Elevate HR

11/11/2026

Christmas and holiday messages for colleagues, managers and the team: examples you can copy

In most American workplaces, the end-of-year greeting travels by several routes at once: a card left on a desk, a line at the bottom of your last email before you set the auto-reply, a quick Slack message, or a text to the colleague you actually ...

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 ...

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 ...

08/18/2026

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

U.S. employers plan a 3.5% raise in 2027: what it means for your pay?

The early numbers for 2027 pay raises are out, and they are not a reason to celebrate. U.S. employers are planning an average and median salary increase of 3.5% for 2027, according to Payscale's 11th Annual Salary Budget Survey. That projection ...

08/12/2026

8 min

How AI is splitting the US labour market in two

The US labor market is running a split screen in 2026. Through July, employers have announced 477,033 job cuts, down 41% from the 806,383 recorded in the same seven months of 2025, according to Challenger, Gray and Christmas . That headline ...

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 ...

07/30/2026

6 min

DOL's 57-year low in jobless claims masks a frozen hiring market

The Department of Labor (DOL) just reported that initial jobless claims fell to 187,000 for the week ending July 18, the lowest weekly total since September 1969. If you are currently job-hunting , that number probably does not match what your ...

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