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This singular question leads to other questions for employers, including: ;Which pay strategy should you use with remote workers?

With its 90+ provisions, the SECURE 2.0 Act ushers in potentially game-changing opportunities to boost the effectiveness of employer-sponsored retirement plans.

“Employees should check with their employers to find out whether they will be able to take advantage of the increase and how since employers may not have time to update their enrollment systems for the new limit.”

As employees increasingly set work-life boundaries, the onus is on employers — leadership in particular — to recalibrate their productivity expectations amid a tight labor market that’s yielded a clear shift in the employer-employee power dynamic.

For WorldatWork Members Strategic HR Analytics: Driving Business Performance , Journal of Total Rewards article;Total Rewards Inventory of Programs & Practices , research;People Analytics Study , research; Whether designing or evaluating employee benefits, total rewards (TR) professionals perform an intricate juggling act, taking to heart: ;What employees say they want,; ;What employees actually use,; ;Employer budgets, and; ;Employer objectives.; With these — and other — balls in the air, TR pros today must utilize data to detect patterns and create balanced and effective benefits programs.

Access a bonus Workspan Daily Plus+ article on this subject: ;Skills-Based Mentoring: An Efficient Way to Build Skills ; The 2025 Employee Health & Benefits Trends report by Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA) found supporting a multigenerational workforce is a high priority for employers, as Gen Z workers (those born between 1997 and 2012) outnumber Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) but more Boomers are delaying retirement or returning to work.

The result is a more complex and costly global operating environment, particularly for employers that rely on international expansion, distributed teams or cross-border partnerships.​

Unlike “boomerang” employees — who leave an employer to take a job elsewhere but then return to the same employer — returnship roles are for experienced professionals who have taken a break of one or more years and are now ready to resume their careers with new opportunities.

And, ZipRecruiter research published in February 2025 found 73% of surveyed workers who left their employers in the fourth quarter of 2024 earned more upon switching jobs, up from 57% just a quarter earlier, and 31% reported receiving a counteroffer from their previous employer, compared to 17% in the prior quarter.

Both issues can be remedied with greater communication from potential employers about the benefit, observers say.