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Employee Relationships is a Serious Employer Responsibility

HR Digest

Many aspire to work at companies like Google, not just due to the pay they offer but because there seems to be no dearth of provisions for engaging employee and employer relationships. The focus on employee welfare started post-World War II when retirement and pension plans appeared as the biggest forms of employer care.

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Are workers’ compensation laws keeping up with changing demographics?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Workers’ compensation and occupational health and safety are not keeping pace. In the US (source: US BLS Current Population Survey, quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted 2002 and 2022 extracted June 2022): The employed non-farm labour force age 65 and over has increased by 2.5 in (Q1 2002). in (Q1 2002).

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DOL – New Electronic Disclosure Guidance for Pension Plans under ERISA

AssuredPartners

Citing their desire to comply with Executive Order 13847 (08/31/2018) which affirmed the Federal Government’s policy to expand access to workplace retirement plans for American Workers—Federal Regulators understand that complex regulations are a hurdle and a burden for Employers, and that more needs to be done to reduce those burdens.

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Celebrating National Bird Day in Flight of Knowledge Through Feathers and Facts

Empuls

The inaugural National Bird Day was officially established in 2002 by Born Free USA, a non-profit organization committed to wildlife conservation and animal welfare. Birds play crucial roles in maintaining the balance of ecosystems, contributing to biodiversity and overall environmental health.

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Are Workers’ Compensation benefits protected against the rising cost of living?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Over time, savings may be depleted, debts incurred, and their health and welfare diminished—furthering the burden of their original work-related injuries. Assuming just 2% CPI each year, the 1% reduction means that the purchasing power of each $100 awarded in 2002 will have grown after 10 years to $110.46 far short of the $121.90