HR & Recruiting — Pay Equity, HR Leadership, and Tech Layoffs Reshape Workforce Landscape as Skills-Based Hiring Shows Implementation Gaps

HR & Recruiting · 2026-03-19

Today's developments reveal three critical shifts in the HR landscape: the persistent challenge of structural wage inequality, the elevation of HR leadership to enterprise risk management, and growing pains in workforce transformation. The gender pay gap, particularly pronounced in hospitality, is emerging as both a structural and psychological challenge requiring systemic intervention.…