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11/03/2026

DOL's 194,000 claims signal: frozen hiring, not an open market

The Department of Labor's weekly report, published October 29, put initial jobless claims at 194,000 - the lowest reading since mid-July and the seventh consecutive week at or below 200,000. If you are currently employed, that is genuinely good ...

11/03/2026

8 min

USCIS deference rollback turns every H-1B renewal into a fresh eligibility test

If you have held an H-1B visa for nine years, renewed your status three or four times, and built a career on the assumption that an unchanged situation carries forward the last approval, that assumption is now formally under threat. The US ...

11/03/2026

8 min

16 states lift pay floors on January 1: a multi-state HR compliance brief

The Economic Policy Institute's Minimum Wage Tracker counts 16 states set to raise their wage floors on January 1, 2027, while 20 states, including North Carolina, will remain at the federal floor of $7.25 an hour - a rate the Fair Labor ...

10/28/2026

9 min

Public Holidays in the United States 2027: Official Dates and Long Weekends

The 2027 federal holiday calendar delivers a small but real bonus for workers on a standard Monday-to-Friday schedule. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which publishes the official federal holiday schedule under 5 U.S.C. 6103, ...

10/27/2026

12 min

FLSA floor stays at $7.25 while 15 states raise pay in 2027

Starting January 1, 2027, at least 15 states raise their minimum wage, while the federal floor holds at $7.25 an hour , a rate that has not moved since July 24, 2009. Washington sets the highest statewide rate at $17.73 , up 3.5%, followed by ...

10/13/2026

4 min

AI pay gap: woman-presenting bots get lower pay offers, study finds

A controlled experiment published in 2026 found that participants paid female-presenting AI agents 10% less than male-presenting ones for identical work using identical technology. Researchers from the University of Zurich, the University of ...

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

5 min

Job search burnout: Gen Z seeker applied to 90 jobs before offer

You spot a role that looks right. You click apply, upload your resume, and then the form asks you to retype your entire work history by hand, line by line, the same information sitting right there in the document you just uploaded. Twenty minutes ...

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 ...

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