We’re in a post-RTO world.

More than half (54%) of Fortune 100 employees are in the office full-time, according to a July report from real estate firm JLL, up from just 5% in July 2023. The average weekly requirement for in-person attendance also increased to 3.9 days, up from 2.6 in 2023.

While many HR leaders said they were done with the RTO debate last year, some are still figuring out how to make their workspaces conducive to the combination of in-person, hybrid, and remote work their companies offer.

For more on how HR leaders are designing their post-RTO workspaces, keep reading here.—MC

“Under Pressure” isn’t just an iconic Queen song with an amazing bassline—it’s also how recruiters feel going into 2026.

Last year proved to be a tough one for recruiters, as hiring slowed, application volume increased, and AI created as many headaches as solutions. And it appears they’re continuing to feel the pain going into 2026: 66% of recruiters believe finding quality talent has gotten harder, according to a newly published survey from LinkedIn, with 42% saying they face mounting pressure to fill roles quicker and 39% perceiving expectations around finding hidden gem candidates.

For more on why finding quality talent has become more challenging, keep reading here.—PM

It may be 2026, but many HR leaders are still facing some of the workplace issues they hoped to leave in 2025.

Burnout, for example, continues to plague the workplace, due to systemic and chronic issues, according to Christina Maslach, psychology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and co-author of The Burnout Challenge: Managing People’s Relationships with Their Jobs.

Maslach shared with HR Brew takeaways from her 2022 book on burnout, and why these issues still persist today.

For more from our conversation with Maslach, keep reading here.—MC

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