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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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Q4 2025 Planning: Workforce Tech Takes Center Stage
As Q4 approaches, organizations are turning their attention to workforce planning with renewed urgency. The intersection of economic uncertainty, AI adoption, and shifting talent dynamics is reshaping how HR leaders allocate resources and set strategic priorities. With the fiscal year winding down,…
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Leadership Development at Scale — The L&D Industry’s $200 Billion Bet on AI
By Andrew Mitchell, Senior Correspondent, Learning & Development The global corporate learning and development market — valued at approximately $437 billion in 2026 — has reached a critical inflection point. Artificial intelligence is no longer an add-on to corporate learning platforms; it…
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Benefits of the Month: The Lifestyle Spending Account Revolution Hits Mainstream 2025
By Andrew Mitchell, Senior Correspondent, Benefits & Total Rewards Lifestyle Spending Accounts (LSAs) are moving from a trendy perk for forward-thinking startups to a mainstream benefits offering across the corporate enterprise — and by November 2025, the adoption curve has reached an…
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July 2025 DEITech Roundup: Tools and Platforms Transforming Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
By July 2025, DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging) had evolved from a cultural initiative to a data-driven strategic function. The tools and platforms supporting DEIB work had matured significantly, moving from basic demographic dashboards to predictive analytics and action-oriented insights. ##…
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The Internal Talent Marketplace Is Maturing — And the Winners Are Redefining What ‘Marketplace’ Means
By Andrew Mitchell, Senior Correspondent, Talent Strategy The internal talent marketplace — the platform that connects employees with projects, gigs, roles, and learning opportunities based on their skills rather than their job titles — has moved beyond the early adoption phase. In…
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The Rise of the HR Analytics Chief: Why Data-Driven Decision Making Is Now Non-Negotiable in People Operations
By Andrew Mitchell, Senior Correspondent, Workforce Strategy The era of “HR gut feeling” is over. A 2026 PwC survey of 2,000 CHROs across 40 countries found that 89% now consider their organization “data-driven” in people decision-making — a dramatic increase from 34%…
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Year-End Performance Review Software Market Consolidation Continues
The performance review and management software market is consolidating at a pace that mirrors the broader HR technology sector, but with a particular intensity driven by the disruption that AI-native platforms are bringing to established vendors. As the fourth quarter of 2025…
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August 2025 HrTech Funding Review
Five Deals, $47 Million, and the Agentic AI Shift Author: HR Leadership Weekly Despite the traditional summer slowdown, August 2025 delivered a robust round of HrTech funding activity, with five companies collectively raising $47 million. The deals underscore a market that is…
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The New York Pay Transparency Law Gets Real — Bonus and Commission Disclosure Takes Effect
**Category:** Employment Law **File:** article-149.md New York’s expanded pay transparency law is no longer theoretical. As of September 2026, the state’s Department of Labor has begun enforcing the provisions that require employers to disclose bonus ranges and commission structures in job postings…
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AI Is Reshaping Performance Management — What the Latest Data Shows
**Category:** HR Technology **File:** article-146.md Performance management is going through its most significant transformation in three decades. What was once an annual or semi-annual ritual of manager-driven evaluations has been reshaped by artificial intelligence into a continuous, data-informed process that touches every…