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Singapore asks for 6% to 8% raises for lower-wage workers from December

The National Wages Council guidelines run from 1 December 2026 to 30 November 2027 and add a category for unprofitable firms, which should still give at least $120; the wage credit scheme now runs to 2028.

20 Oct 2026

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Bullhorn restores its staffing platform after a three-day cyber incident

20 Oct 2026

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Instacart pays $5m to settle claims its PERM hiring shut out US workers

20 Oct 2026

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Hong Kong starts MPF Full Portability for newer staff on 21 December

16 Oct 2026

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Employment Law

Denmark cuts work permit salary bar to DKK 322,000 for 16 countries

The new scheme starts on 1 January 2027 for jobs covered by a collective agreement. Employers must be certified by SIRI first, with applications expected to open in early December.

15 Oct 2026

HR Software

Humanly buys CareerArc to add recruitment marketing to AI hiring

CareerArc brings HireSocial and Job Maps to a platform that screens and interviews candidates by chat, phone and video. Price and closing terms were not disclosed.

15 Oct 2026

HR Software

Personio buys Circula to put expenses next to HR and payroll

Circula, used by more than 3,000 companies, keeps its DATEV link and existing integrations. Personio says salaries, benefits, expenses and company cards will run on one platform; no price or timetable was given.

11 Oct 2026

Employment Law

ACLU asks California to investigate Criteria's Emotify hiring test

The complaint also names Criteria's cognitive, personality and AI video interview tools, and arrives while Workday still faces a California discrimination case over its screening software.

9 Oct 2026

Immigration Management

DHS proposes a $70,000 school fee for each student's first OPT

Later OPT recommendations, including STEM extensions, would cost schools $30,000 each. DHS says schools may pass the cost to students or employers, and the proposal is not yet in force.

9 Oct 2026

Employment Law

EEOC moves to withdraw its 2012 guidance on arrest and conviction records

The rule went to the White House for review on 6 October, and employment lawyers say employers still face Title VII risk if a background policy hits one group harder.

9 Oct 2026

Employment Law

US suspends eight IT and software firms from PERM green card filings

Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini are named as outsourcers; Microsoft and Adobe are cited for active federal investigations. Duration and effect on pending cases were not stated.

8 Oct 2026

Payroll Software

Ireland lifts PRSI by 0.15 points for payrolls from 1 October

The employee Class A rate moves from 4.2% to 4.35% and the employer rate above EUR 552 a week from 11.25% to 11.4%. Self-employed Class S also reaches 4.35%.

8 Oct 2026

Employment Law

DOL drops plan to pull FLSA guidance out of federal regulations

The Wage and Hour Division had proposed in July 2025 to remove nine interpretive parts from Title 29. It received six substantive comments, four of them opposed.

8 Oct 2026

Employment Law

Fifteen employment rule changes in nine countries this autumn

Nine of the fifteen tighten duties and six ease terms. Eleven carry a calendar date, the first on 30 October, and Singapore’s rule is not due until 1 July 2028.

8 Oct 2026

Employment Law

DOL sets $14.05 minimum wage for older federal contracts from 2027

Tipped workers move to a $9.85 cash wage. The rate covers only contracts signed from 2015 to January 2022 and not renewed since, and starts 90 days after publication.

8 Oct 2026

Employment Law

Austria lets single-permit holders change employer after 45 days

The law, which passed parliament as Federal Law Gazette I No. 81/2026, also lets permit holders keep status for six months of unemployment and caps most decisions at 90 days.

7 Oct 2026

Employment Law

House bill would lift H-1B penalties to $250,000 and a 10-year ban

H.R. 10643 has five co-sponsors, all Republicans from Texas. It would also raise per-document fines for immigration document fraud. It has not passed, and current penalties still apply.

7 Oct 2026

Employment Law

Indonesia moves foreign-worker KITAS permits to the investment ministry

Minister Rosan Roeslani now targets six days for the permit, a day longer than the five-day target announced in September, and says the change lands within two months.

6 Oct 2026

Employment Law

Indonesia's House passes Labor Protection Bill with 313 articles

The bill splits labour rules out of the Job Creation Law, as the Constitutional Court ordered in 2024, and adds severance pay reserve funds to the rules on layoffs and wages.

6 Oct 2026

Employment Law

UK right-to-work code now covers gig workers and sub-contractors

Civil penalties stay at £45,000 per worker for a first breach and £60,000 for a repeat within three years. The change is in who counts as an employer, and in mandatory registered digital checkers.

6 Oct 2026

HR Software

India raises the EPF wage ceiling to Rs 25,000 a month from Rs 15,000

The Cabinet approved the change a day earlier and says it is the first revision since September 2014. The government puts the number of newly covered employees at more than 51 lakh.

6 Oct 2026

HR Software

Japan tightens permanent-residency guidelines: income, pension and language tests, mostly from April 2027

Japan revised its permanent-residency guidelines on 1 October 2026, adding household-income, pension and Japanese-language tests and longer requirements for spouses. Most criteria apply from April 2027; the income test…

5 Oct 2026

Employment Law

UK scale-ups in digital and technology can reclaim up to £25,000 a year of visa fees for overseas hires, until 1 March 2027

The UK’s Visa Fees Reimbursement Scheme for Scale Ups repays up to £5,000 per international hire and dependants, and up to £25,000 a year, to fast-growing firms in digital and technologies, life sciences and clean…

2 Oct 2026

Employment Law

California signs AI-at-work laws: no firing or discipline by AI alone, disclosure when AI causes mass layoffs, limits on workplace surveillance

Governor Newsom signed SB 947, SB 951, AB 1331 and AB 1883 on 30 September 2026: employers may not rely only on AI to discipline or fire, must disclose when AI causes a mass layoff, and face new limits on workplace…

1 Oct 2026

Employment Law

UK: small employers get £2,000 for every new young apprentice, paid through the training provider

Non-levy-paying employers get £2,000 for each new apprentice aged 16 to 24, in two £1,000 instalments at 90 days and one year (242 days for foundation apprenticeships). No application: the training provider passes it…

1 Oct 2026

Employment Law

Australia changes gender-equality reporting: public-sector employers move to April to March, large employers get a gap between target cycles

After the Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2026 passed, WGEA said Commonwealth public-sector employers with 100+ staff move to the 1 April–31 March reporting period from 2027, and employers with 500+ staff get a 12-month…

29 Sept 2026

Employment Law

Singapore will require a certified HR professional at firms with more than 200 staff from 1 July 2028

Singapore accepted a tripartite workgroup’s recommendations on 24 September 2026: from 1 July 2028 organisations with more than 200 employees must have at least one IHRP-certified HR professional. Extra subsidies start…

29 Sept 2026

Employment Law

India raises the EPFO wage ceiling to Rs 25,000 a month: employees earning Rs 15,000 to 25,000 now come under mandatory PF

India raised the wage ceiling for mandatory EPFO coverage from Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000 a month with effect from 17 September 2026, the first change since 2014. Employers must bring newly covered staff into EPF, EPS and…

29 Sept 2026

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