Welcome to today’s edition of the HR Tech Weekly Roundup, where we bring you the most important news, trends, and innovations in the world of human resources technology. As HR tech continues to evolve, staying informed is essential for professionals striving to optimize their workforce strategies and drive meaningful change. In this roundup, we highlight key updates, cutting-edge solutions, and expert insights that are shaping the future of HR. Let’s take a look at top news!
PrimePay Named Exclusive Payroll Partner at Happier
PrimePay, a leading provider of human capital management (HCM) software solutions, and Happier at Home, a fast-growing home care franchise, announced a multi-year partnership that names PrimePay as Happier at Home’s exclusive preferred payroll provider as an option for its 25 locations. This new partnership is bolstered by PrimePay’s existing partnership with eRSP Solutions, an all-in-one home care platform. “We provide a suite of tools to support our growing base of franchisees, including training that strengthens and streamlines critical people processes,” said Deborah Marcello, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Happier at Home. “With PrimePay Payroll, our franchisees benefit from increased automation, streamlined compliance, and enhanced efficiency—including through PrimePay’s seamless eRSP integration.”
Udemy Adds Lummi’s AI Tools to Boost Creative Learning
Udemy, a leading AI-powered skills development platform, announced the acquisition of Lummi, an innovative creative technology group known for AI-driven design tools that simplify and accelerate the creative process. The acquisition will better enable Udemy’s instructors and creators to enhance course experiences with custom illustrations, visual storytelling, and AI-generated design assets. Now part of Udemy’s Innovation Studio, the Lummi team will play a key role in advancing product innovation and tool development. This strategic move reinforces Udemy’s commitment to providing instructors, learners, and enterprise customers with both expert instruction and the practical tools needed to apply skills in real-world settings. Founded in 2020 by CEO Pablo Stanley and CTO Jason Donnette, the Lummi team has built a loyal following among creatives with its portfolio of intuitive tools that enable fast, high-quality content creation across platforms like Canva, Figma, and Adobe Express. Udemy will continue to enhance the Lummi suite of products as well as integrating the offering into the core Udemy platform further enhancing Udemy’s AI capabilities.
Pearson to Acquire eDynamic Learning
Pearson, the world’s lifelong learning company, announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire eDynamic Holdings LP (‘eDynamic Learning’), a leading Career and Technical Education (CTE) curriculum solutions provider. eDynamic Learning’s comprehensive catalogue of digital courses enables students to follow structured learning pathway programs that prepare them for their future careers. This acquisition is aligned to Pearson’s strategy, enabling Pearson to scale its position in the fast-growing Early Careers space and broaden capabilities in career-readiness solutions. eDynamic Learning serves over 885,000 K-12 students, reaching over 9,000 K-12 schools and higher education institutions, in addition to post-secondary learners and adult professionals. With 325 digital courses across more than 40 career pathways, it reaches learners through educational resources, immersive virtual career simulations, workforce training, and virtual teaching services.
Litespace Launches AI Agents to Speed Up Hiring
Litespace, a Toronto-based AI startup in HR tech, introduced its AI Recruiting Agents. These digital teammates assess applicants at every stage of the hiring pipeline and maintain a live, unified profile for each candidate. By cutting manual sorting and back-and-forth delays, the system cuts time-to-hire by 70% and gives recruiters a clear, data-rich view of every applicant. Litespace AI reads each resume and researches online signals to set an initial score. It then conducts AI-led screening interviews with shortlisted candidates, helps plan human interview loops, and analyzes every conversation in real time. As candidates move through the pipeline, the AI ranks their performance in interviews and assessments.
iSolved Honors Top Partners at Connect Event
Connect For Partners – isolved, a provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions that give People Heroes the tools and services they need to recruit, retain and elevate their workforce, proudly recognized top-performing partners last night during its inaugural isolved Connect for Partners event, taking place this week at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The three-day event is bringing together hundreds of isolved partners for hands-on learning, exclusive solution insights and community building. Designed to help partners accelerate their growth with isolved, Connect for Partners features dedicated tracks for sales, marketing and product success—culminating in a celebration of the partners driving real results for clients. “At a time when 67% of HR leaders are considering switching their HCM solution in the next year, organizations are looking to trusted advisors to guide them,” said Andrea Dumont, Vice President of Partner Marketing at isolved. “These awards aren’t just a recognition of performance, they’re a celebration of how our partners are delivering powerful outcomes with heart, hustle and deep customer care.”
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