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;The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) changed little at 1.9 million but is up from 1.5 million a year earlier.

Many leaders, even those long in their jobs, find themselves struggling to be the great performers they want to be.

Trump, Eyeing Republican Majority, Nominates Macy to NLRB President Trump took two actions Monday, April 13, toward staffing the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB): ;Nominating James Macy, a DOL official and former management-side lawyer, as a board member with a term running through August 2030; and,; ;Renominating Democrat David Prouty for a second term (his current term expires Aug. 27, 2026).; Macy, who would replace former chair Marvin Kaplan (whose term expired Aug. 27, 2025) is currently the principal deputy administrator of the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division.

Here we can see that the theoretical basis for the topic can be found in social psychology where the term “equity” has been used to explain individual perceptions of equity’ in relation to exchange for rewards (Homans 1958).

Managing Costs, Designing Equity An employer that has worked to plan and implement equitable strategies to manage employee healthcare costs is Northwell Health, New York state’s largest healthcare provider with more than 85,000 employees across 21 hospitals and 890 outpatient facilities statewide.

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Based on this, he said, 85% of employers are interested in exploring innovative benefit models such as dynamic copayment plans or reference-based pricing.

Examples of such optional benefits include: ;Insurance coverage (e.g., dental and vision, critical illness and accident, hospital indemnity, term and/or universal life, short- and/or long-term disability, pet and veterinary, auto and home);; ;Financial and wellness services (e.g., identity theft protection, legal services, financial planning, loan programs, student loan assistance, gym/wellness memberships); and,; ;Lifestyle and personal perks (e.g., discount programs, commuter benefits, family planning).; Employers have a major opportunity to make a lasting difference in their employees’ lives through a broad range of offered solutions.

As organizations are spending less on long-term assignments and tax equalization, and more on business travel, short-term assignments, one-off moves and non-national hires, Cordova explained a new budgetary focus on addressing RTO-initiative fallout includes funding to assist current employees returning to the office, as well as relocating new hires to fill positions left vacant by departing employees.

Only 1 in 5 believed their employer was invested in their long-term career growth.