The Hiring Rest: Noncompetes Shrink. Pay Transparency Expands. Audited AI Enters HR. How Smart Staffing Solutions Look Now?

This week brought a plot twist. The U.S. administration formally stepped back from defending the 2024 FTC rule that would have banned most noncompete agreements nationwide. Regulators signaled they will pursue targeted, case-by-case actions instead, and they already barred one company from enforcing worker noncompetes. That shift matters because over 20 percent of U.S. workers […]