candidate hired under a manipulated identity can create challenges across payroll, compliance, security, and workforce management. What only seemed like a recruiting issue can...

Esarey’s multifaceted background spans employee benefits, finance, and human capital management Barrett Esarey has joined Alliant Insurance Services as Vice President within its Employee Benefits Group. Based in Los Angeles, he will serve a national client base, helping employers develop strategic benefits programs that address evolving workforce needs and support long-term business objectives. Catch more HRTech Insights:  HRTech Interview with Emma Lavelle, Chief Operating Officer, UneeQ “Barrett has a proven ability to build lasting relationships and deliver thoughtful guidance that creates meaningful value for clients,” said Kevin Overbey, President, Alliant Employee Benefits. “His strong financial background enables him to connect benefits decisions with broader business priorities, delivering strategies that support both an organization and its people.” Esarey brings more than 15 years of experience in employee benefits, with a career spanning finance, insurance, and hum...

New product brings plans, enrollments, and dependents into Finch’s unified employment API, starting with ADP Workforce Now and Workday Finch, the unified API for payroll, HR, and benefits, announced Early Access to Finch Benefits , giving insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and benefits technology platforms programmatic access to employee enrollment data from Human Capital Management (HCM) systems. The launch extends Finch’s coverage of 250+ payroll and HR systems to include benefits administration as well. The new API is available today for ADP Workforce Now and Workday, with more providers arriving through the 2027 Open Enrollment season. Catch more HRTech Insights:  HRTech Interview with Emma Lavelle, Chief Operating Officer, UneeQ Finch Benefits is the first unified API that can both read benefits enrollment data and write deductions and contributions back to payroll. The benefits ecosystem still runs on manual data plumbing: CSV uploads, EDI feeds...

Small businesses fuel American ideology and the economy. But today’s small business owners are facing new and continued challenges in staying profitable and compliant. In G&A Partners’ inaugural SMB Readiness Report, we found that 87% of the 350 small to mid-sized business (SMBs) leaders surveyed say economic conditions have changed how they operate. Much of that change is directly affecting their workforce, the backbone of small businesses. Hiring top talent has always been hard, but keeping them can be even harder. According to our report, 77% of SMBs have delayed or even stopped hiring due to economic pressure. Workforce Challenges The economic headwinds have been difficult to predict in the last 18 months. Many businesses are holding off on expansion or costly projects while keeping an eye on where the economy is headed. In fact, 70% overall have delayed expansion plans because of financial fears, and numbers are higher in front-line industries: 86% in hospitality, 74% ...

Workday, Inc. , the enterprise AI platform for HR, finance, and IT, named Sarah Kennedy Ellis chief marketing officer, effective October 5, 2026, reporting to Aneel Bhusri, Workday co-founder, CEO, and chair. Kennedy Ellis will lead Workday’s global marketing and communications organization and will be responsible for championing the company’s brand narrative and growth strategy for the AI era. Kennedy Ellis brings more than 20 years of marketing expertise to the role. She joins Workday from Google, where she led global marketing for Google Cloud and Google Workspace and helped build the engine behind one of the fastest growing businesses in enterprise technology. Prior to joining Google, she was chief marketing officer of Adobe Experience Cloud, and chief marketing officer of Marketo, playing a critical role in Marketo’s successful acquisition by Adobe in 2018. Catch more HRTech Insights:  HRTech Interview with Emma Lavelle, Chief Operating Officer, UneeQ “I ...