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Intel’s new CEO Lip-Bu Tan signals sweeping layoffs and fightback

Employee Benefits - March 13, 2025

Intel appoints new CEO Lip-Bu Tan in 2025, signaling layoffs, a foundry push, and culture shift. Intel stock rises as it eyes a comeback. ...

Fringe Benefits: A Guide to Understanding and Leveraging Employee Perks

Employee Benefits - March 13, 2025

Explore the meaning of fringe benefits: definition, types, and examples. Learn taxable fringe benefits and IRS rules in this employer guide. ...

No Tax on Overtime in California: When Does the Payoff Begin?

Compensation - March 12, 2025

When does no tax on overtime start in California? Dive into California’s overtime tax exemption bill and see if overtime pay skips taxes. ...

Will today’s CPI report cool inflation’s salary heat for HR?

Compensation - March 12, 2025

Today’s CPI data could shift HR’s 2025 playbook: tame inflation’s bite or fuel salary hikes? Get the edge with The HR Digest. ...

Who gets paid and who doesn’t during a government shutdown?

Compensation - March 11, 2025

Who gets paid during a shutdown? A definitive guide to federal paychecks and back pay laws for essential and non-essential workers. ...

SSA tightens recovery rules for Social Security overpayments in 2025

Employee Benefits - March 10, 2025

The SSA’s Social Security overpayment recovery shifts gears, reversing leniency with a Social Security overpayment crackdown. ...

How HR can stand firm in a 2025 recession

Workplace Culture - March 10, 2025

Is a recession coming in 2025? Learn how HR can stand firm in a 2025 recession with strategies to face the US economy downturn ...

What’s delaying March beneficiaries’ social security payments?

Employee Benefits - March 08, 2025

Social Security March payments face SSA benefit delays. Beneficiaries ask: Where’s my check? Social Security $2000 payments roll out. ...

Could 70 be Social Security’s new retirement age?

Employee Benefits - March 07, 2025

Full retirement age in 2025 hits 67. Here’s HR’s take on new Social Security benefit changes, best age to claim benefits, and increases. ...

30 Employee Appreciation Day Gifts to make your team feel like VIPs

Employee Benefits - March 06, 2025

Wondering what to get your employees for Employee Appreciation Day? Here are 30 creative and unique ideas employee recognition ideas. ...

How HR can ease student loan forgiveness plans paused for PSLF borrowers

Employee Benefits - March 04, 2025

HR can ease student loan forgiveness plans paused for PSLF borrowers, tackle Public Service Loan Forgiveness issues and wage garnishment risks ...

Google cloud layoffs and HR cuts, what’s the 2025 memo hiding?

Workplace Culture - February 28, 2025

Two months into 2025, and Google’s at it again. On February 27, news of Google’s layoffs in 2025 targeting its HR and Cloud divisions broke. No exact headcount has be...

Severance’s dark mirror, HR’s chance to build better than a cult

Workplace Culture - February 28, 2025

Severance Season 2, Episode 7 (9 PM EST) unmasks cultish culture. HR fights back with lessons from the recap. The HR Digest has answers! ...

Social Security Fairness Act Tests HR’s Compliance Grit

Compensation - February 27, 2025

Social Security Fairness Act 2025 sparks HR compliance woes with checks, retroactive payments. Get the updates here. ...

Social Security Retroactive Payments Fuel HR Win

Compensation - February 27, 2025

The Social Security Fairness Act isn’t just an arbitrary headline, it’s a noteworthy shift that will benefit millions of frontline workers. Signed into law on January...

Medicaid cuts, the workforce crisis HR leaders can’t ignore

Employee Benefits - February 26, 2025

Medicaid cuts from the budget resolution could hit workers hard. How will HR leaders handle the Medicaid fallout? ...