Career & Visa News
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Workers are facing a ‘crisis of disengagement’
Multiple factors are contributing to low engagement rates, including a low-hire job market, layoff anxiety, artificial intelligence uncertainty and burnout, per new research.
News · Source: HR Dive · Source published
Nearly two-thirds of HR leaders expect layoffs in 2027
As companies plan payroll reductions, they’re also tightening their belts on severance packages while offering more extensive career transition services.
News · Source: HR Dive · Source published
NewsFlash! H1B Update: New Executive Order Targets Employer Layoffs
A new Executive Order directs DOL, DHS, and DOS to consider an H1B employer’s recent or planned layoffs of similarly situated U.S. workers when reviewing LCAs, H1B petitions, visas, and admission. It also calls for expanded interagency coordination and a review of previously file
News · Source: Murthy Law Firm · Openbound updated
Netflix to lay off 1,000 staff amid intensifying competition for user attention
Netflix said most of the cuts would affect its product, tech, legal, and human resources departments.
News · Source: TechCrunch · Openbound updated
Microsoft faces foreign worker crackdown as Vance blasts layoffs
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News · Source: Axios · Openbound updated
MurthyAudio: H1B Job Terminations and RFEs
The employer’s legal requirements for a layoff of an H1B worker and trends in Requests for Evidence are discussed by Murthy Law Firm attorneys in the October 2026 podcast. The MP3 is available here and soon can be found in the archive of our podcasts...
News · Source: Murthy Law Firm · Openbound updated
Surveillance company Flock cuts staff as privacy backlash grows
Flock would not say if CEO Garrett Langley would take a pay cut following the reduction in workforce.
News · Source: TechCrunch · Openbound updated
Wall Street's latest AI spook, Netflix layoffs, 'good debt' and more in Morning Squawk
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News · Source: CNBC · Openbound updated
Netflix holds quarterly earnings call following leadership shakeup and layoffs
Netflix reported its latest quarterly earnings on Tuesday. It comes as the streaming company has announced a management shakeup and layoffs of more than 1,000 employees.
News · Source: NPR · Openbound updated
New H-1B Executive Order and $100,000 Proclamation: What Employers and H-1B Workers Need to Know
On September 18, 2026, President Trump issued two significant presidential actions affecting the H-1B program: a new Executive Order directing federal agencies to increase scrutiny of H-1B employers, particularly employers that have recently laid off U.S. workers, and a President
News · Source: Reddy Neumann Brown · Openbound updated
Additional H-1B Barriers Outside the Statute: The September 18 Executive Order on Layoffs and the Extension of the $100,000 Proclamation
On September 18, 2026, President Trump issued an executive order entitled Enhancing Program Integrity and Interagency Coordination in the Administration of the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Program. Issued alongside a proclamation extending for another year the controversial $100,000 pa
News · Source: Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners · Openbound updated
AC21 Portability After 180 Days: Changing Jobs Without Losing Your Green Card
For many employment-based green card applicants, the years spent waiting for a priority date bring job changes, promotions, and sometimes layoffs. Congress anticipated this. The American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act of 2000 (AC21), codified at INA § 204(j), let
News · Source: Reddy Neumann Brown · Openbound updated