Aug. 16, 2025
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Open enrollment is upon us and, with it, the culmination of many months of work optimizing employee benefits offerings.
In just a few weeks, though, we’ll be turning our attention toward what’s next. For the second year in a row, HR Dive journalists will speak with benefits and total rewards experts in a live virtual event, where we’ll discuss how employers should strategize to take advantage of the latest benefits trends moving forward.
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Religious bias and employers’ failure to provide religious accommodations have been focal points for President Donald Trump’s administration.
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The department will award grants of up to $8 million to state workforce agencies to create training funds that encourage employers to both develop and expand programs.
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As workers turn to employers for support, benefits programs can help employees protect their finances, The Hartford found.
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But layoffs, unfilled vacancies and other proactive measures are taking away from companies’ focus on their long-term futures, an Express Employment Professionals-Harris Poll survey found.
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Along with technical know-how, workers should stay competitive by building human skills in problem-solving, critical thinking and emotional intelligence, tutors focused on AI say.
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