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10/28/2026

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

5 min

Maine DOL's $47,100 overtime floor: the 2027 classification audit for HR directors

Maine's salary threshold for overtime exemption rises from $45,300 to approximately $47,100 on January 1, 2027, triggering a classification decision for every salaried Maine employee whose pay falls between those two figures. For HR directors ...

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

7 min

Florida hits $15: BLS data and the 15-month freeze HR directors should act on now

Florida's minimum wage reached $15 an hour on September 30, 2026, completing the six-year phase-in voters approved under Amendment 2 in November 2020 with 60.8% of the vote. For HR directors across the state, the more consequential number is not ...

10/05/2026

6 min

BLS JOLTS August data exposes a two-speed U.S. labor market

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) for August landed below every major forecast: U.S. employers posted 7.079 million open positions at the end of August, a drop of 256,000 from July and well ...

09/28/2026

8 min

Nearly 1 in 5 workers say their job isn't what they were hired for

Nearly 18% of U.S. employees say the job they perform today is significantly different from, or completely unlike, the role they were hired to fill, according to a ResumeBuilder.com report released September 14. For HR directors and CHROs, that ...

09/28/2026

7 min

AI creates recession-like job market for US new grads

If you graduated in the past three years with a degree in computer science, accounting, journalism, or engineering, the job market waiting for you looks nothing like the one your professors described. A working paper by economists affiliated with ...

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 ...

09/22/2026

6 min

Maine's indexed wage floor hits $15.70: the FLSA framework and Q4 payroll audit

Maine's minimum wage is heading to $15.70 per hour on January 1, 2027, up from $15.10 in 2026. The Maine Department of Labor confirmed the adjustment in a September 18, 2026 press release, citing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) as ...

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