International

11/10/2026

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 ...

11/03/2026

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 ...

10/06/2026

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 ...

10/05/2026

6 min

H-1B crackdown targets US employers that lay off American workers

If your company sponsors H-1B workers and cut jobs in the past year, those two facts now sit in the same regulatory file. On September 18, 2026, President Trump signed Executive Order 14431 on H-1B program integrity, directing federal agencies ...

09/28/2026

6 min

Older US workers struggle to show skills on freelance platforms

You spent thirty years building a reputation. Colleagues who vouch for you, clients who return, a track record that opens doors on a phone call. Then you sign up for Upwork at 57, and the platform treats you like a stranger with zero stars. That ...

09/28/2026

7 min

US rewrites collective bargaining rules for strike-prone sectors

If you work at a US port, on the freight railroads, or for a commercial airline, the legal framework that governs your next contract dispute looks very different from what your Canadian counterparts are navigating right now. Canada's new Bill ...

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

7 min

The $100,000 H-1B tax and what it means for HR

Between the September 2025 presidential proclamation and 15 February 2026, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recorded fees for just 85 qualifying H-1B applications. In the same window a year earlier, the agency was processing ...

09/08/2026

6 min

H-1B spouses set to lose US work permits under new DHS rule

If you hold an H-4 Employment Authorization Document (EAD), or your partner does, the regulatory news out of Washington has been hard to sit with. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has placed on its 2026 Unified Regulatory Agenda a ...

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