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Workspan Daily
09/26/2025
Key Takeaways
;Amazon, Bank of America Announce Wage Increases;
;Proposed Pay Package Could Make Musk World’s First Trillionaire;
;New Report Shows a Rise in Worker Pushback for RTO;
;Wells Fargo Settles DEI Lawsuit Over Fake Interviews;
;Employers Standing Firm on Jobs, Benefits Despite Economic Pressure;
Amazon, Bank of America Announce Wage Increases
Amazon is increasing its average pay to more than $23 per hour, according to an
announcement made Sept. 17.
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Workspan Daily
09/13/2024
Key Takeaways
Bank of America Raises Minimum Wage for its Workers to $24 Per Hour ;Volkswagen Could Close a German Plant for First Time Ever;NLRB: Amazon is ‘Joint Employer’ of Some Contracted Delivery Drivers;Machinists Union Nix Boeing Deal, Begin Strike;
Bank of America Raises Minimum Wage for its Workers to $24 Per Hour
Bank of America has announced it is raising its minimum wage to $24 per hour.
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Total Compensation = Base Compensation + Incentive Compensation + Total Benefits
Total Rewards: People and Talent Metrics
Absence Rate Absence Rate = (Number of Days Absent / Total Number of Available Workdays) x 100 Cost Per Hire (CPH) CPH = Total Recruiting Costs / Number of Hires Employee Engagement Index Engagement Index = Sum of Engagement Scores / Number of Respondents Human Capital ROI (HCROI) HCROI = (Revenue - Operating Expenses - (Compensation + Benefits Costs)) / (Compensation + Benefits Costs) Offer Acceptance Rate Offer Acceptance Rate = (# of Offers Accepted / Number of Offers Made) x 100 Offer Decline Rate Offer Decline Rate = (# of Offers Declined / Number of Offers Made) x 100 Revenue Per Employee Revenue Per Employee = Total Revenue / Total Number of Employees Time to Fill Time to Fill = Sum of Total Days to Fill All Roles / Number of Roles Filled Training Investment Per Employee Training Investment Per
Workspan Daily Plus+
08/07/2025
;Important callouts: High-deductible health plans (HDHPs) can now permanently cover telehealth services before the deductible without violating HSA eligibility. … Direct primary care (DPC) arrangements are now compatible with HSAs, and DPC memberships will be considered a qualified medical expense under HSA guidelines (up to $150 per month per individual or $300 per month per family, indexed for inflation). … Bronze and catastrophic plans on state exchanges can be considered HDHPs for HSA eligibility, broadening HSA usage for participants on those plans.;
;Action items:
;Review plan designs to ensure they align with telehealth safe harbor and broadened HDHP eligibility rules.;
;If continuing or considering DPC arrangements, ensure their structure is compatible with HSA eligibility.;
;Determine if reinstating telehealth services before the deductible will be done retroactively to Jan. 1, 2025, only prospectively or not at all.;
;Communicate changes with employees and required notices.
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Workspan Daily
02/13/2025
Currently:
;30 states (plus the District of Columbia) have a minimum wage rate that exceeds the federal rate.;
;12 states have minimum wages that match the federal rate.;
;5 states (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee) have not adopted a state minimum wage.;
;3 states (Georgia, Oklahoma and Wyoming) have a minimum wage below $7.25 per hour.;
For the eight states in the last two bullet points, the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour generally applies.
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Workspan Daily
05/07/2025
Access a bonus Workspan Daily Plus+ article on this subject:
;How to Contend with a Job-Hopping Workforce;
When comparing positions held by workers after the age of 21 (excluding part-time and short-term work during high school or college), the research revealed the following longevity averages:
;Baby Boomers: 3.6 employers in 27.1 years (7.5 years per job);
;Generation X: 4.2 employers in 19.4 years (4.6 years per job);
;Millennials: 3.9 employers in 9.2 years (2.4 years per job);
;Generation Z: 2.7 employers in 2.8 years (1 year per job);
Although the data may exclude some shorter-term, early career jobs not listed by older workers, the gap is more than significant enough to account for those omissions, and it still paints a picture of dramatically increased job-hopping by the workforce’s newest entrants, said Jesse Wheeler, a senior macroeconomic analyst at Revelio Labs.
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Workspan Daily Plus+
04/23/2025
Quantitative Data Collection:
🗹 Number of PTO requests;;
🗹 Number of PTO approvals;;
🗹 Average PTO accrued per employee;;
🗹 Average PTO used per employee;;
🗹 Reasons for PTO usage (e.g., vacation, personal leave, sick leave);;
🗹 Reasons for PTO not being approved;;
🗹 Employee headcount;;
🗹 Overtime hours worked;
Qualitative Data Collection:
🗹 Reasons for not taking leave (e.g., workload, lack of coverage, manager disapproval, accruing for a later purpose);;
🗹 Employee understanding of PTO policies;;
🗹 Employee perceptions of corporate/department culture on taking time off;;
🗹 Employee feedback on improving PTO usage;;
🗹 Manager’s challenges in approving PTO requests (e.g., late requests, holiday weeks, request/approval system, staffing issues);;
🗹 Impact on team/department when employees are absent (high, low, unacceptable, etc.).;;
🗹 Manager feedback on improving PTO usage;;
🗹 Focus group sentiments regarding the effectiveness of PTO policies and practices that impact
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Workspan Daily
06/13/2025
Key Takeaways
EBSA Nominee Lays Out His Vision for the Agency;Senate Committee to Vet Candidates for DOL, EEOC Posts;Bill Aims to Raise Federal Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour;DOL Head Vows to Uphold Laws Amid Proposed Cuts;
EBSA Nominee Lays Out His Vision for the Agency
Daniel Aronowitz, U.S.
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Workspan Daily
05/11/2023
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which was passed in 1938, mandated overtime pay for most workers putting in more than 40 hours per week.
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Workspan Daily
08/26/2025
(Federal tax-free withdrawals from 529 plans for K-12 tuition are limited to $10,000 per year per student.
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