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Workspan Magazine
08/15/2022
Of companies polled, 45% said they are applying pay differentials as a premium or discount to either a baseline/single pay structure or individual pay, and 24% create separate base pay structures for different geographic locations.
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Workspan Daily
09/29/2025
Workspan Daily article;
As open enrollment season for employer-paid healthcare approaches, many total rewards (TR) leaders are challenged with delivering tough news — including rising premiums and reduced coverage — while encouraging employees to engage with their benefits.
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Workspan Daily Plus+
02/25/2026
As supplemental premiums are paid by the employee, this no-cost strategy allows your company to offer lower healthcare premiums without shifting unreasonable risk to the workforce.
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Workspan Daily Plus+
04/08/2025
Overwhelmed with variations in premiums, deductibles, prescription costs, copays and coinsurance amounts, employees may often select a plan they later come to regret, perhaps profoundly so.
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Workspan Daily
10/16/2025
Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangements
A QSEHRA is a health benefit plan that allows small businesses (those with less than 50 employees) to provide tax-free reimbursement for healthcare expenses like insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs.
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Workspan Daily
04/08/2025
Access a bonus Workspan Daily Plus+ article on this subject:
;Health Insurance Selection Checklist for Employees; The report, based on a poll of 2,011 privately insured U.S. adults aged 21 to 64 years old, found that most working Americans had a solid understanding of coverage basics, such as premiums (86%) and deductibles (82%).
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Workspan Daily
11/24/2025
The guidance reminded that only overtime required by the FLSA (and only the “half time” overtime premium) qualifies for the deduction.
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Workspan Daily
10/16/2024
To lower costs, the WTW survey found :
;73% of employers plan to carve out pharmacy benefits over the next few years ;
;51% expect to adopt plan design or network strategies that steer employees to lower-cost or higher-quality providers, sites of care ;
;34% of employers plan to shift costs to employees through premium contributions ;
;2 7% would consider a smaller PBM (pharmacy benefit manager) that offers alternate pricing models. ;
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Ihrke also offered these strategies to help employers respond to rising overall healthcare costs :
;Modernize plan offerings to optimize high-performing healthcare delivery strategies, coupled with options that meet individual needs from affordability to savings. ;
;Evaluate vendor partnerships by conducting analytic performance reviews, audits and marketing to identify the best financial optimal partners to meet objectives . ;
;Prioritize micro-strategies for the key cost drives balancing attraction and retention.
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Workspan Daily
09/12/2025
Patel said employees could expect paycheck deductions for health coverage to rise 6% to 7% on average in 2026, as their share of the premium typically increases proportionally with overall plan cost.
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Workspan Daily Plus+
02/17/2026
She noted common warning signs for leaders who may lack empathy include:
;Dismissive language;
;Chronic defensiveness;
;Low trust scores;
;High turnover clustered under specific managers;
Jordan suggested utilizing
360-degree feedback and anonymous engagement surveys to identify gaps and collecting exit interview data to help pinpoint problem areas.
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