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Hope you’re wrapping up the week and mentally logging off already.

This week’s news is pure end of year workplace chaos. Job offers getting messy, hiring plans going cold, Gen Z getting resilience training, visa debates flaring up, and AI regulation doing whatever it wants. HR, please remain calm.

Welcome to the Friday 5 - five articles, five takeaways. Five minutes away from the chaos to grab a coffee and get caught up on everything that's been happening in HR this week!

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In today’s edition

🐕 Service dogs and HR irony

🧠 Teaching Gen Z how to cope,

❄️ Hiring freezes everywhere

🛂 H 1B drama heats up

🤖 AI law chaos incoming

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💭The Friday Five

Immigration policy sounds simple until you look at how it actually works

🐕 When HR forgets the ADA.
SHRM is accused of pulling a job offer after a candidate requested to bring a service dog as a medical accommodation. Yes, that SHRM.
🔗 Read more [HR Dive]

🧠 Gen Z gets resilience bootcamp.
PwC UK is training new grads on handling feedback, pressure, and real world work stress instead of just throwing them into the deep end.
🔗 Read more [The HR Digest]

❄️ Hiring plans on pause.
Over half of US employers are freezing hiring or cutting roles in early 2026 as economic uncertainty keeps everyone in wait and see mode.
🔗 Read more [HR Brew]

🛂 H 1B confusion at the top.
The US Labor Secretary’s comments on H 1B visas sparked backlash from tech worker groups who say she’s misrepresenting how the program actually works.
🔗 Read more [2paragraphs]

🤖 AI rules enter chaos mode.
Trump’s new AI executive order could override state laws, trigger lawsuits, and leave employers stuck navigating an unstable and shifting compliance landscape.
🔗 Read more [HR Dive]

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