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It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later…maybe.

While goodbye can mean forever, a new employee offboarding and alumni platform aims to help organizations systematize offboarding and alumni network maintenance, so relationships with former employees remains possible without serious investment or effort from your HR team.

The AI-powered platform for employee offboarding and alumni management, BoomerangHR, emerged from stealth this week, announcing a $12.7 million seed round led by Kalos Ventures and Album Ventures, with participation from Monta Vista Capital, Atlanta Seed, Capital 11, and Strada Education Foundation.

“Why is it that the best companies—the McKinseys, the Goldman Sachses, the Googles—spend millions of dollars a year to stay in touch with their alumni, and 99.99% of companies do nothing?” asked Jeff Wald, who founded BoomerangHR in 2023.

For more on the value of staying in touch with former employees, and how BambooHR aims to make it easier for HR, keep reading here.—AD

      

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The Department of Labor (DOL) is upending progress for disabled Americans in the workforce.

The DOL revised certain regulations for federal contractors related to affirmative action for disabled workers under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. As part of the rule, which will take effect on Sept. 21, federal contractors will no longer ask job applicants and employees about their disability status. It will also end a 7% disability representation goal issued during the Obama administration.

The changes are aligned with two executive orders President Trump signed in early 2025 as part of his efforts to end so-called illegal DEI.

The DOL claimed that the representation goal was akin to a quota and was concerned that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. It also called asking about disability status “burdensome” to employers and “unlawful,” something the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission also asserted in its proposal to rescind EEO-1 reporting. Disability experts disagree.

For more on the changes, and how they will affect HR, keep reading here.—KP

      

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Making waves on their way out. When someone leaves the company, everyone feels it. So LHH created an infographic that shows you how career transitions affect the entire organization, from managers and former teammates to the company culture at large. See the ripple effect of these transitions + partner up to make your next move.

COMPLIANCE

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officially moved to end the 60-day grace period that allows certain visa holders, including those with H-1B status, to remain in the US legally while they look for a new job.

The grace period, which is discretionary, has been in place since 2017. It was issued by DHS during President Barack Obama’s last term in office.

In a notice of proposed rulemaking issued on Sept. 11, DHS said the proposal would restore “a direct relationship between an alien’s nonimmigrant status and the specific employment or activity that formed the basis of his or her admission or grant of status in the United States.” The agency also argued the proposed rule would reduce “administrative burden.”

For more on the proposed rule, and its implications for HR, keep reading here.—CV

      

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Today’s top HR reads.

Stat: Workers between the ages of 25 to 69 could reap as much as $20.2 billion in additional 401(k) contributions if every employer tied retirement matching to student loan debt repayments. (Employee Benefit Research Institute)

Quote: “We got feedback from people that they wanted to see even more explicit commitment to AI always working in service of people and not trying to replace them.”—Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI CEO, on why the company moved to restrict its AI models amid wider fears that the technology is developing too fast (CNBC)

Read: Getting rich off a successful startup exit may sound like the dream, but some entrepreneurs experience existential crises when they no longer have a financial need to work. (Bloomberg)

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