StaffConnect Adds New Features to Its Mobile Employee Engagement Platform to Boost Engagement, Increase Corporate Communication and Improve Data Privacy and Protection

StaffConnect, a provider of mobile employee engagement solutions, announced a new release of its enterprise employee engagement platform. StaffConnect version 2.2 includes new features and functionality designed to improve employee engagement and job satisfaction by creating an elevated employee experience. The new capabilities ensure that customers have even greater ability to provide an integrated offering for desk and non-desk employees (NDEs) to access all of the resources they need to do their jobs, and to stay in the communication loop-regardless of their location.

Other new features of version 2.2 include extended integration into enterprise systems to allow enterprises to easily create a central access hub for their employees to access Payroll, HR and other important resources. Additionally, the new version of StaffConnect brings further security enhancements and data privacy in line with GDPR compliance requirements, customer brand expansion into new functions to increase a positive company brand across a distributed workforce, and even more key mobile features for workforce flexibility, improved job satisfaction, productivity and profitability.

In terms of security enhancements, the new version introduces disk level encryption to further protect data at rest, in addition to the encryption in transit already present throughout the platform. Version 2.2 also introduces an information security management system and risk management framework that allows StaffConnect to manage, monitor, audit, and improve its information security in line with actual user best practices. Another enhanced feature is improved transparency for users about how the platform stores and uses data, as well as about users' individual rights. In addition to updating the privacy notice to users in accessible language, GDPR owner and processes were added to manage subject access requests.

Employee engagement remains a priority for business leaders, who are looking for more effective ways to solve engagement-related challenges, since research has shown the direct link between the employee experience (EX) and a company's revenue and profits, as well as expenses. New survey data from StaffConnect revealed that the vast majority of enterprise organizations-nearly three-quarters-have plans to improve EX for their workers in 2018. The study also highlighted the changing nature of the workforce, with many organizations-across a wide range of industries including finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail-reporting that a significant proportion of their workforce is not desk-bound. Over one-third of respondents indicated that half or more of their workforce consists of NDEs.

StaffConnect Mobile App Platform Version 2.2:

New Rest API for Extended Integration Into Customer Systems

• Combination of online feeds and APIs, create a central resource hub for employees regardless of their location
• Desk employees and NDEs can access everything they need from HR to online benefits, PTO and payroll, training systems, policies, etc.
• Enterprise single sign on integration: Support for Active Directory Federation Services, Azure Active Directory and other identity providers

 

Further Security Enhancements

• Improved data privacy to help customers meet GDPR and compliance requirements
• Disk level encryption to protect data at rest
• Information security management system and risk management framework to manage, monitor, audit, and improve information security in line with practice
• Improved transparency to users to ensure awareness of data storage and use
• GDPR owner and processes to manage subject access requests
• Updated privacy notice to users

Improved User Experience

• Rapid adoption levels, ease of use, and speed
• Enhanced library and survey functionality 

Extended Branding Capability

• Ability to use customer-branded color palettes
• Helps customers reflect their own culture and brand to improve EX with the brand

New Enhancements to Quiz Feature

• New level of scoring to Quiz feature strengthens gamification functionality
• Enhancements include images, themes, and cumulative scoring
• When combined with library and images as part of the customer's communication strategy, this can help drive adoption

Post-Read Acknowledgements

• Useful for important alerts and policies
• Ensures policies are clearly communicated, understood, and adopted
• Can facilitate employee safety measures on the job, particularly for NDEs in distributed jobs with health and safety hazards

Additional Features for Web Version

• Survey feature, Library feature, and Directory now available in StaffConnect web version for desktop users

To learn more, please watch the following videos:

https://www.staffconnectapp.com/staffconnect-product-video/

https://www.staffconnectapp.com/staffconnect-management-console-video/