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Workspan Daily
10/16/2024
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Mercer: ‘A Tough Balancing Act’
According to preliminary responses from 1,800 U.S. employers in Mercer’s 2024 National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans , total health benefit cost per employee is expected to rise 5.8% on average in 2025.
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Workspan Daily Plus+
11/26/2024
Federal Law The Affordable Care Act requires qualified health plans on the federally facilitated Marketplace Exchange to provide adequate networks per the guidance established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and for participating states to submit annual data .
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Workspan Daily
09/12/2025
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;Second jobs and gig work are on the rise in response to inflation and
rising living costs , increasing the average work hours per week for many Americans.;
Retirement Account Balances Reached Record High in Q2
Americans’ average 401(k), 403(b) and individual retirement account (IRA) balances reached record highs in the second quarter of 2025, according to Fidelity Investments’ latest
retirement analysis , released on Thursday, Sept. 4.
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Workspan Daily Plus+
01/20/2026
., cost-per-hire, turnover) impact the profit-and-loss statement.
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Workspan Daily Plus+
02/05/2026
Workspan Daily Plus+ article;If Workers Feel Squeezed, Reinforce the Sum Total of Your Rewards , Workspan Daily Plus+ article;Boost Usage of Mental Health Benefits Through Peer Storytelling , Workspan Magazine article;
Consider this scenario: Company A spends $200 per employee on a wearable device to track exercise and sleep, while simultaneously fostering a culture in which weekend work is considered standard for high performers.
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Workspan Daily
10/07/2022
While the GWA was in the process of unionizing, Activision Blizzard converted about 1,100 QA contractors to full-time staffers and increased the minimum wage to $20 per hour.
Workspan Daily
10/12/2022
Per the proposed rule, the six non-exhaustive factors DOL would consider in the assessment of the economic realities of a working relationship include: Opportunity for profit or loss depending on managerial skill;Investments by the worker and the employer;Degree of permanence of the work relationship;Nature and degree of control;Extent to which the work performed is an integral part of the employer’s business;Skill and initiative; “Absent a change in the law, the department will continue to adhere to the economic reality test which is supported by decades of judicial decisions,” Looman said.
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Workspan Magazine
11/03/2023
Since 2018, in fact, the number of companies hiring compensation professionals rose by 60% and the number of job postings per company grew by 52%.
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Workspan Magazine
04/11/2024
As a measure, the country’s biggest pension fund, AustralianSuper, said the move would likely add about $7,000 AUD, or $4,594 USD, per parental leave period for its members for retirement.
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Workspan Magazine
12/05/2024
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;A value-sharing bonus (“Prime de Partage de la Valeur") — a tax-favored bonus plan, limited to EUR 3,000 (or to EUR 6,000 under certain conditions), that can be distributed to all employees up to twice per year.;
UNITED KINGDOM
Sagging Job Quality Causes Highest Employee Stress in Europe
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reported by Reuters , British workplaces rank among the worst in Europe for long hours, tight deadlines and limited autonomy, without being any more productive, according to a
report produced for the Commission for Healthier Working Lives (CHWL).
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