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10/13/2026

Maine DOL's $47,100 overtime floor: the 2027 classification audit for HR directors

Maine's salary threshold for overtime exemption rises from $45,300 to approximately $47,100 on January 1, 2027, triggering a classification decision for every salaried Maine employee whose pay falls between those two figures. For HR directors ...

10/06/2026

5 min

Return to office costs workers $6,700 a year, analysis finds

A Resume.io analysis of 1,000 full-time US employees puts the annual cost of in-office work, branded the RTO tax, at approximately $6,736 per worker , equivalent to 9.3% of a typical salary . For HR directors finalizing 2027 headcount budgets, ...

10/06/2026

5 min

Teikametrics CFO and BLS data reframe what accounting grads need in 2026

You just finished your accounting degree, passed a professional exam or two, and you're sending out applications for your first junior role. Then you read a job description and realize that much of the work you expected to do during those early ...

10/06/2026

6 min

Starting January 1, 2027, Washington State's minimum wage climbs from (United States)

Starting January 1, 2027, Washington State's minimum wage climbs from $17.13 to $17.73 an hour , a 3.5% increase that the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) confirmed on September 30, 2026. The 60-cent jump, described by ...

09/28/2026

8 min

Nearly 1 in 5 workers say their job isn't what they were hired for

Nearly 18% of U.S. employees say the job they perform today is significantly different from, or completely unlike, the role they were hired to fill, according to a ResumeBuilder.com report released September 14. For HR directors and CHROs, that ...

09/25/2026

7 min

H-1B in 2026: the DOL prevailing-wage floor is not the finish line

The offer letter arrives and the number looks life-changing. Six figures in US dollars, a role at a name-brand tech company, and a path toward permanent residency that your family back in India has been watching closely for years. Then you open ...

09/16/2026

6 min

026 Oxfam ranking: US states with the strongest worker rights

Step across a state line and your hourly pay floor can jump by more than $11. That gap separates Washington DC's $18.40 minimum wage from the federal $7.25 floor set by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a floor that has not moved since July ...

09/08/2026

7 min

If you work in games, or you were planning to break in before 2027, the (United States)

If you work in games, or you were planning to break in before 2027, the top-line number is sobering: the industry could shed more than 14,000 roles by the end of 2026, according to figures published by ASGC founder Amir Satvat. But the more ...

08/24/2026

7 min

Minnesota's $11.87 state floor and $17.02 Minneapolis rate split the workforce in 2027

Minnesota's statewide minimum wage rises to $11.87 per hour on January 1, 2027, a 3.99% adjustment from the current $11.41. The increase sounds routine. It is not. That same morning, Minneapolis workers clock in at a legally-mandated $17.02, and ...

08/20/2026

6 min

ETS survey: 58% of U.S. workers report FOBO as employer training support falls short

A majority of American workers are running the numbers on their own relevance, and the math is not working in their favor. Fifty-eight percent of U.S. workers say they fear becoming obsolete because their skills are falling behind, according to a ...

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