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Course: Global Compensation Immersion Program Continuing education holds paramount importance for total rewards professionals, with an overwhelming 95% agreeing that it is essential or important to getting training and developing new skills throughout their work life to keep up with changes in the workplace.

Some of the world’s most ahead-of-the-curve workplace changes come from the fast-food industry.

For WorldatWork Members Considerations to Manage the Costs of GLP-1 Coverage , Workspan Daily Plus+ article;Navigating Living Wages in Total Rewards , Workspan Magazine article;Five Emerging Workplace Trends Affecting the Employee Experience , Journal of Total Rewards article; For Everyone As Interest in GLP-1 Drugs Spikes, Employers Weigh the Costs, Benefits , Workspan Daily article ;Employer Healthcare Costs Projected to Hit 10-Year High in 2025 , Workspan Daily article ;Employers Look to Balance Rising Health Costs, Benefit Upgrades in ’25 , Workspan Daily article ;As Health Costs Spike, Total Rewards and CFO Collaboration Is Crucial , Workspan Daily article ; Healthcare costs in the coming year are expected to rise in varying degrees for employer-provided coverage plans, according to three reports recently published by WTW, Segal and Mercer .

For WorldatWork Members Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Navigating Group Health Election Modifications , Workspan Daily Plus+ article;Employers Ready to Shuffle Health, Well-being Partners for Better ROI, Employee Experience , Workspan Magazine article;Workplace Well-Being Trends , research; Imagine needing an appointment with a physician, searching for an in-network provider under your group health plan and coming up empty.

.”; ;“Seeking employment, at least in part, to specifically engage in protected activity with other workers at an employer’s workplace.”; Abruzzo’s GC 25-01 memo was issued on Oct. 7, 2024, and sent to the same recipient list as the GC 23-08 memo.

Employees don’t just look to HR to settle workplace disputes, file complaints or submit paid time off (PTO) requests.

These optional, supplemental benefit programs offered as part of a workplace TR package are typically fully or partially paid for by employees — albeit often at lower rates than if they purchased them on their own — and handled with the convenience of a payroll deduction.

“Even during periods of turbulence, the majority of savers are wisely making the decision to stay the course and not make sudden changes to their retirement investments,” said Sharon Brovelli, Fidelity’s president of workplace investing.

Workspan Daily Plus+ article; ;Boost Usage of Mental Health Benefits Through Peer Storytelling , Workspan Magazine article; ;How to Calculate the ROI on Your Wellness Program , Journal of Total Rewards article; ;Benefits Pulse: A Guide to Listening, Learning, and Leveling Up , tool; Employee assistance programs (EAPs) have been around in the U.S. since the 1940s, though they first came on the workplace scene as occupational alcoholism programs .

Why Retirees Are Returning to Work The trend of unretirement reflects both employee financial concerns and a desire for continued engagement, according to Dena Faccio, the senior vice president of total rewards, employee relations and HR business partner-workplace solutions at investment company Voya Financial.