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09/25/2026

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 ...

08/18/2026

6 min

AI layoffs drag down worker productivity, US study finds

Open any job board right now and the pattern is hard to miss: role after role promises an AI-first environment, transformation through automation, and productivity gains that are just around the corner. That pitch may sound compelling. But a ...

08/14/2026

7 min

D.C.'s $18.40 floor versus Virginia's $12.77: the DMV wage gap decoded

A cashier ringing up groceries in Arlington, Virginia takes home nearly $12,000 less per year than a colleague doing the same job three miles away in downtown Washington, D.C. That difference, documented by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) and ...

08/12/2026

6 min

BLS reports 23,000 jobs lost in July: what job seekers need to know now

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its August 7 jobs report and the headline number was a surprise: US nonfarm payrolls fell by 23,000 in July, the first monthly loss since February. On top of that, the BLS revised May and June figures ...

08/06/2026

6 min

US job openings slip to 7.4 million as layoffs stay low

If you have been sending out resumes for months and hearing back from almost no one, the data backs you up. US employers posted 7.36 million job vacancies in June, down from 7.54 million in May, according to the Department of Labor (DOL). That is ...

07/09/2026

5 min

Real recruiter or scam? A five-minute check for cold pitches

A message lands in your inbox on a Tuesday morning. The subject line reads like a real recruiter pitch: a role that fits your background, a salary range that sounds right , a calendar link for a brief call. The logo looks legitimate. The ...

07/09/2026

6 min

North Idaho College's job guarantee puts credential risk where it belongs

North Idaho College, a two-year institution in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, has put a stake in the ground that most American colleges avoid entirely: graduate from a qualifying program, fail to land a job within six months, and the college will retrain ...

07/06/2026

6 min

Kentucky's $25 minimum wage debate and what it signals for HR

Senator Chris Murphy's Living Wage for All Act puts a single number on the table: $25 an hour as the new federal minimum wage . For Kentucky, where state law ties the wage floor directly to the federal rate under the Fair Labor Standards Act ...

07/03/2026

6 min

Pennsylvania's FLSA floor at $7.25: what the Senate vote means for workers and HR teams

Pennsylvania's minimum wage sits at $7.25 an hour, tied to the federal floor set by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in 2009 and never moved since. Cross the Delaware River into New Jersey and the legal minimum is $15.49. Cross into Delaware ...

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