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Compensation and Total Rewards
Benefits+ | Compensation and Total Rewards

2026 Salary Increase Budget Trends

Each year, our Total Rewards + Compensation Consulting practice keeps a close eye on reported trends in annual salary increase budgets. The research and survey data available at this time indicates that salary increase budgets will decrease slightly in 2026 (…)

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MJ Foundation
PUBLISHED August 20th, 2025

Helping Students and Graduates Start their Careers

Britni Shrout

Entering a new career is a challenge for anyone, no matter how much training and drive a candidate has. Unemployment among recent graduates is …

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News and Updates
PUBLISHED August 19th, 2025

The MJ Companies Welcomes Anu Dhamecha as Director of Pharmacy Practice

The MJ Companies

INDIANAPOLIS (August 19, 2025) – The MJ Companies (MJ), a leading business and financial services consulting firm for more than 60 years, is continuing …

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Risk Management
PUBLISHED August 18th, 2025

Most Lines of Business Softened in Q2 2025, The Council’s P+C Market Survey Shows

The MJ Companies

Softened market conditions were again evident this quarter. Premiums across all account sizes rose by an average of 3.7%, down from 4.2% in Q1 …

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Benefits+
PUBLISHED August 14th, 2025

Small Changes, Big Impact: Low-Cost Ways to Support Employees through Inflation

Julie Bingham

As inflation headlines re-emerge, many employers are contemplating shifts in their remote and hybrid work policies. Organizations are working hard to balance two competing …

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Risk Management
PUBLISHED August 12th, 2025

Five Strategies for Reducing Workers’ Compensation Costs

The MJ Companies

When a company experiences significant increases in workers’ compensation costs, it usually triggers internal activities aimed at reducing insurance costs and spending. The key …

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Compliance
PUBLISHED August 8th, 2025

DOL Issues Updated Model Employer CHIP Notice

DeAnn Deck

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), through its Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), has released a new model Employer CHIP Notice with information current …

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Benefits+
PUBLISHED August 7th, 2025

How Employers Should Handle MLR Rebates

DeAnn Deck

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established medical loss ratio (MLR) rules to help control health care coverage costs and ensure that enrollees receive value …

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Compliance
PUBLISHED August 6th, 2025

ACA Affordability Percentage Will Increase for 2026

DeAnn Deck

The IRS released Revenue Procedure 2025-25 to index the contribution percentage in 2026 for determining the affordability of an employer’s health plan under the …

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Emerging Risks
PUBLISHED August 5th, 2025

FUTURE IN FOCUS: 2026 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 

The MJ Companies

If you’re feeling bereft about the state of the economy, you might be looking at the wrong headlines, according to ITR Economics Senior Forecaster …

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MJ Foundation
PUBLISHED July 31st, 2025

Providing essentials for children in the foster community

Britni Shrout

Today, and every other day this year, 35 Arizonans will get an important call: a call asking them to give as many as seven …

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Risk Management
PUBLISHED July 29th, 2025

Understanding and Preventing Fleet Fraud

The MJ Companies

Fleet fraud refers to a host of deceptive activities that may occur amid the sale and operation of commercial vehicles and their individual assets …

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Compliance
PUBLISHED July 23rd, 2025

Trump Accounts: New Tax-favored Accounts for Children

DeAnn Deck

On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a major tax and spending bill, commonly referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” …

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