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via SHRM
The Mobley v. Workday class action has cleared key procedural hurdles in 2026, with the court treating Workday as an 'agent' of employers. A separate FCRA-based claim against Eightfold AI adds consumer privacy to the discrimination dimension.
via TecHR Series
Leapsome launched its own ATS and a suite of AI agents, arguing that recruiting data disconnected from performance and compensation data is why most HR AI underdelivers.
via HR Executive
Norton Rose Fulbright's midyear survey finds 47% of in-house counsel see workforce changes as a likely class-action trigger, with AI hiring bias claims rising sharply.
Indeed Hiring Lab data show data center job postings have more than doubled since 2023, with installation and maintenance workers accounting for roughly a quarter of openings. The 10 largest tech firms account for 71% of postings, reshaping hiring in smaller metros like Columbus, Jackson, and Reno.
via UNLEASH
Cognizant hired 25,000 graduates in 2025 and plans to exceed that in 2026, running against the industry trend of cutting entry-level roles as AI absorbs junior work. CPO Kathy Diaz says early-career retention is 89% and the company is creating two new AI-era roles to absorb the pipeline.
via KPMG
KPMG and REC's July Report on Jobs shows temp billings growing at the fastest rate since April 2023 while permanent placements continued to decline, albeit marginally. Employers are pivoting to short-term staff amid geopolitical uncertainty and cost pressure.
via UNLEASH
UNLEASH interviews former lululemon CIO Julie Averill, INSEAD's Annet Aris, and consultancy CEO Dan French on why boards are governing AI activity rather than AI outcomes. The piece argues that only 30-40% of business problems genuinely benefit from probabilistic AI approaches.
via HR Brew
The Josh Bersin Company and AMS identify five structural shifts in talent acquisition, from replacing isolated AI pilots with integrated talent architectures to redefining recruiter roles as strategic orchestrators.
via HR Dive
26 Meta workers filed suit claiming the company's AI systems scored and ranked employees for layoff selection without neutralising for protected leave, disproportionately targeting those who had taken medical, family, or pregnancy leave.
via Employment Hero
Employment Hero's AI Paradox survey finds 53% of London workers use AI daily versus 36% nationally, with the gap tracking closely to wage premium data showing AI skills now command 34.2% more in the UK.
via HR Brew
Bank of America's head of global talent details how the bank filled 44% of its 2025 openings through internal mobility, using a skills taxonomy, dedicated mobility advisors, and manager accountability for talent development.
via Bureau of Labor Statistics
The US economy added 57,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in June, well below the 115,000 economists expected. April and May figures were revised down by a combined 74,000. Unemployment ticked down to 4.2%.
via Challenger, Gray & Christmas
US employers announced 45,849 job cuts in June, down 53% from May. AI was cited as the primary reason for 14,029 cuts, marking the fourth straight month it led the list. Tech sector cuts are up 83% year-to-date.
via BBC News
UK job vacancies fell to 707,000 in March-May 2026, the lowest since early 2021. Private sector regular pay growth slowed to 2.9%, a 5.5-year low. HMRC data shows new hires at a five-year low.
via Reuters
Microsoft eliminated roughly 4,800 roles on July 6, about 2.1% of its global workforce, as it restructures around AI-first priorities. The company explicitly stated the cuts are not AI replacing jobs, but acknowledged AI is changing how work gets done.
via iCIMS
iCIMS's July 2026 Workforce Report, based on data from 3 million platform users, shows US job openings up 19% year-over-year while application volume runs 5% below the June 2025 baseline. Demand is concentrating in frontline, healthcare, manufacturing, and finance roles.
via HR Tech Feed
Employ Inc. partnered with ID.me to embed identity verification into JazzHR, Lever, and Jobvite ATSs. Employ's Recruiter Nation report found 23% of recruiters have experienced candidate fraud, and Gartner predicts one in four applicants will be fake by 2028.
via HR Executive
A Glean report surveying 6,000 digital workers found that 87% use AI at work and save roughly 11 hours weekly — but 6.4 of those hours are lost to 'botsitting': supervising, correcting, and debugging AI outputs. Only 13% say AI has improved their organisation's performance.
via Staffing Industry Analysts
Insight Global, the second-largest US IT staffing provider, announced plans to hire 1,700+ full-time internal employees by end of 2026. The company reported 15% year-over-year demand growth, with AI-specific demand up 136%.
via KPMG
The KPMG and REC UK Report on Jobs for July 2026 finds temp billings growth at its fastest since April 2023, while permanent placements declined for the 45th consecutive month — though at the softest pace in three months. Candidate availability rose sharply on redundancies, and starting salaries improved at their quickest rate since January.
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