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Although it's best to consult with a tax advisor, a general guideline for utilizing employer-sponsored retirement savings vehicles is this: First, contribute the amount needed in a 401(k) to receive the maximum employer match if one is offered.

Key details for employers include the following: ;All employers with at least 10 employees as of Oct.1, 2025 are required to register employees with the EWF and make contributions if they don’t currently offer a provident fund or comparable assistance to employees for employment termination or death.

Compliance Is a Challenge Keeping up with this growing patchwork of state and local paid family leave laws will remain challenging for employers, said Cuneo DeSmedt, mainly because the laws already on the books vary significantly from one jurisdiction to the next.

Among survey respondents, 45% trust employers to provide quality, affordable health insurance coverage.

In providing guidance to employers , the Glennon Law Firm stated that the Supreme Court’s removal of the heightened standard “could lead to an increase in reverse discrimination claims, particularly as [DEI] programs continue to evolve across industries.

;Report Shows More Organizations Are Leaning into Pay Transparency; Determine Compliance Obligations ;Identify all legal entities and contractors located within EU member states.; ;Calculate employee totals in each member state, including part-time and contract workers.; ;Determine if remote EU workers (working in the EU for a U.S. employer) will need to be counted under individual national laws.; ;Identify and understand compliance obligations under each specific national law.; ;Review and document each member state’s reporting and remediation requirements.; Determine Strategy ;Review global versus local compliance strategies for process, consistency and internal equity challenges.; ;Determine what strategy works best for the organization.

Mark Goldstein, a partner on the New York labor and employment team at Reed Smith LLP, noted that the state often is at the forefront of new employment laws.

;Employers can step up.

Covered employers must also develop a workplace violence prevention training program to comply with the law, which takes effect March 1, 2025.

To fight inflation, Biden urged employers to lower their costs, not their wages: “Make more cars and semiconductors in America.