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Week brief · March 23 to 29, 2026

HR & workforce news, week of March 23, 2026

In the week of March 23 to 29, 2026 the HR and workforce desk recorded 43 news events on 4 days. Talent led with 14.

The most covered stories of the week

  1. Mar 24 Senate nears DHS funding deal excluding ICE enforcement 16
  2. Mar 23 ABC Journalists Authorize Major Strike Over Pay and AI Safeguards 13
  3. Mar 24 Epic Games lays off more than 1,000, citing Fortnite engagement 12
  4. Mar 23 wusa9.com: “Why ICE agents are still receiving paychecks during the partial government shutdown” 8
  5. Mar 23 Hundreds go on strike at Navy shipbuilder in Maine over wages and benefits 6
  6. Mar 25 Meta is cutting several hundred jobs amid record AI spending 5
  7. Mar 23 VOA journalists allege Trump wants to make outlet a propaganda source 4
  8. Mar 24 Over 450 TSA officers have quit since the partial shutdown began 4
  9. Mar 25 TSA officers describe working without pay 4
  10. Mar 25 kansascity.com: “How many employees work at IBM in 2026? Its layoffs explained” 4

Monday, March 23, 2026

8 events. The full rundown for March 23, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 03:45 UTC ABC Journalists Authorize Major Strike Over Pay and AI Safeguards 13
  2. 22:00 UTC wusa9.com: “Why ICE agents are still receiving paychecks during the partial government shutdown” 8
  3. 18:15 UTC Hundreds go on strike at Navy shipbuilder in Maine over wages and benefits 6

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

12 events. The full rundown for March 24, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 07:15 UTC Senate nears DHS funding deal excluding ICE enforcement 16
  2. 15:45 UTC Epic Games lays off more than 1,000, citing Fortnite engagement 12
  3. 18:45 UTC Over 450 TSA officers have quit since the partial shutdown began 4

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

12 events. The full rundown for March 25, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 15:30 UTC Meta is cutting several hundred jobs amid record AI spending 5
  2. 05:30 UTC TSA officers describe working without pay 4
  3. 20:40 UTC kansascity.com: “How many employees work at IBM in 2026? Its layoffs explained” 4

Thursday, March 26, 2026

5 events. The full rundown for March 26, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 06:30 UTC Air passengers say TSA officers should be paid and shutdown should end 3
  2. 07:45 UTC brisbanetimes.com.au: “BHP strike: Electrical Trade Union threatens Pilbara mining operations” 3
  3. 07:45 UTC portnews.com.au: “Strike threat remains as ABC staff return to work” 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 14
  2. Regulation 8
  3. Compensation 7
  4. Market trends 7
  5. Hr tech 5
  6. Remote work 1

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