This is the first of a three-part series on driving HR tech advancements.

New analysis details the growth of individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements among employers.

Plus, HR Acuity buys an anonymous workplace reporting platform, meet this construction firm's new chief people officer, and new funding news.

In this week's Quick Hits column, Equifax shares its APIs, background-check firms team up and Leapsome opens a U.S. office.