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  ADP's Weekly Payroll Gauge Accelerates for a Fifth Straight Week to 23,750 Jobs

  The four-week average through September 19 is the highest of the twelve weeks in the report, even as white-collar categories have been shedding positions.

  By Dana Whitfield · Oct 6, 2026 · 2 min read

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  A Leaked Email Points to a Wider Oracle Voluntary Exit Program With Six Weeks' Severance

  Screenshots circulating since early Tuesday describe a separation program expanded to more eligible groups, aimed at staff who completed coaching without meeting expectations. Oracle has not commented.

  By Dana Whitfield · Oct 6, 2026 · 2 min read

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  HubSpot Cuts 660 Jobs and Tells Staff the Decision Is 'Not Driven by AI-Related Efficiencies'

  The software company will take $65 million to $75 million of restructuring charges, mostly this quarter, while reaffirming its 2026 guidance.

  By Dana Whitfield · Oct 6, 2026 · 2 min read

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  A Federal Judge Orders the Bureau of Prisons to Restore the Union Contract It Scrapped in 2025

  The preliminary injunction covers more than 30,000 workers at 122 facilities, and the court found the government's stated justification was pretextual.

  By Dana Whitfield · Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read

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  More Than 4,000 Brigham and Women's Nurses Set an Open-Ended Strike for October 14

  The Massachusetts Nurses Association calls it the largest open-ended nurse strike in state history, after 25 bargaining sessions, a one-day walkout and a four-day lockout.

  By Dana Whitfield · Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read

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  Employers Announced 43,281 Job Cuts in September, the Fewest for the Month Since 2022

  Challenger's tally is down 18% from August and 20% from a year earlier, but AI has now become the single most cited reason for cuts in 2026, and seasonal hiring is running well behind last year.

  By Dana Whitfield · Oct 3, 2026 · 2 min read

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  Boeing's Engineers and Technicians Ratify Four-Year Contracts, Averting a Strike; the Technical Unit Passed by 268 Votes

  SPEEA's professional unit approved by 67.62% and its technical unit by 53.48%, ending a standoff that had threatened 777-9 certification work. A 10% general wage increase takes effect Oct. 2.

  By Dana Whitfield · Oct 3, 2026 · 2 min read

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  Foghorn Cuts Headcount From 106 to 65 After Eli Lilly Exits Their Cancer Collaboration

  The partners halted FHD-909 following Phase 1 dose-escalation data, and Foghorn says its remaining cash funds operations into the second half of 2029.

  By Dana Whitfield · Oct 3, 2026 · 2 min read

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  Lyft Will Pay $272.5 Million to Settle California Driver Misclassification Claims

  California and three cities called it the largest wage-theft settlement in state history. Lyft says its drivers "have always been properly classified under the law."

  By Dana Whitfield · Oct 3, 2026 · 2 min read

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  Hiring Nearly Stalled in September, and Revisions Turned July Into a Month of Job Losses

  Health care accounted for 17,000 of the month's 29,000 jobs, participation held at 61.8%, and wage growth slowed to 3.0% from a year earlier.

  By Dana Whitfield · Oct 3, 2026 · 2 min read

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  Job Openings Fell to 7.08 Million in August, Below Forecasts

  The Labor Department's JOLTS report showed openings down from a revised 7.34 million in July, while hires, quits and layoffs were all little changed.

  By Dana Whitfield · Oct 1, 2026 · 5 min read

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  Paychex Index Shows Small-Business Employment Steady as Wage Growth Slows Below 3%

  The September Small Business Employment Watch put the jobs index at 99.15 and hourly earnings growth at 2.78%, a counterpoint to a softening national picture.

  By Dana Whitfield · Oct 1, 2026 · 5 min read

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  Workday Cuts About 2.5% of Its Workforce in a Product and Technology Reorganization

  An 8-K filed Tuesday put restructuring charges at $65 million to $80 million and said the company will keep hiring in strategic areas through fiscal 2027.

  By Dana Whitfield · Oct 1, 2026 · 5 min read

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  Conduent Discloses It Has Cut More Than 6,000 Jobs Since January in a $120 Million Cost Program

  An investor-day presentation filed with the SEC puts the reductions against a base of about 42,000 employees and quantifies the wage impact at more than $100 million annualized.

  By Dana Whitfield · Oct 1, 2026 · 5 min read

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  Blaize Cuts About 26% of Its Workforce to Concentrate Resources on Core Edge AI Markets

  The edge-AI chip company expects $1.1 million to $1.3 million in charges and annual savings of $7.5 million to $8.4 million, which it says it will reinvest.

  By Dana Whitfield · Oct 1, 2026 · 5 min read

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  Senate Passes the Protect College Sports Act 77-22, Leaving Athlete Employment Status Unresolved

  The bill sets national rules for NIL, eligibility and transfers in a market worth billions, but critics say it stops short of recognizing athletes as employees.

  By Dana Whitfield · Sep 29, 2026 · 7 min read

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  Starbucks to Close About 250 North American Cafes and Cut Roughly 900 Jobs in Second Restructuring Round

  The board approved the plan on Sept. 22, carrying about $300 million of charges, and the company cut its target for net new stores this year to about 440.

  By Dana Whitfield · Sep 25, 2026 · 3 min read

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  DoorDash to Pay $131.5 Million Over New York City Delivery-Worker Pay, the Largest Wage Settlement in the City's History

  An investigation found the company failed to pay, underpaid or late-paid more than 260,000 couriers over four years. DoorDash's response: 'Simply put, we screwed up.'

  By Dana Whitfield · Sep 25, 2026 · 3 min read

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  Woodward to Wind Down Santa Clarita Campus, Affecting About 400 Roles

  The aerospace supplier will move military flight-control actuation work to South Carolina by December 2027 and take $34 million to $47.5 million in pre-tax charges.

  By Dana Whitfield · Sep 25, 2026 · 2 min read

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  EEOC Sues Mercy Health Over Alleged Antisemitic Discrimination and Settles a Vaccine-Accommodation Case With Mayo Clinic

  The agency alleges a Jewish surgeon was pushed out after October 2023. Separately, Mayo Clinic will pay $50,000 to resolve a religious-accommodation claim.

  By Dana Whitfield · Sep 25, 2026 · 10 min read