US Air Force undergoes HR shift

The US Air Force Personnel Centre will transfer nearly its entire resources-related information technology duties over to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and will act as a customer, as opposed to owner of the human resources (HR) system, writes Human Resource Journal.

“Someone else develops the hardware and software and hosts the system. We are just a customer using the service,” said Robert Berger, the deputy director of Personnel Data Systems at Air Force Personnel Centre.

Berger also noted that DISA provided greater redundancy than did the Air Force's prior disaster recovery plan. “If, God forbid, disaster strikes at one DISA centre, we would redirect work through another with little disruption for users. Before, we were really rolling the dice.”

ADP, a provider of HR, payroll and benefits administration services, unveiled its first application, RUN Powered by ADP mobile payroll, is available on the App Store, writes TTKN News.

First introduced in 2008 and hailed by PC Magazine as 'exceedingly simple to understand and use', RUN has been continually enhanced with direct client feedback, bringing it to the point where business owners can now run payroll in just three seconds. The RUN App is available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and allows business owners to take the ease and functionality of RUN wherever they go.

“Within the next two years, we're going to see businesses spending 35% of their IT budgets on mobile,” said Gary Butler, ADP president and CEO.

HR and payroll software provider Carval has released a new payroll bureau service to deliver traditional or secure electronic payslips, writes Employee Benefits.

The service is aimed at employers that use Carval's Unistaff HR software. In addition, employees in organisations that use Carval's Employee Self-Service Software will be able to access current and historic payslips, P60s and P11Ds.

All users of the new service will receive full management reports and will have an account manager available for guidance.