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“This is important for HR and compensation teams as they plan budgets for next year.”

Day-to-day adoption by employees, meanwhile, continues to grow: ;Nearly 1 in 5 employees told Gallup in the second quarter of this year that they now use AI a few times a week, up from 11% in 2023, and the share who uses it every day also doubled.; ;Furthermore, nearly 9 in 10 C-suite executives say employees are using AI at work, according to a 2025 LinkedIn study of nearly 2,000 company leaders.; Over the long term, Groshen said, this type of total technological revolution will not reduce the number of jobs overall, because while AI will replace some workers, it will also introduce a new scale to the economy that will require more workers in other areas.

Rebuilding Trust After Layoffs Employee confidence affects how engaged employees are in both the short and long term, Zhao said.

There is a strong correlation between women in leadership positions and higher returns on equity and invested capital.

It is good business in the long term to invest in your employees, helping them rise to the major challenges in their lives.

SECURE 2.0 brought about numerous changes for retirement plans, including updated disclosure requirements for defined benefit plan annual funding notices (AFNs) for all plan years, starting Jan. 1, 2024.

Based on employee feedback, the majority were saying “we’d like an opportunity to be a part of the long-term success of the company through an ESPP program.”

“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.”

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.