Nov 25, 2025

1. Email 1 – Subject: Employees Don’t Understand Benefits: 6 Fixes for Open Enrollments

   Summary: Nearly 90% of employees struggle to understand their benefits, posing a big challenge during open enrollment. The email outlines six strategies to improve employee understanding. It also highlights a $10 million judgment emphasizing risks of worker misclassification and promotes webinars on specialty care benefits and compliance training.

2. Email 2 – Subject: Nov. 24 – EEOC asks court to force Penn subpoena | How to avoid a PTO quagmire

   Summary: This edition covers the EEOC’s efforts to enforce information requests from Penn University in an antisemitism probe, dismissal of a religious bias claim against Honeywell, bipartisan support to maintain limits on agency firings by SCOTUS, and advice on managing PTO across multiple states. It includes multiple on-demand webinars and resources about HR strategies, compliance, and financial wellness.

3. Email 3 – Subject: Nov. 24 – Unused PTO? There’s a beach for that | More caregivers work full-times

   Summary: Focuses on rising numbers of full-time working caregivers alongside women exiting full-time work due to caregiving. Discusses strategies to avoid PTO management issues when employees work in multiple states. Highlights a survey showing workers’ distrust of AI in HR decision-making. Also promotes learning resources and upcoming mentoring program webinars.

4. Email 4 – Subject: 📓 gratitude seasons

   Summary: This gratitude-themed newsletter encourages HR professionals to practice appreciation amidst workplace challenges. It celebrates leaders who wisely integrate AI, employees who follow through on communications, and the power of an empathetic HR community like Safe Space. The email also shares cultural recommendations, upcoming sessions on workforce resilience, and a song of the week.

5. Email 5 – Subject: Nov. 24 – IRS issues guidance on Trump’s ‘no tax on tips’ law | EEOC hints at 2026 goals

   Summary: Provides updates on IRS granting temporary relief related to the no tax on tips law, bipartisan calls for the Supreme Court to uphold precedent limiting agency firings, and EEOC’s focus on national origin bias issues. It recaps hot topics from an employment law conference including DEI enforcement, and mentions calls for improved protections after a woman welder’s workplace murder.

6. Email 6 – Subject: When you shouldn’t take a resignation at face value

   Summary: Warns employers about the legal risks of accepting employee resignations too quickly, especially when mental health is a factor. Also covers questions HR leaders should ask before adopting new technology and recent trends such as increased entry-level roles due to AI, boosted internal mobility via virtual tools, and changes to data privacy regulations impacting HR.

Stay Well!