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Organizations that provide or facilitate paid leave (compensation); working parent support and resources (benefits), who cultivate thriving at work and home (well-being), engage in communication about career planning (recognition) and strategically plan for work coverage and returns (development) build cultures that encourage and enable employees to succeed, thereby driving positive short- and long-term business outcomes. 3.

Workspan: Who on your team participates in this long-term planning session?

“It’s one thing to say you’re not going to hire folks that are based in Colorado,” she said, “but if you’re also excluding candidates in California, New York City, Washington and elsewhere, then it becomes a pretty unsustainable process and you’re just shrinking your labor pool.”

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Companies are realizing that their people are their best asset and the key to attaining goals as they work to positively influence society, create value and improve long-term business performance.; Human capital management (HCM) turns the traditional administrative tasks, such as recruitment, training, performance management and compensation, into opportunities to boost productivity, employee engagement and business value.

But with improved performance, compensation controls are coming back, with companies adding back plan thresholds for minimum performance (increasing from 35% of companies to 61% of companies), bringing back pay caps and increasing the number of performance measures in the plan to get more specific about results.”

These challenges include: ;Low health plan literacy and a lack of understanding of benefits.; ;Unfamiliarity with enrollment technology and platforms.; ;A lack of personalization in benefits information, making it difficult for participants to match specific needs with available programs.; ;Massive enrollment structures, leading these workers to default to the same plans over and over, without considering life changes or new program offerings.; On the employer’s side, TR and HR professionals are often inundated with questions during open enrollment.

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The Impact Cost increases for outpatient prescription drugs outpaced all other health benefit plan categories in 2025, rising 11.4% and eclipsing both overall inflation and the 7.9% jump in per-person costs for many health insurance plans, according to the 2025 Health Plan Cost Trend Survey from consulting firm Segal.

ABOUT THE STUDY The employee financial well-being report is one of six reports based on findings from the London-based Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s 17th annual “Reward Management” survey.