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New Study Finds Employers Are Prioritizing Well-Being Options for Employees. Here’s Why It Matters for Both Parties

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Nearly 1 in 3 employers expect to expand voluntary benefit offerings by 2027 The study, Gallagher’s 2025 U.S. A common priority in benefit packages is health care, and employers are continuing to boost these benefits despite rising costs of medical services and medications. From a survey of over 4,000 U.S.

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Companies Planning To Raise Deductibles, Cut Health Benefits For Workers By 2026, New Report Shows

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The increased popularity of GLP-1 weight-loss medications, which can cost around $1,000 per month per patient, is also contributing to higher benefit costs. But while the employers said they were more likely to add the coverage for 2025 than drop it, it’s unclear if that will be the case next year, according to the report.

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When can employees change their pretax deductions?

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For calendar-year plans, employees will be making changes very soon for the 2025 plan year. The cafeteria-plan rules require employees to designate their pretax deductions before the start of the plan year.

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HQ: The Trait That’s Just as Valuable as IQ

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did not require college hopefuls to submit an ACT or SAT score for admissions consideration in fall 2025. Amy Addams , director of student affairs alignment and holistic review at the Association of American Medical Colleges echoes this sentiment. According to FairTest , over 80% of four-year colleges and universities in the U.S.

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Concerned About the Executive Orders and Memos for Federal Employees? Consider Joining a Union

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As the memo is written, only those with disabilities, qualifying medical conditions and other compelling reason[s] are exempt from the required return to office. Information provided herein is accurate and up to date as of the time of publication, February 5, 2025 at 1:50 p.m. This plan must be submitted by Feb.

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The baffling case of Karen Read

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Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe via Getty Images Editor’s note, June 18, 2025, 4:40 pm ET: On June 18, 2025, Karen Read was found not guilty of the second-degree murder of her boyfriend John O’Keefe. O’Keefe died of blunt-force trauma from a skull fracture and hypothermia, according to the medical examiner.

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Video Game Actors Win AI Safeguards In Landmark Deal, Ending Strike

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Motion capture actors will have medics available during high-risk jobs. The deal also provides compounded increases in performer pay at a rate of 15.17% upon ratification plus additional 3% increases in November 2025, November 2026 and November 2027.