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Week brief · March 2 to 8, 2026

HR & workforce news, week of March 2, 2026

In the week of March 2 to 8, 2026 the HR and workforce desk recorded 54 news events on 6 days. Talent led with 32.

The most covered stories of the week

  1. Mar 7 OpenAI robotics leader resigns over Pentagon AI deal 18
  2. Mar 6 SK lays off nearly 1,000 workers at Georgia plant amid cooling EV plans 5
  3. Mar 5 Oracle plans thousands of job cuts amid rising costs of AI data centers, report says 4
  4. Mar 8 ACTU seeks five weeks annual leave 4
  5. Mar 4 Supreme Court decision in San Jose State Title IX compliance case 3
  6. Mar 5 Reports say gender equality is at a crossroad and showing growing friction 3
  7. Mar 5 Federal staffing cuts move forward amid Middle East evacuation crisis 3
  8. Mar 7 SBI launches $500 million social loan for women empowerment 3
  9. Mar 8 Young Chinese parents tighten belts as childcare costs rise 3

Monday, March 2, 2026

  1. 01

    Former Bank of Ghana deputy governor marks one year since term ended

    2 outlets · first: myjoyonline.com Talent

    Machine summary Elsie Addo Awadzi said she marked one year on 28 February 2026 since completing her term as Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana. She said she served between February 2018 and February 2025, a period she described as defined by successive and overlapping shocks, and set out seven lessons from her seven years in public office.

    1. She said she served between February 2018 and February 2025.
    2. She said seven key lessons stand out for her from her seven years in public office.
    3. She said crisis response is never purely technical and that polycrisis demands system thinking.

    Reported by myjoyonline.com and Ghana Newss.

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

6 events. The full rundown for March 4, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 19:45 UTC Supreme Court decision in San Jose State Title IX compliance case 3
  2. 19:30 UTC Trenval hires former Loyalist associate dean to manage business centre 2
  3. 19:45 UTC ChamberWorks aids employers in team building 2

Thursday, March 5, 2026

10 events. The full rundown for March 5, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 19:11 UTC Oracle plans thousands of job cuts amid rising costs of AI data centers, report says 4
  2. 19:00 UTC Reports say gender equality is at a crossroad and showing growing friction 3
  3. 11:15 UTC Federal staffing cuts move forward amid Middle East evacuation crisis 3

Friday, March 6, 2026

7 events. The full rundown for March 6, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 19:00 UTC SK lays off nearly 1,000 workers at Georgia plant amid cooling EV plans 5
  2. 00:49 UTC USW criticizes B.C. Conservatives over bill on project labour agreements 2
  3. 13:45 UTC NASA launches NASA Force recruitment initiative for US Space Program 2

Saturday, March 7, 2026

6 events. The full rundown for March 7, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 22:52 UTC OpenAI robotics leader resigns over Pentagon AI deal 18
  2. 09:00 UTC SBI launches $500 million social loan for women empowerment 3
  3. 03:00 UTC Anthropic's Early Warning System Identifies US Jobs Most Exposed to AI 2

Sunday, March 8, 2026

11 events. The full rundown for March 8, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 22:15 UTC ACTU seeks five weeks annual leave 4
  2. 10:30 UTC Young Chinese parents tighten belts as childcare costs rise 3
  3. 13:45 UTC Trump’s 1 Million Apprenticeship Goal: A Progress Report on Workforce Policy 3

Summaries and key facts are machine summaries of the reports linked with them; outlets, times and counts come from those reports. How a rundown is built.

What kind of news was it?

  1. Talent 32
  2. Market trends 10
  3. Regulation 6
  4. Compensation 3
  5. Hr tech 2

Sources: the outlets' reports linked on this page; counts and times from GetYourBrief's record of those reports (methodology).