What Were the Most-Read Workspan Daily Articles in 2024?

What was top-of-mind with Workspan Daily visitors and their organizations during 2024? Judging from the list of the 25 most-viewed articles during the past calendar year, particular subjects of interest included:

Salary budget surveys for compensation planning
Employment law and regulatory compliance
Pay practices
Pay transparency
Job architecture
Hybrid and return to the office

Those are not really surprising considering prominent themes from 2024 included:

A cooling job market
U.S. federal agencies issuing final rules
Employers and business organizations filing lawsuits against those final rules
American states proposing or passing pay transparency laws, as well as continuing momentum occurring at the global level
A tightening U.S. and global economy
The search for leading practices to maintain or enhance competitiveness in talent acquisition and retention
The continually changing state of the post-COVID-19 workplace

Check out the full most-viewed articles list below. How many of these did you read? Which were your favorites?

We hope you find this curated collection valuable, and we encourage you to share these insights to help your team and network start the new year right.

Article	Views
Report: 2024 Salary Increases Lower Than Projected	11,534
Federal OT Rule Finalized; Are You and Your Org Ready for the Changes?	7,422
Inflation, Labor Market Drive Merit Pay Increases for 2024	7,154
Reports: 2024 Pay Increases Projected to Exceed Inflation	7,015
Conference Board Projects 3.9% Salary Increase Budgets for 2025	6,340
Mercer Projects 3.6% Total Salary Increase Budgets in 2025	4,760
Global Salary Increase Budgets Contracting; U.S. Projection at 3.8%	4,487
Resetting the Pay Transparency Landscape for 2024	4,346
Mercer’s Salary Budget Data Indicates 3.9% Increases in 2024	4,200
Starbucks to Raise Hourly Wages in 2024	4,119
Report: Employers Taking More Conservative Approach to Salary Budgets	3,623
Minimum Wage Rising in Almost Half of U.S. States in 2024	3,417
The Keys to Building an Effective Job Architecture	3,221
Texas Court Blocks OT Final Rule; Impact Is Limited (and Wide-Ranging)	3,113
Pay Transparency Is a Global Phenomenon (and Concern)	3,049
Federal Judge Kills OT Final Rule and its Salary Threshold Increases	3,003
Appellate Court Upholds DOL Authority Behind Recent Overtime Final Rule	2,947
Traditional Job Architecture Career Streams Collide with Modern Work	2,565
Should You Provide a Pay Bump for a Lateral Job Change?	2,517
Payscale: U.S. Employers Forecast 3.5% Pay Increases for 2025	2,370
Hybrid Work and Flexibility: Expect Return-to-Office to Look Different in 2024	2,306
Salary History Ban Coming to Federal Employers and Contractors	2,134
D.C.’s Pay Transparency Law Aims to Close Severe Gaps	2,020
Employers May Have Reservations with Record-High Salary Expectations	2,006
Wave of Change: Pay Transparency Continues to Roll On	1,985

Additional Workspan Daily Factoids from 2024

336,524: Total number of platform views
172,884: Total number of active users
320: Total number of articles published during the year
37: Number of Workspan Daily Plus+ articles published since the feature debuted on Sept. 3

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