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Why Will Employers Increase Wages in 2025?
The latest Salary Budget Planning Report released by Willis Towers Watson (WTW) shows that salary budget increases are expected to rise by 3.9% in 2025. The overall median pay raise for 2024 dropped to 4.1%, compared with 4.5% in 2023. Although these expected wage...
Why More Employees Choose to Stay at Their Jobs
A new survey by Willis Towers Watson (WTW) found that 72% of employees choose to stay with their employers. This is in contrast to recent periods when most workers were looking for new jobs, such as during the “Great Reshuffle” in 2022. WTW’s 2024 survey collected...
Are You Compliant with Federal Gender-based Pay Equity and Discrimination Laws?
Federal law prohibits virtually all employers from compensating employees differently based on gender. Specifically, the Equal Pay Act (EPA) requires all employers to pay male and female employees equally if they perform “substantially equal” work in the same...
OSHA Proposes Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard
On July 2, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced an unofficial version of the proposed prevention standard to protect workers from heat injury and illness. If finalized, the new standard would apply...
