Elevate HR

11/10/2026

Change debt, not change volume, is the burnout risk SHRM leaders should close

Restructurings get announced. Reporting lines shift. A new executive arrives. And before the team has worked out who owns what, the next initiative lands in everyone's inbox. The previous change never quite finished. It just got buried under the ...

11/10/2026

7 min

US jobless claims fall to 189,000, lowest in 57 years

The latest weekly snapshot from the Department of Labor (DOL) draws a sharp line between two groups of American workers: those inside a job right now, and those trying to get back into one. The headline number is reassuring. The fine print is ...

11/10/2026

7 min

Layoffs in 2027 expected by nearly 2 in 3 HR leaders, survey

If your company has gone quieter than usual about headcount plans, or colleagues keep mentioning that AI will reshape how work gets done, you are probably not the only one doing the math. A benchmark released in late October 2026 gives that ...

11/10/2026

6 min

BLS October data: 165,000 jobs hide a two-tier pay squeeze

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on 6 November 2026 that the US economy added 165,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in October, beating forecasts by a comfortable margin. If that number made you feel better about your job search or your ...

11/10/2026

7 min

Pennsylvania's $15 wage push: what the FLSA floor means for workers and HR teams

Pennsylvania's legal pay floor has not moved since 2006. At $7.25 an hour, it matches the federal minimum set by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in 2009, and it has stayed there while neighboring states left it behind. The 2026 election ...

11/06/2026

7 min

H-1B extensions: deference rule would hit Indian workers hardest

A proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would strip away a protection that has quietly made H-1B extensions more predictable since 2021: the requirement that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers ...

11/05/2026

5 min

Pregnant workers' rights: EEOC signals rollback of PWFA rules

If you have ever asked your employer for extra bathroom breaks during a difficult pregnancy, time off for fertility treatment, or a cooler workspace during menopause, there is a real chance that accommodation currently rests on federal rules that ...

11/05/2026

8 min

US job openings jump to 7.52 million as layoffs hit 18-month low

Two numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) September Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), released on November 3, 2026, tell a story that does not fit neatly into either an optimistic or pessimistic frame. Total quits ...

11/03/2026

6 min

Faking skills at work: 1 in 3 workers admit it, survey finds

Addison Group's 2026 Skill Security Report puts a number on a hiring-process vulnerability that many talent acquisition leaders have suspected but rarely quantified: 36% of working and job-seeking Americans , approximately 64 million people, say ...

11/03/2026

6 min

An AI tool now drafts your weekly report in 20 minutes instead of two

An AI tool now drafts your weekly report in 20 minutes instead of two hours. So what happens to the time you just got back? According to Dayforce's 17th annual Pulse of Talent report, published on October 26, 2026, the answer most US workers ...

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