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PayState Update Covers State and Local Payroll Compliance News

PayrollOrg

2025 launches a new year of PayState Update, the only biweekly eNewsletter in the industry dedicated exclusively to state and local payroll compliance news and issues.

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10 best and worst cities for jobs in 2025

Employee Benefit News

Scottsdale, Arizona, is the best city for job opportunities in 2025, with its low unemployment rate and high median household income.

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No PTSD Benefits for NY City Bus Driver

The Workcomp Writer

Passengers Attack Just Part of Drivers Normal Work Environment In Matter of Waddy v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Tr. Auth. , 2025 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 244 (3rd Dept. Jan. 16, 2025), a divided New York appellate court court affirmed the state Boards denial of benefits to a transit bus operator who sought contended that she sustained PTSD following a frightening encounter with an aggressive passenger.

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Navigating the SEA HR Landscape: Key Trends and Challenges for 2025

Darwinbox

Discover key HR trends shaping Southeast Asia in 2025, including flexible work, employee experience, cross-border hiring, and innovative HR technology strategies.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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What Is The Best Time Of Year To Launch A Corporate Wellness Program?

Wellable

Learn when to roll out a corporate wellness program to capitalize on seasonal trends and enhance employee participation. The post What Is The Best Time Of Year To Launch A Corporate Wellness Program? appeared first on Wellable.

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Businesses are cautiously optimistic despite economic and technological uncertainty

Workplace Insight

Almost 60 percent of CEOs around the world expect global economic growth to increase over the next 12 months, according to PwCs 28th Annual Global CEO Survey, launched during today’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. The report, which surveyed 4,701 CEOs across 109 countries and territories, also finds that 42 percent of businesses expect to increase headcount by 5 percent or more in the next 12 months more than double the proportion who expect headcount decreases (17 percent), and up

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BP Layoffs Announced in Pursuit of $2 Billion in Savings

HR Digest

Oil giant BP is starting off the year with an unfortunate bang, with plans to cut more than 5% of its total workforce. The BP layoffs are expected to affect 4,700 workers of the overall 90,000 individuals who are employed at the organization globally. The company announced its intention to go on a cost-cutting mission last year, with an aim to simplify the business significantly by the end of 2026, so the news of the job cuts doesn’t come as a surprise.

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How HRMS Can Help Reduce Employee Turnover?

Qandle

Employee turnover is a pressing challenge for organizations worldwide. Losing valuable team members not only disrupts operations but also incurs significant costs in terms of recruitment, training, and reduced productivity. In todays competitive market, retaining skilled employees has become crucial for sustained business growth. This is where an HRMS (Human Resource Management System) steps in as a powerful ally.

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Root-cause solutions will make America healthy

Employee Benefit News

The best way to curtail trillions spent on U.S. healthcare is to significantly reduce a high burden of preventable diseases from a persisting root cause.

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Where You Can and Absolutely Cannot Cut Costs Corners in Benefits Administration

Managing benefits administration is costly, and cutting corners in the wrong places can lead to disengaged workforces and the risk of non-compliance. This eBook from Selerix highlights areas where you can save without compromising the value of benefits. Proactively Thinking: Make decisions for the long run. Discover ways to be proactive in your decision-making to save money in the future, not just temporarily.

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Four tips for modernising and improving employee benefits management

cipHR

Effective employee benefits management is an important part of HR's remit. With businesses competing to attract and retain the best talent, current and prospective employees are looking closer at how employers reward and recognise their staff. As a result, more HR teams are adopting and managing a flexible employee benefits proposition to help organisations hit recruitment and retention goals.

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Global Pay Transparency Trends Emphasize Employer Unpreparedness

HR Digest

Despite global pay transparency trends suggesting that it is an increasingly important consideration for candidates who are seeking a job, only 19% of U.S. companies surveyed by Mercer have a pay transparency strategy in place. Regulations around pay transparency have been slow to come but the open sharing of information on wages and salaries has slowly grown to become a central topic of discussion when it comes to hiring.

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Step into the Future: The Future of Work Experience Lounge at EXE 2025

Workplace Insight

The way we work is changing faster than ever, and with it comes new challenges for HR professionals. Hybrid work, employee well, being, and fostering meaningful connections are top priorities, but how do we create spaces that deliver on all of this? The answer lies in reimagining the workplace as a vibrant ecosystem where collaboration, creativity, and well, being take centre stage.

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What's turning employees off from applying to your company

Employee Benefit News

A lack of salary transparency and overly drawn-out interviews are turning employees away during the job search.

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HR’s Blueprint for a Successful 2025

The HR industry is changing. Did you know… 1. There will be 4M more jobs than workers by 2033 ( BLS ). 2. For 84% of workers, flexibility is a top priority ( FlexJobs ). 3. 75% of employees have used AI at work ( CFO.com ). It’s time to meet the moment! Use Paycor’s guide to design a blueprint for success.

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CDHP Benefit Change for Virtual Musculoskeletal Treatment

Employer Connection

Congress did not extend telehealth benefit flexibility for high deductible health plans beyond Dec. 31, 2024. As a result, changes were made to the virtual musculoskeletal (MSK) treatment benefit for our major medical CDHP designs with plan years beginning Jan. 1, 2025, and after. Learn more.

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Calculate burden rate boost profitability

Business Management Daily

Unveiling the hidden costs of doing business Do you have a handle on your organization’s indirect costs? It’s a must-ask question for any business. Otherwise, ‘hidden costs’ like providing health insurance and the cost of utilities will eat into your projected profitability. Calculating an organization’s burden rate , which highlights additional indirect costs associated with labor, manufacturing, and overhead, is necessary to get a clearer picture of its bottom lin

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Resources are Scarce

Florida Workers' Comp

Resources are always scarce. There is never enough time, enough wealth, enough friends, enough peace, enough thoughtfulness, enough introspection, or enough intellect. The fact is that this rock is replete with scarcity. This is fundamental economics. There is scarcity and therefore, we perceive value. If the streets were strewn with diamonds, no one would drop thousands of dollars buying one.

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Fight, flight, freeze: Navigating stress in the workplace

Employee Benefit News

Sean Leonard, board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner, shares how you can navigate your "freeze'' response during stressful situations.

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4 HR Priorities for 2025 to Supercharge Your Employee Experience

Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.

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Why a “Boring” Job Might Be Your Ticket to a Better Career and Life

3Sixty Insights

Society often elevates the prestige of specific career paths. Doctors, lawyers, high-powered executives, and those working in aspirational industries like fashion, gaming, or entertainment enjoy a certain social status and, frequently, lucrative compensation. However, beyond the allure of many of these careers, youll often find long hours, significant stress, and the expectation of unwavering devotion.

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8 Links Between Leadership and Employee Retention

COMPackage

Employee retention remains one of the most pressing challenges for organizations worldwide. High turnover rates lead to increased recruitment costs, lost productivity, and a decline in team morale. Amid these challenges, effective leadership has emerged as a cornerstone of employee retention. Leaders who foster trust, engagement, and a positive workplace culture can significantly influence employees’ decisions to stay with an organization.

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Candor, Quarts, and Consistency

Florida Workers' Comp

Periodically, we receive a pleading that befuddles me. That is rare, but it happens. Those require a step back, pause, and ponder. We strive to comprehend and respond. More often, we receive pleadings sprinkled with mistakes and diversions that, while distracting are easily overlooked. The best examples are misspellings and grammar errors (seriously, who does not have spell check in 2025?).

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Inauguration Day: How leaders can prevent political division in the workplace

Employee Benefit News

Inauguration Day will act as a stark reminder of the ideals and issues that divide Americans.

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We’re Here to Help! How to Navigate Your Top HR Priorities

Are you helping your people proactively plan for retirement? How are you prioritizing the mental health of your HR team? These are a few of the questions that HR professionals are seeking answers to today. Luckily, Gallagher’s consultants came together with four robust articles (and one infographic) that help address these pain points and provide you with proactive planning tips to help you simplify, personalize and create flexibility in your benefits offerings to help ensure your people thrive

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Closing the Gap: How HR Technology and Strategic Alignment Drive Business Success

3Sixty Insights

Aligning human resources with overarching business strategies is paramount today. 3Sixty Insights recent benchmark report revealed a concerning statistic: 82% of HR leaders acknowledge a misalignment with their organization’s business strategies. This disconnect hampers efficiency and incurs financial repercussions amounting to billions of dollars lost annually across the global economy.

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The Best Corporate Wellness Software Stack for HR Teams

Flimp Communications

Wellness often involves unplugging from the digital world to focus on our physical, mental, and social wellbeing. But, perhaps ironically, creating and maintaining a corporate wellness program is very much a technology-oriented undertaking. Effective corporate wellness programs comprise an array of software solutions. Each tool or app has a role in helping employees become their best selves and helping employers achieve the many benefits of a corporate wellness program among them, increased pro

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The future of benefits: Unlocking flexibility in 2025

WEX Inc.

Flexibility in employee benefits has moved from being a “nice-to-have” to a business imperative. As we enter 2025, companies are facing a workforce that demands personalization, adaptability, and inclusivity in their benefits offerings. According to a recent survey , 31% of respondents said they wanted more flexibility and options when it came to their benefits package.

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Trump's tariff shifts are a warning for corporate America to expect whiplash

Employee Benefit News

Donald Trump opened his second term as U.S. president with a market-jolting recalibration of his tariff policies.

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7 Common ACA Compliance Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

Managing ACA compliance is a major headache, especially in industries with complex schedules and regulations. Errors can lead to fines, legal battles, and strained employee relationships. Ways to Avoid Penalties & Fines: Non-compliance with Hours of Service (HOS) or misclassifying employees can lead to fines and legal issues. We offer tools to avoid these penalties and ensure regulatory alignment.