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Healthcare costs continue to rise and exceed employer projections, and more than a third of front-line workers don’t think their boss truly understands what the workplace is like.
Here’s a closer look at those numbers and some of the others making headlines in the HR world.
By the numbers
2
The number of consecutive years during which actual cost increases for employer-sponsored health insurance at the largest U.S. employers have exceeded expectations, per the Business Group on Health’s latest annual healthcare benefits survey.
13
The number of human skillsets — such as creativity and critical thinking — that learning scientists identified as critical for successful AI adoption, a report from Multiverse found.
23%
The percentage of front-line workers who said they think senior leaders understand their daily reality, according to a report based on ZipRecruiter’s Breakroom Workplace Index.
38%
The percentage of employees who said they would rather have an AI manager than a person, according to a report from CalypsoAI, an AI security provider.
40% to 52%
The percentage of full-time U.S. professionals surveyed who said they view supervisors who use high levels of AI-assisted writing as sincere, according to a study published in the International Journal of Business Communication.
