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Workspan Daily
01/21/2025
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For two rules that have generated a lot of publicity and legal challenges in recent months:
;The Federal Trade Commission’s noncompete final rule was
published in the Federal Register on May 7, 2024 (with an effective date of Sept. 4, 2024).;
;The Department of Labor’s final rule updating the salary threshold for overtime exemptions was
published in the Federal Register on April 26, 2024 (with an effective date of July 1, 2024).;
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Journal Article
05/31/2024
Psychological empowerment can enhance performance because it increases: 1. the amount of information and control workers have over their work; 2. the level of work-related knowledge, skills and abilities possessed by employees; and 3. the level of motivation that employees have to achieve the goals of the organization.
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Journal Article
03/01/2021
Table 2 shows trust for employers is consolidated mostly among Republican voters, older (but not yet Medicare-eligible) voters and those with employer-sponsored insurance (ESI).
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Journal Article
03/01/2024
Journal of Economic Perspectives 31(2):87–106.
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Workspan Daily
07/16/2025
Several conditions and treatments are particularly notable when looking at jumbo claims, Segal and Sun Life found:
;Treatments for rare disorders can approach or surpass $1 million, while
gene therapy in particular, albeit infrequently utilized,
can surpass $3 million or $4 million.;
;Cancer (often medically termed “malignant neoplasm”) continues to be the leading condition that both affects the most covered members and leads to the highest claim costs, followed by
cardiovascular diseases and then
musculoskeletal or orthopedic conditions .;
;The cost of newborn or infant care has increased by 50% since 2021 — now averaging $476,200 per claim, with the highest single claim for that care totaling $7.2 million.
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Workspan Daily
03/06/2026
Private-Sector Hiring Sees Best Showing Since July 2025; Pay Up 4.5%
U.S. private-sector employers added 63,000 jobs in February, while pay was up 4.5% year-over-year, according to
data released Wednesday, March 4, by payroll processing firm ADP.
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Workspan Daily
04/01/2022
WorldatWork’s “ Salary Budget Quick Poll ” conducted in December 2021 through the beginning of January 2022, which had more than 200 compensation professional respondents, reported a projected 2022 average salary budget increase of 4% average and 5% median.
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Workspan Daily
08/19/2022
“As Gallup finds, it’s not just the hours,
work-life balance, or workplace location that leave workers dissatisfied ,” wrote CNBC’s Leah
Collins. “ In fact, worker
disengagement rises with remote work and 4-day week workers, and stress levels
rise for in-person and 5-day week workers. ”
Gallup also found
that the manager or team leader alone accounts for 70% of the variance in team
engagement
Workspan Daily
06/03/2024
In addition, 67% of respondents in the CFO survey named healthcare costs as a significant concern, and 39% said business results would be “materially impacted” if employers’ healthcare costs are over budget by 4% or less.
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Workspan Daily
08/06/2024
According to the APA poll, 1 in 4 adults claim to have reached out for support from a mental health professional in the past year.
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