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The top two priorities for just about every employer should be keeping benefits affordable while bolstering mental health programs.

"This was a busy past Congress, and a lot ended up happening," says Joel White, president and CEO of Horizon Government Affairs.

Momentum from passage of SECURE 2.0 could "accelerate" efforts to enroll millions more of employees, since fewer than 50% of small businesses with less than 50 employees currently sponsor a retirement plan.

Some U.S. banking leaders are calling it a "mild recession," while 61% of academic and business and academic economists said there's a probability of a recession in the next 12 months.

Establish the level of workplace flexibility that balances employee needs and desires with company goals, regardless of what the forecasters say.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced new proposed regulations that, if adopted, will ban the use of noncompete agreements for most workers nationwide.