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Q3 2026 Benefits Wrap-Up: What the Latest Data Shows on Flexibility, Mental Health, and Pay
By Andrew Mitchell, Senior Correspondent, Benefits & Total Rewards The third quarter of 2026 brought clarity to the U.S. benefits landscape. After years of experimentation during the pandemic and the post-pandemic recalibration, the data shows a workforce benefits market that has settled into a stable, evidence-based configuration. Organizations that understand what’s working — and what…
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Week 41 Briefing: Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2025
Article 1: HR Tech Funding in February 2025 — What the Numbers Reveal February 2025 brought signs of renewed interest in HR technology venture funding, suggesting that investors who pulled back during the 2023-2024 correction are beginning to deploy capital again —…
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The Rise of the Chief People Officer as Strategic Board Member
The seat at the board table has become the most visible symbol of the chief people officer’s elevation from functional leader to strategic enterprise leader. By February 2026, the number of S&P 500 companies with a CHRO or CPO on their board…
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The Quiet Revolution in Benefits: How Companies Are Redesigning Total Rewards for a Fractured Workforce
By Andrew Mitchell, Senior Correspondent, Benefits & Total Rewards The one-size-fits-all benefits package is officially dead. What replaced it isn’t the “flexible benefits” catalog most HR leaders expected — a menu of pre-selected options with a fixed credit pool. It’s something more…
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Week 46 Briefing: Apr 7-13, 2025
Article 1: Q2 2025 Hiring Outlook — Workforce Analytics Report The second quarter of 2025 opened with workforce analytics data showing continued moderation in hiring activity, with employers maintaining a selective approach to talent acquisition as economic uncertainty from global trade dynamics…
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The Remote Work Premium: How Companies Are Using Location Flexibility as a Competitive Weapon
By Andrew Mitchell, Senior Correspondent, Future of Work / Remote Policy Location flexibility has become one of the most powerful tools in the talent competition. In 2026, companies that offer truly remote or hybrid work are attracting 2.5x more qualified candidates than…
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November 2025 Employee Experience Trends: The Personalization Imperative in Post-Pandemic Work
By November 2025, the employee experience (EX) category had evolved from a buzzword into a measurable discipline. Organizations that treated EX as a programmatic function — with defined metrics, owner accountability, and technology enablement — reported 28% higher engagement and 22% lower…
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Week 37 HR Leadership Weekly Briefing
Week of September 7–13, 2026 Executive Summary Week 37 marks a critical inflection point: September hiring momentum is building, Q4 budget cycles are closing, the post-summer workforce is returning, and AI deployments in HR are maturing from pilot to production. HR leaders…
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November 2025 HR Tech Market Snapshot: Q4 Spending, Vendor Moves, and Hiring Signals
November 2025 arrived as a transitional month for the HR technology sector. Q4 spending cycles were in full swing, enterprise buyers were finalizing budgets ahead of fiscal year-end, and several notable acquisitions reshaped the mid-market landscape. At the same time, HR tech…
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Back-to-School Hiring: Workforce Trends That Will Define Late August 2025
Labor Market Signals, School Sector Demand, and the Skills Mismatch Challenge Author: HR Leadership Weekly Late August is when the back-to-school hiring cycle reaches its crescendo. For education employers, it is the final rush to fill teaching positions before students walk through…
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December 2025 Year-End Employee Experience: What the Data Showed
As 2025 drew to a close, employee experience data showed a clear pattern: organizations that treated EX as a measurable, data-driven function were outperforming those that treated it as a cultural initiative across every key metric — engagement, retention, productivity, and even…