Suppose that $G$ is a finite group and $H$ is a subgroup of $G$. $H$ is called weakly $s$-permutably embedded in $G$ if there are a subnormal subgroup $T$ of $G$ and an $s$-permutably embedded subgroup $H_{se}$ of $G$ contained in $H$ such that $G = HT$ and $H \cap T \le H_{se}$; $H$ is called weakly $s$-supplemented in $G$ if there is a subgroup $T$ of $G$ such that $G = HT$ and $H \cap T \le H_{sG}$, where $H_{sG}$ is the subgroup of $H$ generated by all those subgroups of $H$ which are $s$-permutable in $G$. We investigate the influence of weakly $s$-permutably embedded and weakly $s$-supplemented subgroups on the $p$-nilpotency of finite groups. Some recent results are generalized.