GLOBAL WORKFORCE PULSE

United StatesUNEMPLOYMENT4.1%JUL 2026United StatesLABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION61.4%JUL 2026United StatesCPI INFLATION3.4% yr/yrJUL 2026United StatesJOB OPENINGS7.359 millionJUN 2026United States10-YEAR YIELD4.73%AUG 28, 2026United KingdomUNEMPLOYMENT4.9%MAY 2026CanadaUNEMPLOYMENT6.4%JUL 2026Euro areaUNEMPLOYMENT6.3%JUN 2026United StatesUNEMPLOYMENT4.1%JUL 2026United StatesLABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION61.4%JUL 2026United StatesCPI INFLATION3.4% yr/yrJUL 2026United StatesJOB OPENINGS7.359 millionJUN 2026United States10-YEAR YIELD4.73%AUG 28, 2026United KingdomUNEMPLOYMENT4.9%MAY 2026CanadaUNEMPLOYMENT6.4%JUL 2026Euro areaUNEMPLOYMENT6.3%JUN 2026

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United States

Current DEI, HR, AI, standards, and workforce-governance developments connected to United States.

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AI / United States

New York automated hiring-tool law keeps bias-audit evidence in view

Image: DEI News by InclusionScore

AI / United States

EEOC AI guidance keeps selection-rate evidence central to hiring tools

Image: DEI News by InclusionScore

DEI / United States

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act guidance turns accommodation into a process test

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress

HR / United States

US noncompete fight keeps workforce mobility on the board agenda

Photo: G. Edward Johnson

AI / United States

OPM AI guidance puts federal hiring automation under a human-review test

Photo: U.S. Department of Labor

DEI / United States

Federal-contractor compliance changes keep workforce evidence tied to procurement risk

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AI / United States

Workday AI hiring case keeps vendor agency in the employment-risk debate

Photo: Ed Brown / Wikimedia Commons

HR / United States

US contractor-classification rule keeps worker status tied to operating evidence

Photo: U.S. Department of Homeland Security

HR / United States

H-1B modernization keeps work-visa eligibility in talent-planning decisions