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Workspan Daily Plus+
03/26/2025
Calculate the key metrics used to evaluate each program, such as total compensation and benefit costs, benefits cost as a percentage of total compensation, costs per employee, utilization rates, employee satisfaction scores, etc., and determine year-to-year changes to assess trends and patterns.
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Workspan Daily
07/02/2025
Ihrke also shared WTW data that showed organizations with high well-being scores are linked to better business outcomes, including:
;36% more return on equity;
;30% lower healthcare costs for the employer;
;19% more return on assets;
;5% more revenue per employee;
To encourage employees to make preventive care a priority, Ihrke said, “Total rewards professionals should have a targeted communication strategy to provide education and have reminders on when an individual should see a physician, include options for both in-person and virtual appointments, and communicate anticipated costs.”
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Workspan Daily
08/14/2025
The Impact
Cost increases for outpatient prescription drugs outpaced all other health benefit plan categories in 2025, rising 11.4% and eclipsing both overall inflation and the 7.9% jump in per-person costs for many health insurance plans, according to the
2025 Health Plan Cost Trend Survey from consulting firm Segal.
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Workspan Daily
08/22/2025
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Generations at Work Pulse report , which included responses from more than 2,000 U.S. professionals, found:
;Recognition, flexibility and fair compensation are top engagement drivers, but priorities vary slightly per group.;
;Millennials place a higher value on work-life balance than older generations.;
;Distractions and tech frustrations affect everyone, though younger workers tend to feel them less intensely.;
;All generations benefit from strategies like setting boundaries, seeking feedback and upskilling to stay engaged.;
The report also found constant distractions disrupt focus.
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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
As
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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Workspan Daily
02/26/2025
“The various pay models include an annual cash retainer only, per-meeting fees only, a combination of retainer and meeting fees, and an equity retainer only.”
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