Industry intelligence for people leaders

ISSUE NO. 39 · WEEK 40, 2026

HR Leadership Weekly

Industry intelligence for people leaders

Section archive

Tag: Q4 2025

  • Q4 Layoff Watch — Which Sectors Are Still Reducing Headcount

    The fourth quarter of 2025 tells a story of diverging labor trajectories across the U.S. economy. While overall unemployment held near 4.0% through October and November, the composition of workforce reductions revealed a landscape far from uniform. The technology sector continued its…

  • AI-Powered Compensation Benchmarking Goes Real-Time

    The compensation benchmarking landscape is undergoing a transformation that could reshape how HR leaders set pay for the next decade. As Q4 closes in on 2025, a growing cohort of HR technology vendors is moving beyond annual or quarterly salary surveys to…