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President Donald Trump announced the rollout of new retirement savings plans that would be eligible for matching contributions from the federal government, and nearly one-fifth of Generation Z workers admitted to bringing a parent to a job interview.
Here’s a closer look at those numbers and some of the others making headlines in the HR world.
By the numbers
15%
The percentage of Generation Z workers surveyed who said their parents had joined them for in-person interviews, a report by career site Zety found.
17%
The share of U.S. adults surveyed who said that workplace artificial intelligence is reliable without human oversight, according to the Connext Global 2026 AI Oversight Report.
60 days
The length of the public comment period for the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed independent contractor rule, per a document set to be published Friday in the Federal Register.
Up to $1,000
The amount that workers could receive annually in matching contributions from the federal government in a new retirement savings plan that President Donald Trump announced during the State of the Union address Tuesday.
Up to $2,500
The amount that employers will be able to contribute per year to a 530A account, or Trump account, held by an employee or the employee’s dependent, according to the IRS.
