Workplace stories
With Fair Work and award queries making up 27% of client calls, BrightHR is betting employers will pay for help avoiding costly compliance mistakes.
The appointments underline a push to turn in-house AI trials into customer services, with governance and reliability now central to growth.
Productivity gains are lagging as Australian workers spend longer at work, prompting Logitech to pitch devices that ease mobility and presentation stress.
Aged care staff are spending half as long on morning rostering after an AI system recovered 15 hours a week at ECH.
The rollout gives Insight a test case for selling Microsoft's newest AI tools after a survey found most Australian firms are still only experimenting.
Retailers could improve retention and customer service by giving store staff mobile access to schedules, communications and training tools.
The expansion will bolster Yealink's Asia-Pacific support and cloud operations as multinationals redraw regional bases, with Singapore gaining more tech jobs.
IT teams are under pressure to expose hidden SharePoint permissions before AI assistants in Microsoft 365 surface confidential files.
The platform aims to close the gap between heavy AI spending and everyday use, especially for frontline staff across fragmented workplace systems.
Businesses can now assign tasks in Slack threads to a shared Claude instance, with administrator controls designed to limit access and spending.
The unified setup gives IT teams one view of meeting rooms, devices and analytics as businesses seek simpler management for hybrid work.
IT teams can now centrally manage hybrid meeting fleets as Owl Labs adds paid analytics, support and API tools to its devices.
Small businesses can now pull live bookkeeping data into Excel, Word and PowerPoint without leaving Microsoft 365 or exporting CSV files.
Most factory staff are hearing safety and policy changes only after they take effect, heightening the risk of delays, injuries and resignations.
Better data quality and staff trust are at the heart of CortexForge's push to make workplace software feel more like the jobs it supports.
IT teams could face fewer printer-driver headaches as 10ZiG adds deeper ThinPrint support to its Linux thin clients for virtual desktops.
Businesses in New Zealand want better productivity and AI support, and HP has named a veteran executive to help meet that demand.
Employees can now query HR records in Slack, as HiBob says workforce data will help AI agents make better workplace decisions.
Businesses could cut manual data entry and compliance work as Workspot's GUIDE uses AI agents inside virtual desktops to automate desktop and web tasks.
It aims to cut clutter and installation headaches as firms rework meeting rooms for hybrid work and routine video calls.