Artificial intelligence is transforming the global economy at a pace few technologies have achieved before. Yet while headlines often focus on breakthroughs in large language models, autonomous agents, and robotics, a quieter revolution is unfolding behind the scenes. The real competitive advantage in the AI...
For years, employee mental health was often framed as a wellness issue — important, but separate from the core mechanics of business performance. That distinction is rapidly disappearing. A new annual report from AllOne Health suggests that mental health support is increasingly becoming operational infrastructure for...
Global mobility is no longer defined by the act of moving employees from one country to another. In 2026, it is increasingly defined by how organizations design, manage, and sustain a global workforce across multiple dimensions—strategy, compliance, experience, and technology. Across recent industry analyses—from LARM Group,...
The global workforce has never been more dispersed. U.S. companies are hiring across borders, building teams that stretch from Latin America to Southeast Asia, and operating around the clock. But for global mobility leaders, the more important question is not where work is spreading—it’s where...
The Bay Area is already being flagged as an “extreme” housing pressure market ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026, with rates projected to rise between 20% and 60% or more—and the surge won’t be limited to match days. It will build weeks in advance...
2026 is not shaping up to be a year of incremental change. It is a year of structural acceleration. Across AI, recruiting, global mobility, immigration policy, and workforce benefits, the operating assumptions that guided organizations in 2025 are already being tested. The question for HR and...
The structure of work is changing faster than most operating models. Freelancers. Independent contractors. Consultants. Employer-of-Record (EOR) hires. Distributed teams operating across time zones without entity creation. The global contingent workforce is no longer peripheral — it is increasingly central to how companies access skills, manage...
Survey data suggests American workers are entering the year in what researchers are calling “survival mode.” Caution is replacing curiosity. Stability is replacing ambition. And for employers and mobility professionals, that shift could quietly reshape the labor market. New research from MyPerfectResume, based on a survey...
Employers are entering 2026 facing a paradox: they urgently need skilled talent, yet the financial and regulatory cost of moving people across borders keeps climbing. Fragomen’s 2026 Worldwide Immigration Trends Report, which spans more than 75 jurisdictions, underscores how structural labor shortages and rising mobility...
Temporary housing has become a strategic pressure point in global mobility programs, sitting at the intersection of cost control, duty of care, and employee experience. As housing markets tighten and relocation budgets face greater scrutiny, organizations are rethinking how they design and govern temporary living...