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Workspan Daily
04/08/2022
New Amazon Program Supports Immigrant and Refugee Employees Amazon has launched its Welcome Door Program , a new initiative designed to provide the company’s refugee and humanitarian-based immigrant employees with additional benefits and tools, including: reimbursement for EAD renewal fees, which on average cost approximately $500 every other year,;a citizenship assistance portal that fully supports U.S. citizenship applications for eligible employees,;ongoing communications that highlight policy changes that might impact an employee's immigration status,;free legal resources to help navigate immigration-related questions and the ability to connect with immigration experts,;skills-training opportunities, including free college tuition and English as a second language (ESL) proficiency through Amazon’s Career Choice program, and;customized mentorship to assist employees with career development.; Amazon has also pledged to provide for the immediate needs and longer-term support for people
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Workspan Daily
01/17/2025
Employees can also choose from a menu of investment options, including low-fee target date funds that automatically rebalance over time.
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Workspan Daily
09/22/2023
The investment covers the cost of tuition, books and course fees for workers.
Workspan Daily
02/16/2024
“We are seeing fewer companies that use meeting fees, as well as signs that boards are opting for larger board retainers in lieu of committee compensation,” Hourihan said.
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Workspan Daily
05/09/2025
“Bankers are concerned and afraid of paralysis where client activity freezes up and companies don’t invest, buy or sell, and the firms don’t generate the fees that they depend on.
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Workspan Daily
11/27/2024
Form 5500 compliance is a standard for 401(k) plans, giving an indication of administrative fees plans are paying.
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Workspan Daily
06/10/2025
Paying international contractors can get tricky with fluctuating exchange rates and transfer fees, making it difficult to predict contractor-related expenses and ensure timely payments.
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Journal Article
12/05/2022
Businesses providing traveling nurses kept some of those increased fees, and they also passed some of it through to the worker in the form of higher wages.
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Workspan Daily
11/13/2024
The board said such stipulations can include training repayment agreement provisions (sometimes referred to as TRAPs), educational repayment contracts, quit fees, damages clauses, sign-on bonuses or other types of cash payments tied to a mandatory stay period, and other contracts under which employees must pay their employer in the event they voluntarily or involuntarily separate from employment.
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Workspan Daily
10/17/2025
Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), reforms the revenue-generating abilities of PBMs, including prohibiting the practice of spread pricing, requiring manufacturer rebates to be passed through to health plans, and allowing only administrative fee charges to be assessed to health plan and health insurer clients.
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