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Fresh funding is flowing into AI-driven HR infrastructure, with Intermezzo securing $10M to advance global payroll automation and Kastle raising a $24M Series A to build AI workforce solutions for banking operations, while University of Phoenix expanded its footprint by acquiring an HR tech firm. On the compliance front, employers are navigating new pressures ranging from a 2026 Section 503 update affecting Form CC-305 to a DOL action recovering more than $732K in unpaid wages for restaurant workers, alongside an EEOC settlement tied to a vendor's failure to process an ADA leave request and fresh harassment and assault litigation against Activision Blizzard. Meanwhile, a growing trust gap in people analytics—with only 27% of C-suite leaders confident in HR's ability to deliver it—underscores the cultural challenges that accompany the industry's broader push toward agentic AI and autonomous HCM.
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Butterball has settled an EEOC claim that it remained liable under the ADA even after outsourcing leave administration to a third-party vendor — a warning to HR leaders that compliance obligations cannot be contracted away to benefits or absence-management platforms.
The U.S. Department of Labor has finalized a 2026 rule under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act that removes the employer-initiated disability self-identification requirement and retires Form CC-305, according to SAP Community — a compliance shift that HR and onboarding platform teams will need to incorporate into their workflows ahead of the effective date.
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