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California: New Limits on Stay-or-Pay Contracts Start on Jan. 1 Effective Jan. 1, 2026, California Assembly Bill 692 (AB 692) will limit an employer’s ability to impose repayment obligations for upfront sign-on and retention bonuses, as well as certain other “stay-or-pay” practices (such as tuition and loan assistance programs).

Labor Market Bounces Back with 178,000 Added Jobs in March;Private-Sector Hiring Increased by 62,000; Annual Pay Up 4.5%; ;Family Caregivers Account for $1 Trillion in Essential Care; ;AI-Using Employees Are More Engaged, But Loyalty Is a Concern; ;Women Show Stronger Engagement and Burnout at Work; ;Figures and Facts of the Week; U.S.

These proposed rules follow the GHG Protocol and require disclosure of three types: Scope 1 emissions — those produced by the company in its operations;Scope 2 emissions — those produced by direct suppliers, mainly of electricity;Scope 3 emissions — those produced up and down a company’s supply chain (NOTE: the SEC acknowledges that disclosure of Scope 3 emissions is much more difficult to quantify and provides both more time to comply and allows for a materiality standard to determine what has to be disclosed.); Other key aspects of the proposed regulations: Materiality — all of the disclosures in item 1 above are subject to the company’s determination of which climate issues and risks have material impact on the business.

In the past 12 months, TR professionals navigated: ;Executive orders related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives , H-1B visas and alternative assets in retirement plans ;; ;Shifting regulations around artificial intelligence (AI) use , labor rules and pay transparency ;; ;Ever-rising healthcare and pharmaceutical costs , particularly around glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) medications ;; ;An increased focus on burnout , mental wellness and holistic well-being ;; ;The unique priorities of millennial and Generation Z workers, and how to address the needs of a multigenerational workforce ; and,; ;Personalized benefits and modular compensation .; But those were just some of the storylines.

Current legislation: ;Colorado’s Artificial Intelligence Act , effective Feb. 1, 2026, requires that deployers of high-risk AI systems use reasonable care to protect consumers (which includes employees and job applicants) “from any known or reasonably foreseeable risks of algorithmic discrimination.”

According to Congressional budget estimates, H.R. 1 would decrease Medicaid spending by around $1 trillion by 2034 and increase the number of uninsured individuals by 10 million.

The law (effective Jan. 1, 2026) also bans contracts that penalize employees for quitting.

.; ;60% of organizations saw time-to-hire increase, while only 1 in 9 managed to hire faster.; ;Fraudulent or AI-assisted candidates are now the No. 1 anticipated hiring challenge in 2026, surpassing lack of qualified talent.; The report suggests TA teams that rely on manual coordination (and attempt to keep pace with growth by adding hiring headcount) are falling behind, while those that redesign hiring around AI-enabled systems are pulling ahead.

For instance, an HDHP with a July 1 plan year is subject to the $1,750/$3,500 deductible and $8,700/$17,400 OOP limit starting July 1, 2027, and this continues through June 30, 2028.

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