Kathryn Mayer

Payscale’s new Salary Budget Survey found that U.S. employers are planning for 3.5% pay raises on average next year—a dip from the past couple of years—due to a cooling labor market.

More than half (59%) of job postings on jobs site Indeed now advertise at least one benefit, up from less than 40% in early 2020—a more than 50% increase, according to new data. Experts said it’s a positive trend that more employers may want to embrace.

Data from Gallagher finds that employers, citing concerns over the high costs of GLP-1 drug coverage and medical services, are looking for more effective ways to manage their health care costs. That finding comes as more employers offer GLP-1 drug coverage for both diabetes management and weight loss.

The Midland, Mich.-based chemical company announced this month that it has added a child care assistance program and two new partnerships that provide its 19,000 North American employees with caregiver support.

Employees are spending less time and less money on open enrollment. Industry experts sound off on why that’s a problem—and how employers can remedy it.

Now’s the time to tout available benefits offerings that can help during this stressful time of year, from flexibility to after-school care and other child care benefits.

About 70% of U.S. women with children under the age of 5 are in the workforce, an all-time high. The new narrative is one in which mothers, with support from their employers—in the form of flexibility, career opportunities, and robust family benefits—can thrive.

From left to right: Rich Ives, Dr. Marcos Iglesias, Les Kertay and Dr. Kathryn Mueller, with panel moderator Joan Woodward, executive vice president of policy at Travelers.

New data finds that 44% of full-time workers don’t earn enough to cover their family’s basic needs—a finding that experts say mandates employer help.

“Equal pay for equal work” has long been a rallying cry for many, yet data finds that there are still significant gender pay gaps.