In this week's episode and season finale, Abbey Dean looks at some of the year’s most popular episodes and the top employee benefits news of 2022.

Additional Recommended Reading

Episode 11: Strategies to Identify and Mitigate Burnout in the Workplace

Episode 9: Why One Nashville Brewery Is Paying 100% of Employees’ Healthcare Benefits

Episode 7: How Does the Supreme Court's Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade Affect Employers and Health Plans

In this week's episode, Abbey Dean and friend-of-the-pod Jeff Reinke (Editorial Director for Industrial Equipment News) discuss Ford’s decision to offer longtime employees with performance issues the option to voluntarily leave with a severance package rather than go through a performance enhancement plan.

Additional Recommended Reading

Ford Offers Easy Exit to Underperforming Workers, SHRM

Ford to Offer Some Underperforming Workers Choice of Severance or Performance Improvement, The Wall Street Journal

Ford Gives Underperforming Employees Option to Take Severance Package, The Detroit News

‘We Absolutely Have Too Many People’: Ford Ready to Wield the Axe as U.S. Economy Slips into Technical Recession, Fortune

Industrial Equipment News

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In this week's episode, Abbey Dean and Weller Emmons (Mployer Advisor's VP of Operations) discuss new mandates and regulations around salary transparency.

Additional Recommended Reading

Pay Transparency Laws Are Here. What’s Up With the Broad Salary Ranges? (Human Resource Executive)

Employees Are Demanding Pay Transparency. Here’s How HR Should Respond (Human Resource Executive)

Many Employers Will Soon Have to Advertise Salary Thanks to Two New Laws (CNN Business)

Pay Transparency Laws by State (Zippia)

Pay Transparency Regulations Frequently Asked Questions (U.S. Department of Labor)