Practice Management

The Health Care and Social Assistance sector added about 14,300 new hires last month and was among 14 of 19 sectors posting positive net hires.

Improving employee experience is no longer simply a technology challenge for organizations investing in new platforms and AI tools. Rather, it is a design challenge.

"The strongest post-layoff recovery strategies tend to have one thing in common: They demonstrate continued investment in the people who remain," says Amanda Augustine, CPCC and resident career expert at Careerminds.

World Cup fever has taken over the U.S. in recent days, prompting some employers — even those with the most hardline approach to in-office work — to lean into flexibility.

Allison De Paoli, our newly crowned BenefitsPRO 2026 Advisor of the Year, discusses everything from quality care versus expensive care to direct primary care models to employee communication and the future of the benefits industry.

"Many interactions that support coordination, learning, mentoring, problem solving and attachment to the firm occur informally and repeatedly through face-to-face contact," the report said.