UPS expands emergency day care after pilot program cuts turnover

The company said the pilot helped it avoid 120 unplanned absences and reduced turnover in the pilot group from 31% to 4%.

By Emilie Shumway • Oct. 19, 2023

Employers scrap pay practice secrecy amid regulatory shifts, WTW says

But creating pay transparency may lead to even more work, particularly managerial training on communicating about pay, according to survey data.

By Ryan Golden • Oct. 19, 2023

Explore the Trendline➔

Top trends in compensation

Between employee expectations and legislative mandates, compensation professionals have their work cut out for them.

By HR Dive staff

Starbucks’ threat to cut abortion travel benefits violated NLRA, agency judge says

Starbucks has been hit with a litany of labor-related complaints as its workers across the country have unionized.

By Ginger Christ • Oct. 18, 2023

Premiums rose 7% for employer-sponsored health coverage in 2023

Many employers surveyed raised concerns about their workers’ views of health plan performance.

By Emily Olsen • Oct. 18, 2023

Why it’s time for employers to talk about menopause

Support for perimenopausal, menopausal and postmenopausal employees isn’t just a health issue — it’s a key measure by which women evaluate their employers, experts said.

By Ryan Golden • Oct. 17, 2023

GE to pay $61M to settle 401(k) fund mismanagement allegations

The payout represents the “largest ever in an ERISA case alleging a retirement plan improperly offered proprietary funds,” according to the plaintiffs.

By Ryan Golden • Oct. 13, 2023

Open enrollment 2024: Best practices for HR

Year after year, surveys reveal that many employees don’t understand their benefits, and many fail to use them. How can HR help?

By Kate Tornone • Oct. 13, 2023

How the VA closed a 66% pay gap between public and private IT jobs

The agency moved to raise pay using a “people first, mission always” approach, Nathan Tierney, deputy CIO and CPO, told HR Dive.

By Ryan Golden • Oct. 12, 2023

California law gives workers 5 days of leave for reproductive loss

“Reproductive loss” includes failed adoption, failed surrogacy, miscarriage, stillbirth and unsuccessful assisted reproduction.

By Ginger Christ • Oct. 11, 2023

Most employees say they’re now in office full time — and they aren’t happy about it

Workers report finding ways to skirt in-office requirements, including via the new trend of “coffee badging.”

By Emilie Shumway • Oct. 10, 2023

4 tips for implementing a thoughtful benefits strategy — and getting a strong ROI

From offering pet insurance to fertility care, employers need to be flexible to attract and retain workers, a human capital professional told HR Dive. 

By Ginger Christ • Oct. 10, 2023

Managers should tackle benefits education, experts say

Employees say they want to learn about benefits from their managers. Here’s how HR can help.

By Caroline Colvin • Oct. 10, 2023

How Liberty Mutual rethought communications for open enrollment 2024

Employees typically rush through important benefits decisions, but a more holistic, human-centered approach could improve awareness of employers’ offerings.

By Ryan Golden • Updated Oct. 10, 2023

Spike in employer-sponsored healthcare enrollment only just beginning

Loss of Medicaid coverage will cause a rush among workers to join employer-sponsored plans, Christopher O'Shea of Sentinel Group writes.

By Christopher O’Shea • Oct. 10, 2023

Gender pay gap report earns Nobel Prize

The “E” in DEI is undeniably on the map.

By Caroline Colvin • Oct. 9, 2023

How employers can ease the mental load for working parents

Economics professor and parenting writer Emily Oster suggested ways employers can make a real difference for working parents.

By Emilie Shumway • Oct. 6, 2023

Employ moms in D.C.? Here are 5 resources to send their way

Companies that employ working moms in D.C. have plenty of resources to supplement their benefits offerings.

By Caroline Colvin • Oct. 5, 2023

Employers predict ‘modest’ 3.9% pay increases for 2024

Employers also said they plan to promote 8.7% of their employee population next year — spending part of their compensation budgets on related pay increases.

By Laurel Kalser • Oct. 4, 2023

Despite economic uncertainty, most workers still plan to ask for a raise

And employers say they’re willing to pony up.

By Emilie Shumway • Oct. 3, 2023

Financial strain is up, yet workers remain cautiously optimistic, Bank of America finds

Financial wellness among employees fell to 42%, the lowest it's been in at least 13 years, the report found.

By Ginger Christ • Oct. 3, 2023

Judge rejects employer’s argument that DOL’s FLSA salary test is illegal

An Austin, Texas, restaurant operator claimed the agency lacked statutory authority to set a minimum salary threshold for executive, administrative and professional employees.

By Ryan Golden • Sept. 29, 2023

Pandemic-era child care funding runs out Saturday. HR has an opportunity to step in.

At the National Maternal and Infant Health Summit on Sept. 19, advocates, labor professionals and politicians imbued their panels with a sense of urgency.

By Caroline Colvin • Sept. 28, 2023

As a ‘child care cliff’ approaches, employers look to boost caregiver benefits

Though full-time remote work is set to go away for some workers, their caregiving needs will not.

By Ryan Golden • Sept. 28, 2023

Employers to slow gain in salary budgets to 3.9% in 2024

The increase in inflation-adjusted wages has steadily declined since June, along with many measures of overall price pressures.

By Jim Tyson • Sept. 25, 2023

Lactation pods keep nursing moms on the jobsite

The spaces give women privacy for pumping breast milk, an action that is covered by the federal PUMP Act that went into effect late last year.

By Jennifer Goodman • Sept. 25, 2023