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Workforce readiness and AI-powered talent tools dominated today's headlines, with Betterworks and Acorn both launching new capabilities in the space and Phenom and Thomas & Company each earning recognition as 2026 Top HR Products of the Year from HR Executive. Agentic AI continued its march into enterprise HR, with Berribot reimagining hiring through the technology, Singapore workers increasingly shifting into agent-manager roles, and early Anthropic researchers unveiling an approach to reining in rogue AI agents. On the benefits and compliance fronts, Marquee Health joined the Alight Partner Network to expand biometric and health coaching offerings, while Oregon moved to narrow its home care wage and hour exemption effective January 1, 2027.
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Oregon's Senate Bill 1518, effective January 1, 2027, freezes the state's companionship services exemption to the federal definition as of 2016 and bars third-party home care agencies from claiming the exemption for workers they employ, according to the bill's text. HR and payroll teams managing agency-employed home care workers in Oregon will need to audit exempt classifications before the law takes effect.
