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This was one of several key messages the panel of practitioners conveyed to nearly 2,000 attendees in Tuesday’s opening session at WorldatWork’s Total Rewards’23 event in San Diego.

With this in mind, a group of HR and rewards leaders at a few of the largest organizations in the United States were part of a panel discussion moderated by WorldatWork CEO Scott Cawood to kick off the second day of the “ Rewards ’22 ” event in Atlanta on Tuesday.

For WorldatWork Members Health Insurance Selection Checklist for Employees , Workspan Daily Plus+ article;5 Ways You Can Reduce Workers’ Open Enrollment Regret , Workspan Daily Plus+ article;Total Rewards Inventory of Programs & Practices , research; For Everyone Mercer: Health Benefit Cost Jump Will Hit 15-Year High in 2026 , Workspan Daily article;Business Group on Health Predicts 9% Higher Healthcare Costs in 2026 , Workspan Daily article;A Prescription for Rising Drug Costs , Workspan Daily article; An advisory panel within the U.S.

More than 4,500 people died in England in 2022 due to high temperatures, which was the largest figure on record, reported The Guardian .

South Carolina House Bill 3450 , introduced Jan. 10, 2023 (eventually died in committee); reintroduced as House Bill 4850 , introduced Jan. 10, 2024 (eventually died in committee); reintroduced as House Bill 3793 , introduced Jan. 28, 2025; referred to Ways and Means Committee Current version of legislation still being polished in committee; previous version also proposed to exempt up to $2,500 in annual bonus pay from being taxed.

In addition, WTW tracks the SEC’s Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) that accompanied the final rules, most recently in November 2023 (see SEC issues November 2023 guidance on pay versus performance ).

The WorldatWork study also included a survey of 303 full-time business professionals via the Schlesinger Group panel online.

Equal Pay Champion Lilly Ledbetter Dies at 86 As reported by the Associated Press , Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation , died Oct. 12 at the age of 86.

At the full retirement age, SSDI benefits are converted to retirement benefits and are paid from the OASI trust fund rather than the DI trust fund.

Cartwright’s professional affiliations include Affiliate Advisory Council Member at WorldatWork, Past Member -Texas SHRM State Council - Board Advisor to State Director – Business Development Past Board Chair - Texas Association of Business (TAB) Past Task Force Chair - Return To Work / Future of Work Initiative TAB, Chair -Past Board Member – Texas SHRM Past Member of the Total Rewards, Compensation, & Benefits National Expertise Panel and National Volunteer Leader on Veteran Employment –Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Past Founder and Committee Chair –Texas Compensation Alliance Group, member of World-At-Work, Austin Human Resources Management Association (Past Committee Co-chair for the Austin Area Pay and Benefits Survey), Williamson County Human Resource Management Association (Charter Member & Past President), and the Central Texas and the South Texas Compensation and Benefits Associations.