President Donald Trump’s second term in office has been marked by rapid changes in the political winds and dramatic U-turns as he looks to align federal policy with his political agenda.

During Trump’s first year in office, the new administration has moved swiftly to introduce a wave of new actions and guidances that upend a range of HR- and employment-related policies and protections of the last four years as well as long-standing compliance and enforcement norms.

From DEI to reproductive healthcare, the administration has leveraged the bully pulpit of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. to change the way Americans work and do businesses. To help organizations and their HR teams monitor the regulatory changes and assess what work (if any) is required to remain compliant, and avoid the Eye of Sauron (and an investigation from the EEOC), HR Brew developed an ongoing policy tracker to help HR and their compliance teams stay up to date on the rapidly evolving landscape.

The tracker includes executive orders, guidance memos, regulations, and legislation relevant to HR professionals. While not all of these actions have the force of law, they provide an indication of where the Department of Labor and EEOC will focus their scrutiny under the Trump administration’s direction. The administration’s unprecedented moves require HR teams to think about compliance a bit differently and brace for a host of government actions amid the spirit of the Trumpian approach to make America great again.

For more on the executive orders, regulations, and laws President Trump enacted in his first 365 days, keep reading here.—AD, CV

Employees aren’t jazzed about, well, being employees right now.

Burnout and fatigue were some of the most commonly used terms to describe employee sentiment in 2025. Glassdoor reviews mentioning “burnout” were up 32% year over year in Q1 2025, reaching the highest level since Glassdoor started tracking mentions of the word in 2016. “Fatigue,” however, was “the word of the year,” with a 41% increase in mentions in 2025.

“It’s not a surprise that workers feel fatigued after five-plus years of the emotional roller coaster that we’ve all been on, really starting from the pandemic,” said Daniel Zhao, chief economist at Glassdoor. “This is also exacerbated by the state of the job market right now where workers do feel stuck.”

Many workers may feel like they’re experiencing a “career pause or freeze” as a result of the cooled labor market, and when workers don’t feel they are progressing, they can “feel stuck,” Zhao told HR Brew. This, he said, can contribute to burnout and fatigue.

For more on how HR can help employees, and what it means for HR, keep reading here.—MC

For all of AI’s copilot branding, people tend to fly solo in many of their interactions with the technology: one human prompting various chat terminals.

Collaboration platform Miro wants to toggle the switch to “multiplayer.” The workflow visualization platform has rolled out a series of new AI tools—called Flows and Sidekicks—that are meant to let a whole team interact with the technology at once. The company debuted new AI Workflows this week.

Miro’s not the only company thinking along these lines: A few months ago, a Microsoft exec hinted at tools that make AI more of a “team sport,” per GeekWire; OpenAI has been experimenting with “multiplayer ChatGPT.” Indeed, “multiplayer AI” seems to be hovering on the verge of buzzword-dom.

For more on how the company is thinking about this mode of AI interaction, keep reading on Revenue Brew.—PK

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