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Activity Recovery Total Enforcement actions $714.4 million Informal complaint resolution $468.7 million Abandoned plan program $117.3 million Voluntary fiduciary correction program $39.1 million No Surprises Act inquiries $67 million The agency is responsible for protecting approximately $13.8 trillion in assets for more than 156 million workers, retirees and their families who are covered by approximately 2.6 million health plans, 801,000 private retirement plans and 514,000 additional welfare benefit plans.

Companies need to factor proactive pay increases into both short-term and long-term budget forecasts.

Do you have a plan to address not only pay equity, but also career equity?

One way employers are personalizing total rewards is through voluntary, employee-paid benefits such as pet insurance , identity theft protection, legal assistance or long-term care insurance.

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.

“Whatever they can do to stabilize productivity [through benefits] will be key for their long-term sustainability.”

In a main stage address on Wednesday, April 23, at WorldatWork’s Total Rewards ’26 conference in San Antonio, Texas, scholar/entrepreneur Brad Shuck challenged the audience of more than 2,000 HR and total rewards (TR) professionals to stop simply “checking a box” and instead move toward principle-driven values that foster genuine psychological safety, meaning and long-term value.

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

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