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Week brief · September 21 to 27, 2026

HR & workforce news, week of September 21, 2026

In the week of September 21 to 27, 2026 the HR and workforce desk recorded 10 news events on 6 days. Talent led with 4.

The most covered stories of the week

  1. Sep 22 Report links inclusive workplaces to lower sexual harassment rates 4
  2. Sep 22 ottawacitizen.com: “Federal organizations to spend millions on return to office” 4
  3. Sep 26 channelnewsasia.com: “ShinyHunters hackers expanded attacks on Oracle's PeopleSoft, Google says” 4
  4. Sep 21 XCMG opens 11th Staff Arts Festival in Xuzhou 2
  5. Sep 22 Baylor's 15th Honor Roll Year: 3,700 Employees, 42 of 171 Schools 2
  6. Sep 22 Nebraska DED staff survey draws criticism of agency leadership 2
  7. Sep 24 Humanforce named Major Contender in two Everest Group 2026 assessments 2
  8. Sep 24 hanfordsentinel.com: “Fact check: Are Cal State faculty underpaid?” 2
  9. Sep 27 guardian-series.co.uk: “SNP should hang heads in shame over Glasgow fire and rehire plan – Alexander | East London and West Essex Guardian Series” 2

Monday, September 21, 2026

  1. 01

    XCMG opens 11th Staff Arts Festival in Xuzhou

    2 outlets · first: Pr Newswire Talent

    Machine summary XCMG opened its 11th Staff Arts Festival in Xuzhou on September 19, according to a PRNewswire report. The company said more than 3,000 employees took part and the event reached an audience of more than 5.3 million worldwide.

    1. More than 3,000 employees from XCMG's businesses and operations took part, the report said.
    2. The report said the festival traces its roots to a staff arts performance in 1992.

    Reported by Pr Newswire, Philippine Times (Big News Network), vietnamtribune.com (Big News Network) and australiannews.net (Big News Network).

    • XCMG
    • Staff Arts Festival

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

4 events. The full rundown for September 22, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 22:30 UTC Report links inclusive workplaces to lower sexual harassment rates 4
  2. 22:45 UTC ottawacitizen.com: “Federal organizations to spend millions on return to office” 4
  3. 00:00 UTC Baylor's 15th Honor Roll Year: 3,700 Employees, 42 of 171 Schools 2

Thursday, September 24, 2026

  1. 02

    Humanforce named Major Contender in two Everest Group 2026 assessments

    2 outlets · first: finanznachrichten.de Hr tech

    Machine summary The company said Everest Group positioned it highest among Major Contenders for vision and capability in workforce management.

    1. According to Humanforce, Everest Group positioned it highest among Major Contenders for vision and capability in workforce management.
    2. Humanforce said more than 1,500 customers and one million employees use its platform across more than 90 countries.

    Reported by finanznachrichten.de and malaysiasun.com (Big News Network).

    • Everest Group
    • Humanforce
    • Workforce Management Products PEAK Matrix Assessment 2026

  2. 03

    Coverage recordhanfordsentinel.com: “Fact check: Are Cal State faculty underpaid?”

    2 outlets · first: Hanford Sentinel Compensation

    Reports ran between 01:45 and 02:00 UTC on Sep 24.

    The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

    Reported by Hanford Sentinel and almanacnews.com.

    • Cal State faculty

Saturday, September 26, 2026

  1. 04

    Coverage recordchannelnewsasia.com: “ShinyHunters hackers expanded attacks on Oracle's PeopleSoft, Google says”

    4 outlets · first: channelnewsasia.com Hr tech

    Reports ran from 02:05 UTC on Sep 26 to 14:37 UTC on Sep 27.

    The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

    Reported by channelnewsasia.com, The Star, indianexpress.com and economictimes.indiatimes.com.

Sunday, September 27, 2026

  1. 05

    Coverage recordguardian-series.co.uk: “SNP should hang heads in shame over Glasgow fire and rehire plan – Alexander | East London and West Essex Guardian Series”

    2 outlets · first: heraldseries.co.uk

    Reports ran between 14:45 and 16:00 UTC on Sep 27.

    The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

    Reported by heraldseries.co.uk and guardian-series.co.uk.

    • Scottish National Party (SNP)

More events reported

No summary of ours and no outlet headline passed our automated checks for these, which says nothing about the events (how they work); the outlets and their reports are linked.

Friday, September 25, 2026

  1. · 2 outletsfortmorgantimes.com, Boulder Daily CameraNamed in the reports: 32-hour workweek

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 4
  2. Hr tech 2
  3. Compensation 2
  4. Remote work 1

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