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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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The Mental Health Mandate: How Employers Are Meeting the Crisis Without Going Broke
By Andrew Mitchell, Senior Correspondent, Culture & Engagement Workplace mental health has moved from a benefits add-on to a strategic imperative. According to the 2026 World Health Organization report on workplace mental health, 1 in 4 workers worldwide is affected by a…
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September Hiring Momentum — What Q4 Signals Mean for HR Leaders in a Post-Summer Labor Market
By Andrew Mitchell, Senior Correspondent, Labor Economics September is traditionally when the labor market shifts from the slower summer rhythm to the Q4 hiring push, and 2026 is no exception. The data emerging from the September hiring cycle reveals a labor market…
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Week 43 Briefing: Mar 10-16, 2025
Article 1: Spring HR Tech Launches Continue — Mid-March Product Updates The mid-March 2025 HR technology product cycle continued with a steady run of updates from mid-market and enterprise vendors, extending the spring launch wave that began in early March. A recurring…
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What ClickUp’s Mass Layoff Tells Us About the Future of Work
Published: May 25, 2026 | By Senior HR Tech Correspondent When Zeb Evans, CEO of collaboration software startup ClickUp, took to X last Thursday to announce a significant workforce reduction, he was careful to frame it not as a cost-cutting measure but…
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Hybrid Work Productivity: The Evidence Is Catching Up With the Debate
The Data Is Catching Up With the Hybrid Work Debate After nearly four years of post-pandemic experimentation, the data accumulated through 2026 is clear enough that CHROs can no longer treat hybrid work as a temporary concession. It is now the dominant…
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The November 2025 Skills Assessment Boom: How Companies Measured What Their Workforce Could Do
By November 2025, the concept of the “skills-based organization” had moved from boardroom talking point to operational reality for many enterprises. The missing piece — comprehensive skills data — was being addressed through a wave of skills assessment initiatives launched across industries.…
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Holiday Season Workforce Planning — Retail, Healthcare, Logistics
The holiday workforce is the single largest annual labor event in the U.S. economy. Between October and January, retailers add approximately 900,000 seasonal workers, logistics and warehousing firms add 400,000, and healthcare systems increase staffing by 120,000 through a combination of seasonal…
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Mid-Year Benefits Open Enrollment Wrap-Up — What the Data Says About Employee Priorities
The 2026 mid-year open enrollment cycle closed with a resounding signal: employees are reshaping benefits design from the bottom up, and organizations that ignored the data did so at their own peril. Across Q3 2026, open enrollment participation data from over 4,200…
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End-of-Year Compensation Planning — Market Rate Adjustments and Q4 Salary Reviews
As Q4 2025 winds down, HR and compensation teams across industries are conducting their end-of-year market rate reviews, making salary adjustments based on a year of significant labor market shifts. The data is clear: while the frenzied salary competition of 2021-2022 has…
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HR Tech Weekly — Week 45: March 24-30, 2025
End-of-Q1 HR Tech Review: AI Investment Surges as Industry Eyes Q2 By Deputy Editor, HR Tech Weekly | Published April 1, 2025 | Covering Week of March 24-30, 2025 As the first quarter of 2025 closes, the HR technology sector is reporting…