Employees news and trends

Salesforce and Workday Team to Develop AI Employee Service Agent
artificial intelligence // July 24, 2024

Salesforce has launched an AI-focused partnership with enterprise software firm Workday. The collaboration, announced in a news release Wednesday (July 24), will see the two companies develop an artificial intelligence (AI) employee service agent that will automate time-consuming tasks, offer personalized support, and provide “surface...

Uber: White House Gig Worker Rule Won’t Impact Us
Gig Economy // January 09, 2024

Uber says a proposed Biden administration rule change for gig workers will not affect its operations. The Department of Labor’s proposal makes it tougher for companies to classify workers as independent contractors, and provides greater legal protections and added benefits for gig workers are “economically dependent” on a...

EU Nixes Provisional Agreement on Reclassification of Gig Workers
Gig Economy // December 22, 2023

European Union (EU) member states have rejected a provisional deal aimed at reclassifying millions of gig workers as employees. Officials from Spain, the current holder of the EU’s rotating presidency, sent the issue back for further negotiations with the European Parliament after deciding the current...

Walmart Offers Workers Expanded Virtual Primary Care
Healthcare // October 10, 2023

Walmart says it will begin offering virtual primary care services to more of its employees. The retailer announced Tuesday (Oct. 10) that it was expanding the program — already available in parts of the country — to 28 additional states. “In 2019, we knew that similar to...

Interviews & Exclusives
Government Exit Packages and Defunding May Mute Financial Regulators

January 31, 2025
The shakeup on Capitol Hill — still ongoing, as the Trump administration settles in for its second round, as the new Congress has been seated — will extend to financial regulations. These disruptions will likely touch the very structure of those agencies — the FDIC and the CFPB chief among them. The recent news regarding […]

Can Platforms And Payments Solve Restaurants’ 73 Percent Turnover Problem?

April 08, 2019
Good waiters are hard to find. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, they are even harder to keep, as the restaurant worker turnover rate is 73 percent every single year. This was...

2019: The Year Of Instant Payments

January 01, 2019
Here’s a 2019 prediction that we guarantee will come true: There will be no human being or business adamantly hoping to be paid slower in 2019 than they were in...

Motus On Mapping Mileage Reimbursement

December 18, 2018
Tax season looms. Firms would do well to examine the latest standard mileage rates published by the IRS — and more. Motus’ Chief Legal Officer steers PYMNTS to the questions that...

Quick Reads
Salesforce and Workday Team to Develop AI Employee Service Agent

July 24, 2024
Salesforce has launched an AI-focused partnership with enterprise software firm Workday. The collaboration, announced in a news release Wednesday (July 24), will see the two companies develop an artificial intelligence (AI) employee service agent that will automate time-consuming tasks, offer personalized support, and provide “surface data-driven insights that help employees work smarter and faster.” According […]

Uber: White House Gig Worker Rule Won’t Impact Us

January 09, 2024
Uber says a proposed Biden administration rule change for gig workers will not affect its operations. The Department of Labor’s proposal makes it tougher for companies to classify workers as independent contractors,...

EU Nixes Provisional Agreement on Reclassification of Gig Workers

December 22, 2023
European Union (EU) member states have rejected a provisional deal aimed at reclassifying millions of gig workers as employees. Officials from Spain, the current holder of the EU’s rotating presidency,...

Walmart Offers Workers Expanded Virtual Primary Care

October 10, 2023
Walmart says it will begin offering virtual primary care services to more of its employees. The retailer announced Tuesday (Oct. 10) that it was expanding the program — already available in parts...