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Workspan Daily
02/20/2025
The Salary Basis Test’s Role in the DOL’s 2024 Final Rule
The salary basis test was foundational in the DOL’s
April 23, 2024, final rule that stipulated covered organizations must ensure all employees who are classified as exempt from overtime make at least:
;$43,888 in base salary beginning on July 1, 2024 (up from the previous $35,568 annual standard outlined in the DOL’s 2019 final rule), and;
;$58,656 in base salary beginning on Jan. 1, 2025.;
Under the rule, an automatic escalator provision would increase that threshold every three years based on up-to-date wage data.
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Workspan Daily
01/25/2022
On Jan. 1 of last year, for example, Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act went into effect, aimed at prohibiting gender-based pay discrimination and imposing more stringent requirements concerning pay transparency.
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Workspan Daily
11/18/2024
(For its purposes, the study used family-level data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey from Jan. 1, 2011, to Dec. 31, 2019.
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Workspan Magazine
12/05/2024
Frost: In my conversations with HR and TR leaders, there are three clear and prominentpriorities:
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Workspan Daily
01/29/2025
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Receiving late-night terminations on Monday, Jan. 27, were:
;Charlotte Burrows, who chaired the EEOC during the Biden administration and whose five-year term on the commission was scheduled to expire on July 1, 2028; and;
;Jocelyn Samuels, the Biden-era commission vice chair, who was confirmed to serve until July 1, 2026.;
EEOC general counsel Karla Gilbride, who was confirmed during the Biden administration for a four-year term ending in 2027, was also fired.
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Workspan Daily
06/13/2025
He stated, “There are many issues that require regulatory clarity and stability so that the system can function properly, including (1) modernizing
defined contribution plans to include alternative investments, such as private equity and
cryptocurrency ; (2) the consideration of ESG [ environmental, social and governance ] factors; (3) the
fiduciary rule as applied to [individual retirement account] rollovers; (4) mental health parity; (5) plan forfeitures; (6) pension risk transfers; (7) tobacco and vaccine surcharges and wellness programs; (8) managing pharmacy benefit managers and healthcare costs; and (9) cybersecurity to protect participants assets — just to name a few key issues.
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Workspan Daily Plus+
07/16/2025
Actions to consider include:
;Offer comprehensive wellness programs that can increase the overall health of your workforce and potentially identify conditions and treatment before they become more significant.;
;Implement strategies like centers of excellence for costly procedures (e.g., organ transplants, cancer treatments), which can provide quality care at a lower, negotiated rate.;
;Pursue pharmacy benefit management (PBM) strategies to manage high-cost specialty drugs like glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1).;
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Workspan Daily
10/11/2023
Under Massachusetts’ proposed legislation, employers with 100 or more full-time employees in Massachusetts that are subject to EEO-1 filing requirements must provide an industry-based “aggregate wage data report” as a supplement to their EEO-1 report.
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Workspan Daily
07/16/2025
For WorldatWork Members Health Insurance Selection Checklist for Employees , Workspan Daily Plus+ article;Getting Benefits Enrollment Right: Big Trends Spark Fresh Strategies , Workspan Magazine article;Considerations to Manage the Costs of GLP-1 Coverage , Workspan Daily Plus+ article; For Everyone Employers Facing Healthcare Cost Containment Challenge for 2025 , Workspan Daily article;Employer Healthcare Costs Projected to Hit 10-Year High in 2025 , Workspan Daily article;Do Your Employees Understand the Health Plan They Picked?
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Workspan Magazine
06/13/2024
For additional information and historical context to the rule, see these WorldatWork resources: Workspan Daily: Jan. 1 Deadline Is Approaching for OT Final Rule; Will You Be Ready?
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