Jan 23, 2026

1. Email #1 Summary:

   Title: LAST CHANCE | One Big Beautiful Bill Compliance Checks

   Sender: content@hrmorning.com

   This 90-minute interactive session is designed to help HR and payroll teams navigate new compliance challenges under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It offers practical guidance on auditing payroll systems for compliance errors, ensuring W-2 accuracy for 2025 reporting, managing employee disputes related to tax and healthcare rules, and leveraging expanded gig economy incentives. Participants will gain tools to reduce penalties and reporting risks during the filing cycle.

2. Email #2 Summary:

   Title: Jan. 22 – Top HR conferences for 2026 — updated | Salary budgets to remain stable

   Sender: newsletter@divenewsletter.com

   This newsletter provides updates on:

3. Salary budgets expected to remain stable in 2026, with rewards increasingly tied to outcomes.
4. An updated list of top HR conferences for 2026.
5. Challenges HR professionals face amid the DEI debate during the first year of Trump 2.0.

6. The hidden “tax” of AI usage, highlighting the extra time HR teams spend redoing AI output.

   Additional resources on workspace productivity, balancing compliance and culture, employee development, and the impacts of AI on the workplace are also included.

7. Email #3 Summary:

   Title: Affordability Woes | Performance Metrics Off? | 2026 Career Moves

   Sender: kf.institute@kornferry.com

   This collection of leadership articles addresses:

8. Problems with traditional performance reviews emphasizing narratives over numbers.
9. The corporate affordability crisis impacting costs and employee success.
10. Low Friday in-office attendance frustrating leaders.
11. Career strategy advice for a challenging hiring and promotion market in 2026.
12. Barriers slowing AI adoption not rooted in technology complexity.

13. Exploration of consciousness in AI and its implications.

14. Email #4 Summary:

    Title: Future-ready businesses need future-ready offices

    Sender: newsletter@divenewsletter.com

    This message emphasizes redesigning workplace environments to empower learning, focus, and team connection in a rapidly evolving, tech-driven landscape. It encourages businesses to adopt office setups that accelerate onboarding, enhance collaboration, and improve employee retention by creating a workspace that fuels innovation and growth.

15. Email #5 Summary:

    Title: Jan. 22 – Millennial loyalty hinges on ‘career path clarity’ | A new W-2 era

    Sender: newsletter@divenewsletter.com

    Key insights include:

16. Millennials are more loyal when employers offer clear and long-term career path opportunities.
17. The introduction of a ‘no tax on tips’ rule leading to changes in W-2 documentation.
18. Economic uncertainty tops CEOs’ concerns for 2026.

19. Overall salary budgets expected to stay stable, with only a minority increasing pay.

    The newsletter also highlights recent readings on AI trends, immigration policies, and workforce adaptability.

20. Email #6 Summary:

    Title: 📓 what does “thriving” even mean?

    Sender: ihateithere@workweek.com

    This special deep dive explores what it truly means for teams and HR professionals to “thrive.” It identifies four essential conditions for thriving teams:

21. Clear alignment and understanding of goals (no guessing games).
22. Effective feedback that leads to empowered action.
23. Intentional skill development and capacity building for the future.

24. Meaningful appreciation and recognition that employees feel.

    The article underlines that thriving is intentional, supported by data, and requires HR to focus efforts strategically to build connected and high-performing teams.

25. Email #7 Summary:

    Title: Breaking: EEOC rescinds harassment guidances

    Sender: newsletter@divenewsletter.com

    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted to withdraw its Biden-era workplace harassment guidance after facing two years of political and legal challenges. The guidance had expanded protections to transgender employees and those seeking abortions based on the Supreme Court’s Bostock decision affirming Title VII prohibits discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

26. Email #8 Summary:

    Title: Jan. 22 – Small business health insurance coverage at risk | Salary budgets stable

    Sender: newsletter@divenewsletter.com

    Highlights include:

27. Rising health insurance costs are causing small businesses to reduce coverage despite an overall increase in employer-based coverage.
28. Ongoing salary budget stability with few companies planning increases.
29. A lawsuit denying coverage of gender-affirming facial surgery as cosmetic under ERISA.

30. An emerging trend of workers favoring portfolio careers over traditional ladders.

    The email includes resources on trending employee benefits and relevant news on AI and reproductive health options.

31. Email #9 Summary:

    Title: How KPMG is using AI to shape its future workforces

    Sender: hrmonline@ahri.com.au

    KPMG has revolutionized workforce planning using AI by focusing on skills over headcount, employing dynamic rather than static plans, and shifting from reactive hiring to predictive, AI-enabled strategies. The newsletter also covers effective communication tips, managing hidden workloads, and legal/ethical challenges of shadow AI, with webinars and toolkits to support HR professionals.

32. Email #10 Summary:

    Title: ERE Recruiting Innovation Summit Emcee Announced

    Sender: joshua@ere.net

    The 2026 ERE Recruiting Innovation Summit will be held May 5-6 in Atlanta, GA, featuring Ron Fish as the event’s emcee. Fish brings over 20 years of talent acquisition leadership and a passion for strategic, inclusive recruiting. The summit offers practitioner-led learning, tactical sessions, and networking opportunities designed to provide actionable insights for talent acquisition professionals. Early registration is open with limited discounted spots.

33. Email #11 Summary:

    Title: Integrated care with Kaiser Permanente helps you keep your promises

    Sender: newsletter@divenewsletter.com

    Kaiser Permanente presents its integrated approach to healthcare, offering insights from the nation’s largest medical database to deliver more predictable costs and improved health outcomes. Members experience 20% less loss in life years due to cancer. The message invites HR leaders to explore proactive care strategies helping them fulfill promises to employees for better health support.

Stay Well!