What Were the Most-Read Workspan Daily Articles in 2025?

What was top-of-mind with Workspan Daily visitors and their organizations during 2025? Judging from the list of the top-30 most-viewed articles during the past calendar year, particular subjects of interest included:

Salary budget surveys for compensation planning
U.S. federal executive orders and legislation
Rising healthcare costs
Pay practices and policies
Well-being and work-life balance
Benefits administration
Employee recognition and engagement

Those are not really surprising considering prominent themes from 2025 included:

U.S. and global economic concerns
A further-softening labor market
Workplace changes initiated by the new U.S. presidential administration
Workforce burnout and mental/physical health concerns
The need to retain critical/top talent

Check out the full most-viewed articles list below (the ones with view totals highlighted in yellow denote member-only Workspan Daily Plus+ content). How many of these did you read? Which were your favorites? Which helped you with strategy ideation, implementation and improvement?

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

Article	Views
The Federal ‘No Tax on Tips and OT’ Push: Status, Data, Pros and Cons	29,599
WorldatWork: 2026 Salary Increase Budgets Project U.S., Global Caution	11,801
Mercer Report Shows 2025 Actual Salary Increases Less Than Anticipated	8,614
Mercer Forecasts 3.5% Total Salary Increase Budgets for 2026	8,322
Payscale: U.S. Employers Forecast 3.5% Pay Increases for 2026	8,250
WTW: 2026 U.S. Salary Increase Budgets Will Hold Steady at 3.5%	8,211
Gallagher Predicts ‘Moderate’ Approach to 2026 Salary Increase Budgets	5,671
Mercer: Employers Preparing for 3.7% Total Salary Increases in 2025	4,387
WTW: U.S. Employers Project 3.7% Salary Increase Budgets for 2025	4,370
When Must an Employer Offer Benefits to Part-Time Employees?	3,648
Rethinking Work-Life Balance: What You Need to Know	3,503
How to Tackle Merit Increases When Part of Your Workforce Is Maxed Out	3,426
A Pundit Called Gen Z ‘Unemployable.’ What’s Employers’ Response?	3,388
From Program to Core Strategy: Workplace Equity Evolves to Endure	3,353
Business Group on Health Predicts 9% Higher Healthcare Costs in 2026	3,220
How to Optimize Compensation through Business Cycles: A Case Study	3,167
Guidance on How to Avoid Common FLSA Classification Errors	2,794
Conference Board Projects 3.4% U.S. Pay Increase Budgets for 2026	2,721
Work-Life Balance: Is the American Model Getting a Bad Reputation?	2,664
Lump Sums for Employees at the Top of Their Scale: A Game Plan	2,547
The Five Goals of a Strong Compensation Structure	2,466
Recognize the Power of Employee Recognition	2,422
Checklist for Total Rewards to Be Compliant with H.R. 1 Provisions	2,368
How to Increase Engagement Among Remote Workers	2,313
What Does the Near-Future U.S. Workforce Want in Benefits?	2,280
Leveraging Competitive Compensation to Retain Top Talent	2,200
The Pros and Cons of Giving Managers Discretion on Merit Increases	2,065
Trump Order Puts Independent Federal Agencies Under His Control	2,009
How Artificial Intelligence Risks Directly Apply to Total Rewards	2,000
Total Rewards Leaders Share 2025 Goals, Priorities in New Study	1,968

Additional Workspan Daily Factoids from 2025

495,044: Total number of platform views
269,239: Total number of active users
515: Total number of articles published during the year

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