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Workspan Daily article;Employers Facing Healthcare Cost Containment Challenge for 2025 , Workspan Daily article;Boldyn Networks Offers a Bolder Approach to Employee Well-Being , Workspan Daily article;The Future of Direct Care in Employee Benefits , on-demand webinar; The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Friday, June 27, upheld the validity of a task force that recommends preventive healthcare services and related products that health insurers and group health plans must cover at no cost, derailing the latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Looking at employment by industry: Healthcare employment declined by 28,000 in February, following a large increase in January (+77,000).

For WorldatWork Members ;Bonus Programs and Practices , research; ;Total Rewards Inventory of Programs and Practices , research; ;Total Rewards Inventory Checklist , tool; ;Crafting the Employee Value Proposition , tool; A recent report conducted by recruitment marketing agency HireClix found that more than 70% of employers have a formal employee referral program, but only 2% of them report that those programs are currently working.

The Potential ROI for Covering GLP-1s , Workspan Daily Plus+ article;Benefits Pulse: A Guide to Listening, Learning, and Leveling Up , tool; In traditional pharmacy benefit models, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) operate as a nontransparent intermediary, making it difficult for employers to see the true cost of medications or how rebates and discounts are managed.

As a result, Diaz sued Tesla for violating a California law that prohibits employers from failing to address hostile work environments based on race or other protected traits.

For some employers and business observers, this is harkening back to 2020 and 2021 , when cryptocurrency as a payment method was generating headlines and a bit of (short-lived) momentum.

The post-pandemic generosity that once defined executive compensation packages is giving way to a more measured, sustainable model as employers focus on financial prudence, flexibility and long-term value.

Proceeding with Caution, Pursuing Agility Experts generally agree that employers are taking a more cautious approach to seasonal hiring this year.

;72% of polled employers said it’s becoming more common for employees to negotiate salaries based on information they’ve found online.; ;63% said employees come to them more often with salary requests that are based on inaccurate or unverified data.; ;38% said workers’ salary expectations are higher than they’ve ever been as a result of using AI tools.; ;35% shared employees are receiving conflicting pay information.; And, from the employee perspective: ;Only 32% of surveyed workers said AI assistants confirmed their salary was where it should be.; ;27% said the tools gave them higher salary expectations compared to results from other sources.; ;54% said they felt confused or conflicted about their pay as a result of their searches.; While 93% of employers surveyed by Payscale believe their workers trust their pay decisions, only 69% of responding workers said the same — a 24-point gap.

Thomas cited Payscale’s Pay Confidence Gap Report, which showed 69% of surveyed employees trust their employers’ pay decisions, compared to 93% of surveyed employers that felt their employees trusted those decisions.