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Sesame Street Faces Layoffs, Funding Cuts, and Unionization All at Once

HR Digest

The Sesame Street Job Cuts and the Impact on Workers In the email to workers, the CEO explained that the companys largest expense currently was its people and the benefits provided to them. As a result, the company will have to downsize and make changes to its benefits and bonus program.

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What Is an Exempt Employee? An Updated Guide for 2025

HR Digest

The threshold will be adjusted every three years after the next update on July 1, 2027. How Being Non-Exempt Could Benefit You For the most part, it is seen as preferable to be an exempt employee as they tend to have a more steady stream of income that is considerably higher than the minimum wages guaranteed by the FLSA.