Nov 21, 2025

1. Subject: Balancing compliance, culture and growth in global hirings

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   Summary: This playbook helps HR navigate legal and cultural challenges in global hiring, emphasizing the need to adapt policies to diverse labor laws and local customs, including handling DEI initiatives and avoiding worker misclassification. It offers insights for expanding internationally while maintaining compliance and fostering growth.

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2. Subject: Almost half of UK employees experience workplace conflict, Acas finds

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   Summary: Nearly 50% of UK employees report workplace conflicts, with disabled staff facing the highest levels. Conflicts impact morale and motivation. The newsletter also covers employer preparedness for an aging workforce, jobseekers applying to multiple roles, and insights on internal mobility to boost employer branding. It includes expert opinions on preventing backfire from return-to-office mandates and highlights resources for HR practitioners.

3. Subject: Form W-4 Updates

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   Summary: A 100-minute interactive event focuses on the 2026 updates to Form W-4, guiding payroll and HR professionals to ensure compliance. Key topics include spotting and correcting common errors, understanding changes impacting payroll processes, managing employee exemptions, and strategies for accurate tax withholding. The event is designed to prepare teams for the upcoming tax year changes.

4. Subject: Nov. 20 – Follow EEOC on gender identity? | The healthcare ‘affordability crunch’

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   Summary: This edition discusses several key HR topics: the debate over following EEOC’s gender identity policies, Mercer’s warning of rising healthcare affordability issues driven by costly prescription drugs, and challenges and opportunities in advancing DEI amid increasing politicization. It features sponsored content on virtual care for remote workers and practical guidance on harassment and discrimination training.

5. Subject: Nov. 20 – AI has fostered better hiring — and mistrust | Executive pay stabilizes

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   Summary: Highlights include the paradox that AI has improved hiring decisions but increased recruiter mistrust, prompting more in-person interviews. Executive pay growth is stabilizing as boards emphasize performance. Additionally, searches for apprenticeships have surged, and expert commentary on following EEOC’s gender identity policy is featured. The newsletter also spotlights leadership development trends and recruitment strategies.

6. Subject: Nov. 20 – Executives to still get bonuses | A healthcare ‘affordability crunch’ looms

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   Summary: Despite economic pressures, 80% of companies plan to award executive bonuses this year. Meanwhile, many expect layoffs before year-end. Mercer warns of a healthcare affordability crisis fueled by rising prescription drug costs. Other topics include IRS raising 401(k) limits for 2026, pay equity legal strategies amid DEI challenges, and employer challenges in severance entitlement rulings.

7. Subject: New dashboard shows the systemic drivers of pay gaps

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   Summary: A new dashboard from Champions of Change reveals structural and cultural causes behind gender pay gaps, aiding boards in understanding role valuation and career progression barriers. The newsletter also covers evolving privacy laws affecting employee data management, flexible skills-based career pathways within the APS, and the importance of fairness for sustainable productivity. It promotes employment law courses and HR analytics training.

8. Subject: Break the Stigmas

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   Summary: Mental health stigma continues to hinder employee wellness, with 60% of survey respondents believing societal attitudes discourage help-seeking. The article by Russell DuBois, PhD, outlines how stigma affects engagement and retention and offers practical employer strategies such as simplifying benefits navigation and measuring impact through outcomes. The message urges HR leaders to create supportive environments to break mental health stigmas at work.

Stay Well!