E3 Category: People Management

The Rising EMEA event began with the announcement of new Workday locations across the EMEA region: in Warsaw, Poland; Milan, Italy; and Dubai, UAE. This includes new customer innovation labs in Paris, Amsterdam, and Zurich. Angelique De Vries, President at Workday, is featured in the article image.

A wide range of applicant management solutions are available, from simple tools to AI-based end-to-end platforms. A customer satisfaction analysis shows which providers score best with users.

SAP has presented several product announcements for its HR and HCM solutions. New features in the SAP SuccessFactors cloud portfolio focus on artificial intelligence, skills-based employee development, and data-driven insights.

Location-independent working is no longer a future scenario. Work from anywhere has become established—technically, culturally, and organizationally. But if you work from the beach, you need to consider more than just stable Wi-Fi.

The consensus notification procedure (KMV) represents an important step toward digitizing and standardizing reporting processes. In this interview, SAP HCM expert Andre Weis explains how the FIS/HRD KMV tool reduces the workload for organizations through automated, error-free processes.

Things will get serious in 2026: with the EU Directive on pay transparency, companies in Europe will have to disclose how they are doing in terms of equal pay. The aim is to uncover and eliminate gender-related and other unjustified pay differences.

With the acquisition of SmartRecruiters, SAP is sending a clear signal in the HR tech market. In an interview with E3 Managing Editor Laura Cepeda, Dennis Böcker, Vice President EMEA Central, explains how the integration should accelerate innovation and change the market in the long term.

At Everllence, formerly MAN Energy Solutions, 15,000 people in over 50 countries work on solutions for climate neutrality. The company is standardizing and digitalizing its HR processes with SAP SuccessFactors to ensure that its HR work is also fit for the future.

According to a new Workday study, 75 percent of employees are willing to work with AI agents, but only 30 percent accept them as superiors. Companies need to draw clear boundaries, create transparency and put people at the center in order to build trust.

SaaS workforce management frees HR from administrative routines and increasingly establishes the HR department as a strategic partner for value creation and future viability.

What really counts at work? A new study of 500 professionals from Germany sheds light on what motivates employees today—and why some trends are developing differently than expected.

The discourse surrounding artificial intelligence is often characterized by myths, ranging from fears of job loss to visions of a dehumanized working world. Current studies address the extent to which these concerns are justified.