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Or worse, you are left with a set of outdated pay and benefits policies that breeds internal inequities and resulting demotivation at the workplace.

Under the proposed rule, two or more employers would be considered joint employers if they “share or codetermine those matters governing employees’ essential terms and conditions of employment,” such as wages, benefits and other compensation, work and scheduling, hiring and discharge, discipline, workplace health and safety, supervision, assignment and work rules, according to the NLRB.

The initiatives are the latest in a decadeslong effort on the part of governments to reduce a retirement savings gap that has left an estimated 56.5 million Americans, or about 48% of the private-sector workforce, without access to a workplace retirement savings plan.

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Four out of five employees in a global workplace well-being survey say they are not thriving at work.

That can lead to significant confusion — 59% of workers who are not participating in their workplace plans thought they were participating when surveyed.”

WORLDATWORK: We hear a lot about backlash about ESG (environment, social and governance) and DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) metrics.

This is the first time occupancy has topped 50%, according to Kastle, since March 2020 when the pandemic forced most workplaces to temporarily shut down.

In the U.S. at the four firms, exits — both voluntary and not — have generally climbed each year since at least 2019, according to a review of online professional profiles by Revelio Labs, a provider of workplace data.

Additionally, the council may recommend other workplace regulations to the state labor agency.