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Greenhouse's new Orchestrated Hiring Ecosystem and HiringThing's MCP Server headline a wave of AI-driven recruiting innovation, while G-P forecasts record 2026 growth on surging demand for agentic AI and global employment services. On the workforce side, Skillsoft research finds more than half of managers say employees are assigned work they lack the skills to do — a tension compounded by a sharp drop in employee confidence in workplace financial wellness support, from 74% to 35% in a single year. Compliance also moves front of mind as California raises its repeat pay data reporting penalty to $1,000 per employee.
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💰 $1,000payroll complianceHR Morning· 2:18 AM PDT
California's SB 1237, signed by Gov. Newsom, raises the maximum penalty for repeat failures to file mandatory pay data reports from $200 to $1,000 per employee — meaning a 1,000-employee employer could face up to $1 million for a second missed filing, according to HR Morning. The higher cap takes effect January 1, 2027, with the May 2027 filing deadline as the first at-risk submission for private employers with 100 or more payroll or labor-contractor workers.
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