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Quick Hits - September 3, 2025

2 September 2025

Quick Hits - September 3, 2025

Author: ASE Staff

Did you know? Baby boomers born in the latter years of the baby boom held an average of 12.9 jobs from age 18 to age 58, with over 40% of these jobs held from ages 18 to 24.  These  baby boomers held an average of 5.6 jobs while ages 18 to 24. The average fell to 4.5 jobs from ages 25 to 34; to 2.9 jobs from ages 35 to 44; to 2.2 jobs from ages 45 to 54; and to 1.3 jobs from ages 55 to 58. Sounds familiar to other generations?  Source:  U.S. Census 8/26/25
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Quick Hits - August 27, 2025

26 August 2025

Quick Hits - August 27, 2025

Author: ASE Staff

IRS releases draft W-2 to encompass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act changes:  The IRS released a draft version of the new W-2.  Forms and instructions are subject to OMB approval before they can be officially released, so the IRS post drafts of them until they are approved. Drafts of instructions and pubs usually have some additional changes before their final release.  The changes specific to Tips, Overtime, and Trump Accounts are found in Box 12:  TA-Trump Accounts ...
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Quick Hits - August 20, 2025

19 August 2025

Quick Hits - August 20, 2025

Author: ASE Staff

Are you underpaid? Maybe or maybe not: Nearly 7 in 10 workers believe they’re underpaid, even when their compensation is at or above market rates, according to a new Payscale report.  That’s a leap from the 51% of employees earning at or above market who felt underpaid four years ago. 

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Quick Hits - August 13, 2025

12 August 2025

Quick Hits - August 13, 2025

Author: ASE Staff

Willing to work long hours? We want you: If you think free time is overrated, this is the job market for you. Corporate job listings this summer stress long hours, a competitive business environment, and the importance of hustle. It might seem impractical to recruit applicants with a pitch that loosely translates to “this is going to hurt.” But we’re a long way from 2022.  Americans are facing months-long job searches and competition from laid-off workers as companies...
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Quick Hits - August 6, 2025

5 August 2025

Quick Hits - August 6, 2025

Author: ASE Staff

VETS 4212 reporting started August 1: On August 1, VETS 4212 reporting for federal contractors began.  The U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) and Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) have supported affirmative actions to employ and advance in employment of covered veterans since 2008.

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Quick Hits - July 30, 2025

29 July 2025

Quick Hits - July 30, 2025

Author: ASE Staff

Workday bleeds into all hours: Workers slid into the habit of working at all hours during the pandemic, when many worked from home. Though fewer people are fully remote now, many are still toiling into the night and say an expanding load of meetings, emails, and actual work are a big reason.

Quick Hits - July 23, 2025

22 July 2025

Quick Hits - July 23, 2025

Author: ASE Staff

New federal minimum wage? Republican Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) on Tuesday introduced legislation that would increase the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour from the current $7.25 per hour.  If adopted, the bill, dubbed the “Higher Wages for American Works Act of 2025,” would increase the hourly standard wage to $15 starting Jan. 1, 2026,

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Quick Hits - July 16, 2025

15 July 2025

Quick Hits - July 16, 2025

Author: ASE Staff

Canada increases wage threshold under temporary worker program:  Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has announced an increase in the wage threshold under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), effective June 27, 2025.

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Quick Hits - July 9, 2025

8 July 2025

Quick Hits - July 9, 2025

Author: ASE Staff

Is the company picnic dead? Long a staple but in recent years fading, company picnics have been a morale booster and networking opportunity for employees.

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Quick Hits - July 2, 2025

1 July 2025

Quick Hits - July 2, 2025

Author: ASE Staff

CareerBuilder + Monster filing bankruptcy: CareerBuilder + Monster, which once dominated the online recruitment industry, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday and said it plans to sell its businesses. 

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Quick Hits - June 25, 2025

24 June 2025

Quick Hits - June 25, 2025

Author: ASE Staff

Employees want financial benefits: Fewer than 2 in 5 employees believe someone cares about them as a person at work or respects them, according to the Morgan Stanley at Work’s 5th annual report “State of the Workplace Financial Benefits.”

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Quick Hits - June 18, 2025

17 June 2025

Quick Hits - June 18, 2025

Author: ASE Staff

Who smokes up? Boomers, especially women Boomers: Researchers at UC San Diego and NYU discovered that marijuana use by Americans aged 65 and older increased by nearly 46% from 2021 to 2023, according to an NYU press release.

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Quick Hits - June 11, 2025

10 June 2025

Quick Hits - June 11, 2025

Author: ASE Staff

Do you hire just who you like? Bias in the hiring process has long confounded HR and business leaders. What combination of training and technology can drive recruiters and hiring managers to shelf their preconceived notions about what candidates look like or where they come from? 

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Quick Hits - June 4, 2025

3 June 2025

Quick Hits - June 4, 2025

Author: ASE Staff

Do your employees steal from work? Two in three employees in the United States have confessed to committing at least one type of theft at their current workplace, according to a new survey.

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Quick Hits - May 28, 2025

27 May 2025

Quick Hits - May 28, 2025

Author: ASE Staff

DEI commitments by employers appear unchanging: Littler, a law firm focusing on labor, recently published a study showing that only about 8% of leading American companies have or intend to alter their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies.

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