Speaking at Fortune’s Workforce Innovation Summit in Atlanta, CEO Ryan Breslow told the audience that Bolt’s HR team was “creating problems that didn’t exist.” Later on LinkedIn, he said, “Those problems disappeared when I let them go.” Breslow cofounded Bolt in 2014...

Organisations in Asia have spent years expanding their mental health benefit portfolios, adding employee assistance programs, digital therapy platforms, and peer support networks. Yet a growing body of evidence suggests that investment alone is not closing the gap...

Small and mid-sized businesses are systematically being charged unexpected fees for retirement plans, with negative consequences for plan sponsors and participants, a new survey from the plan provider Human Interest found. Two-thirds of small and mid-sized businesses...

Two announcements arrived this week from companies in entirely different industries. The messaging was very similar: things are going well, AI is working and that means fewer people. Cisco announced fewer than 4,000 layoffs alongside fiscal Q3 2026 results showing...

Employers in the U.S. appear to have delivered on their compensation promises in 2026, according to new data from Mercer. However, a deeper look shows that a narrative about a wave of across-the-board pay increases doesn’t hold up under scrutiny. The mean merit...

Businesses that have rapidly expanded their tech stacks may be blurring the link between their daily work and actual financial performance. Without clear visibility into how work contributes to revenue, search firms risk incurring hidden losses that threaten their...

Middle management is one of the most important transition points in the leadership pipeline, where organizations turn capable employees into future senior leaders. These internal pipelines deliver significant value, because leaders developed inside the business can...

The use of telemedicine has not resulted in significantly increased visits and medical spending across various payer types, according to new research led by UCLA and reported in J AMA Network Open. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare &...

Meta begins cutting 10% of its global workforce this week, with reports that the social media giant is notifying roughly 8,000 employees across multiple waves. The company also closed 6,000 open roles and moved 7,000 employees to new AI-focused teams. Many employers...