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Workspan Magazine
07/04/2022
For example, Mercer’s “ 2021 Absence and Disability Management Survey ” found 61% of respondents now offer paid parental leave to birth parents, up from 24% in 2015.
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Workspan Magazine
05/13/2021
There are also enormous unfunded pension liabilities building up in many entities that must be dealt with somehow in the future.
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Workspan Daily
08/07/2025
For U.S. employers anticipating
lower budgets for 2026 compared to actuals for 2025, cited reasons include:
;Concern about future economic conditions or business performance (selected by 66% of respondents);
;Prior year increases were higher than usual (32%);
;Reduced competition for labor or labor supply surplus (12%);
;Change in compensation philosophy or competitive positioning (6%);
;Other reasons (15%);
For U.S. employers anticipating
higher budgets for 2026 compared to actuals for 2025, cited reasons include:
;Change in compensation philosophy or competitive positioning (35%);
;Improved economic conditions or improved business performance (34%);
;Increased competition for labor or labor supply shortage (34%);
;Prior year increases were lower than usual (32%);
;Other reasons (12%); “Pay increases have been tapering year over year as the surge in wage growth and inflation begins to level off, but inflation is starting to creep back up with economic uncertainty mounting and
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Workspan Daily Plus+
04/13/2026
“You have to know your employees and then come up with a strategy aligned to the organizational outcomes.
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Workspan Magazine
04/08/2026
It’s about having a seat at the table to act as a consulting partner, in addition to setting up the tools the line managers use to get the transactions done.
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Workspan Magazine
06/11/2025
In response to increasing costs, many consumers may end up reducing their spending on nonessential goods, such as fast fashion, imported specialty foods or home décor.
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Workspan Daily
08/27/2025
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;Inclusion of telehealth, remote care services and direct primary care (the latter up to certain amounts) as
eligible for HSA reimbursement .;
;Correct coding of
employer payments to student loan support to avoid being taxed as wages, since the tax-free benefit is now permanent.;
;Adjusted eligibility rules for paid family and medical leave benefits from one year of employment to six months.;
;Allowing for increased (Achieving a Better Life Experience)
ABLE account contribution limits.;
For updates to benefits that involve annual adjustments indexed for inflation — such as student loan repayments,
“Trump Account” contributions, childcare tax credits, ABLE account contributions and
direct primary care HSA distributions — Turba also emphasized the importance of correctly programming those annual adjustments into your systems.
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Journal Article
09/15/2022
When jobs are poorly designed and are not satisfying, it mandates that the organization somehow make up the deficit to keep employees.
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Journal Article
09/13/2021
Real options are up-front investments that allow management to capitalize on favorable opportunities and mitigate downside risks by proactively managing uncertainty over time in a flexible manner rather than by trying to avoid uncertainty.
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Journal Article
05/31/2024
For example, indicators of success might include reducing work stress, ensuring a fair workplace, enhancing workplace diversity, achieving psychological well-being, turning a boring job into an exciting and meaningful one, securing an excellent performance evaluation, obtaining a significant pay raise or a promotion, or moving up the corporate ladder.
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