Workforce
JE Dunn and Alberici start Saronic’s $3.2B Texas shipyard
Saronic expects up to 10,000 direct jobs over the next decade, with hiring needs spanning welding, machining, robotics and software engineering.
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Workforce
Hiring, layoffs, skills demand and how work itself is changing.
Workforce
White House says planned Iowa steel complex would support up to 6,000 construction jobs
The administration’s industrial-investment roundup also projects 3,100 direct jobs at Anduril’s Maryland shipyard and includes energy and medical-manufacturing commitments.
Workforce
Eagle Hill retention index sinks to lowest reading since 2024
Culture sentiment fell hardest, with baby boomers and Gen X showing the steepest deterioration.
Workforce
Treasury creates Trump Accounts for 60 million children, but employer money still depends on parents
Philanthropic deposits can reach the new automatic accounts untouched. Contributions from employers, family and friends require a parent to verify identity in an app first.
Workforce
California will make employers flag AI-driven layoffs and curb algorithm firings
The No Robo Bosses Act covers current employees, with $500 penalties per violation. Hiring tools fall under separate privacy rules starting Jan. 1, 2027.
Workforce
EB-5 fees double for investors, but regional centers take the steepest increase
USCIS's final rule, effective Nov. 30, more than doubles investor petition fees and lifts the fee to approve each new EB-5 project to $42,675. Part of that increase comes from a sharply lower forecast of how many projects will file.
Workforce
H-1B $100,000 entry fee extended to 2027, with new layoff test for sponsors
By the administration's own count, the largest IT staffing and outsourcing firms cut H-1B registrations 92% in the fee's first year. A companion order ties visa decisions to employers' recent and planned layoffs.
Workforce
Trump administration agrees to pull shutdown layoff authority from agency plans
The settlement over 4,200 RIF notices gives unions 30 days' notice before agencies can restore the authority, with the case open past the Dec. 11 funding deadline.
Workforce
Verizon's $70 million AI skills pledge includes $20 million already set aside for departing workers
Only $50 million is new money. CEO Dan Schulman wants Fortune 100 peers to match the pledge, while Goodwill-backed coaching starts only in select markets.
Workforce
ADP Pulse puts private job growth at 20,000 a week
The preliminary measure accelerated for a third week, putting hiring back near its June pace.
Workforce
Trump extends blocked $100,000 H-1B fee after 700 payments
The proclamation renews the requirement through September 2027 and gives a figure that complicates DHS's separate $8.8 billion fee proposal. A second order tells agencies to weigh employers' layoffs in H-1B decisions.
Workforce
Porsche CEO says 9,000 job-cut plan will not expand
The assurance leaves agreed reductions in place through 2035. Volkswagen can recommend further cuts at Porsche, but cannot mandate them.
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