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Volkswagen Targets €4B in Cost with Wage and Bonus Cuts Amid Economic Pressure

HR Digest

These include cut in bonuses for top-tier employees, reducing additional payments for employee anniversaries, and exploring possible closures of some German production sites. VW is building a $2B factory in South Carolina and expects to begin production of the new vehicles in 2027. The extended-range version will have 500 miles.

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Save on taxes: Bonus depreciation for business vehicle purchase

WEX Inc.

Bonus depreciation will continue to ramp down for ensuing years: 40% for 2025, 20% for 2026, and 0% beginning in 2027. Bonus depreciation will continue to ramp down for ensuing years: 40% for 2025, 20% for 2026, and 0% beginning in 2027. What are the differences between Section 179 and bonus depreciation?

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Virgin Media O2 reports 9.7% mean ethnicity hourly pay gap

Employee Benefits

These goals include improving representation across gender and ethnicity by the end of 2027. The organisation’s 2023 median ethnicity hourly pay gap was 13.3%. Meanwhile, its mean ethnicity bonus gap was 41.3%, equivalent to a £3,315 gap, and its median gap was 39.4%, equivalent to a £1,439 gap. A total of 85.5% and its median gap was 2.3%.

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AAT reports increasing ethnicity and gender pay gaps

Employee Benefits

The report, which is based on hourly rates of pay on 5 April 2023, also found the mean ethnicity bonus gap was 14.3%, down from 15.5% The organisation also reported its gender pay gap data. For 2023, its mean gender pay gap increased to 3.1% in 2023 from -0.2% in favour of women in 2022. Meanwhile, its median gender pay gap rose to 17.3%

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Ford, UAW Reach Tentative Labor Deal: A 11% Wage Hike is Only the Start

HR Digest

Upon ratification, there should be an initial hike of 11 percent in 2024 , with a 3 percent hike every year until the end of the contract, ending 2027 with a 5 percent general wage increase. In line with the UAW strike deal, temporary workers could be the biggest winners with raises of over 150 percent. and skilled trades at $50.57.

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Health & Wellness Incentives: How Corporates Can Step Up the Game of Employee Wellness Programs

Empuls

Great way to attract new talents    Did you know that by 2027, the corporate wellness market is anticipated to be worth a whopping  $97.4 Gift cards and cash bonuses are typically considered taxable income, while reimbursements for fitness programs or discounts on insurance premiums may not be.

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

HR Digest

The current episodes of Sesame Street will continue to air on HBO Max through 2027 to fulfill the 10-year deal that was agreed upon by both parties. As a result, the company will have to downsize and make changes to its benefits and bonus program.

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