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Workspan Daily
05/02/2025
However, many economists had predicted a steeper month-over-month drop based on concerns over the impact of President Donald Trump’s blanket tariffs against U.S. trading partners.
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Workspan Daily Plus+
05/14/2025
“You can drop all of this stuff on a bell curve with one standard deviation and make a mathematical decision, but Murphy’s Law does not follow statistical predictions; it always chases anomalies,” Luitjens.
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Workspan Daily
12/15/2025
Landry shared that in the 2024 enrollment period, the top three benefits workers had dropped were vision, medical and dental insurance, either because:
;The cost increased (26%);;
;The benefit wasn’t used enough (28%);;
;The employee sought to reduce their benefit spending (23%); or,;
;The cost of another benefit had gone up (14%).;
“Economic hardship reduces employees’ willingness and ability to pay for benefits at the same time as it increases the potential need for these protections, creating something of a Catch-22 for workers,” Landry said.
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Workspan Daily
04/28/2022
In the workforce as it stands, the number of Americans reporting they’re happy with their current jobs has dropped by 16%.
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Workspan Daily
02/03/2023
In New York, for example, occupancy rates dropped to 26.5% on Friday from 59.8% on Tuesday.
Workspan Daily
12/08/2023
Specifically, ADP noted that the drop in leisure and hospitality jobs in November could be a sign of the labor market normalizing , and therefore indicating payroll growth could eventually slow next year.
Workspan Daily
06/18/2024
Through the “Slice of Life” program, total rewards team members shadowed workers on childcare drop-offs and pickups, dog walks, and more.
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Workspan Daily
08/05/2024
TR categories that saw a larger drop in enhancements include variable compensation or bonus programs, down 8%; medical, well-being, leave and retirement benefits, all down 7%; and voluntary or supplemental benefits, down 6%.
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Workspan Daily
02/05/2025
Some achieve much higher reductions — such as General Electric, where
absenteeism dropped 45% after enhanced well-being programs were put into place.
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Workspan Daily
03/13/2025
From a more innovative lens, she said Mercer is seeing employers broaden the definition of caregiving to include:
;Petcare , with subsidies to support pet sitting or dog walks while employees are traveling or in the office;;
;Onsite backup care (not meant for full-time care, but drop-in only), creating their own access either through onsite childcare or near-site, dedicated networks; and,;
;Expanded eldercare support, with transportation funding and grocery deliveries.;
Izbicki said effective communication of offerings can be done through employee resource groups (ERGs), Slack channels, etc., and through cross-promotions with vendor partners (e.g., fertility, wellness, advocacy).
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