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Why Employers Can’t Ignore Wages and Benefits Anymore: The Real Cost of Falling Behind Inflation and Healthcare Increases
For years, employers have relied on periodic market wage surveys that fail to reflect the dramatic economic shifts of the past six years. Since 2020, real inflation has surged, healthcare premiums have climbed far faster than general prices, and many workers now find...
Why Employers Must Stop Ignoring Raises and COLAs: The Real Cost of Turnover, Low Morale, and Poor Performance
In today’s economy, many workers are struggling just to pay basic bills. Yet far too many employers are failing to give workers meaningful raises or cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs). This isn’t just bad for employees—it’s bad for business.
Medical Debt Is Back on Credit Reports —Here’s How Employers Can Protect Their Workforce & Improve Retention
After a few years of relief and proposed reforms; unfortunately, medical debt is once again able to appear on credit reports — meaning unpaid hospital bills and collections can damage your credit. What Happened: A Rule That Was Overturned In January 2025, Consumer...
GLP-1s and Soaring Drug Costs: What HR Leaders Must Do Now to Protect Their Benefits Budgets
Prescription drug spending is now the fastest-growing part of employer healthcare costs — and GLP-1s are leading the surge. With one in five adults reporting use and employer coverage expanding rapidly, HR and benefits leaders face a pivotal moment: how to manage...
Reskilling at Scale: HR’s Response to Rapid Skill Shifts
As 2025 draws to a close, one of the defining challenges for HR leaders is no longer simply attracting top talent, but ensuring that employees remain relevant and adaptable. With the accelerated pace of AI, automation, and new workplace technologies, the skills...
It’s Not Too Late: Add a Strategic Employer Sponsored Benefits Program for 2026
Even as budgets tighten and benefit costs surge, there’s still time to adopt a strategic supplemental benefits program for 2026—one that strengthens your employer brand, supports employees’ holistic needs, and complements core health and retirement offerings. Why...
Balancing AI Innovation and Employee Trust: HR’s Next Frontier
In 2026, HR leaders face a paradox: the same technologies (especially AI) that promise to boost efficiency, insight, and competitiveness also pose serious risks to employee morale, trust, and fairness. As organizations increasingly lean into AI for hiring, performance...
Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: The New Blueprint for Hybrid Work
The workplace has undergone a dramatic transformation, and the way we define “flexibility” continues to evolve. As Cisco's Chief People Officer, Kelly Jones, emphasized in a recent HR Executive article, the days of one-size-fits-all hybrid work policies are over. In...
When Health Plans Block Chronic Medications: A Growing Crisis—and What’s Changing in 2025
The Problem: Forced Detours for Critical Rx More than half of insured Americans reported being denied coverage for chronic or rare disease medications—and nearly half were referred to external programs to obtain them. These detours led to delays of weeks to months,...
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