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Martha’s Vineyard Summit

The posh and picturesque island of Martha’s Vineyard boasts hotels that easily run more than $1,000 a night, six-figure cars, and mansions enjoyed by celebrities like the Obamas, Spike Lee, and Larry David. The summertime playground for the elite also happens to host a little-known summit that may be harder to get an invite to than a pretty, pretty, pretty good party.

The Martha’s Vineyard Summit celebrated its fifth year with 240 attendees during the first week in August on a 50-acre estate in Edgartown, MA. Despite having rebranded last year from the Chief Diversity Officer Summit, it still welcomed diversity leaders from across the country.

As DEI has gone incognito in the wake of the anti-DEI movement and the Trump administration’s seemingly endless efforts to control corporate America, the Martha’s Vineyard Summit has followed suit. The off-the-record event is now branded as a summit for “global thought leaders.” But its DEI roots still permeated throughout the agenda as its founder, Dani Monroe, builds a vision for the future.

“Our audience is broadening. So we’re getting COOs and CEOs, and we’ve always had CHROs [and] lawyers,” Monroe told HR Brew in an exclusive interview at the summit.

For more on the Martha’s Vineyard Summit, and Monroe’s vision for the future, keep reading here.—KP

      

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COMPLIANCE

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department recently issued proposed guidance for employers seeking to make contributions to Trump Accounts on behalf of their employees’ dependents. The document detailed how companies could let their employees make pre-tax contributions to Trump Accounts, as well.

Trump Accounts, which officially launched in July, are a type of tax-advantaged savings account for children under 18. Employers are able to contribute up to $2,500 a year to Trump Accounts, but many have held off on doing so thus far, HR Brew reported shortly after they rolled out.

These recent proposed regulations from the Treasury could help more employers decide whether this is a benefit they want to provide to their employees.

For more on how employers can set up a Trump Account benefit, keep reading here.—CV

      

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RECRUITMENT & RETENTION

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Hiring for finance roles has historically been a challenge. Now, widespread AI use is making the task even more difficult.

AI—and its younger sibling, automation—have created a standoff of sorts between employers and job-seekers. HR departments and recruiters use AI and software to sift through the “piles” of résumés they receive and filter out the unsuitable candidates. (And let’s not get started on AI interviewers.) People on the hunt for jobs have adapted: Nearly half of US job candidates said they were applying to more positions to increase their chances of getting through the filters, in a 2025 survey from hiring platform Greenhouse. Also common? Using AI to tailor their résumés to job descriptions, even if, in some cases, the jobs aren’t good fits.

Employers are witnessing this in real time.

For more on how employers are contending with the influx of AI-assisted résumés, keep reading on CFO Brew.—CV

      

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Today’s top HR reads.

Stat: The share of Americans who believe AI will lead to fewer jobs rose over the past two years, from 64% to 71%. (Pew Research Center)

Quote: “Opportunities might be there, but if they aren’t stabilized and they don’t have what they need to be able to get to where they need to go, there’s a problem.”—Sienna Daniel, who co-founded an app that’s been helping McDonald’s workers make their shifts, on how issues such as inclement weather and childcare can prevent employees from getting to work (NPR)

Read: Tyson Foods closed down a Joslin, Illinois plant where it employed nearly 2,500 workers, but said it would keep its employees on the payroll for another 60 days. Now a class-action law firm is investigating whether it did enough to fulfill its Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act obligations. (Inc.)

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