Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Employees at large companies with 500 or more workers typically have more access to paid leave.

Larry Meyers is the SVP of Public Affairs for PayActiv. He is an expert in employee financial wellness. PayActiv is a Certified B-Corporation and Public Benefit Corporation, which provides an award-winning holistic financial wellness platform that includes earned wage access, empowering employees to improve their lives and offering employers improved retention, productivity and engagement.

As senior vice president of customer experience for Inspirus, Theresa Harkins uses her deep experience to create long-lasting impact and success. She’s an influential pioneer who has led award-winning Fortune 500 recognition organizations and was one of the chief drivers behind the certification of recognition professionals. Theresa has a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Certified Compensational Professional (CCP) and is the co-creator of the Certified Recognition Professional (CRP) designation.

Michael (Mike) Estep is head of product & underwriting for group insurance, a business unit of Prudential Financial, Inc., which produces and distributes a full range of group life, disability, voluntary and corporate- and trust-owned life insurance.

Estep has responsibility for product development, underwriting and P&L management for the entire portfolio of life, disability and voluntary products targeted at employees of large and medium-sized companies, banks and associations.

Estep joined Prudential in May 2022. Previously, he led the voluntary benefits business at Symetra. Earlier in his career, he led the product organization for Guardian Life Insurance and had accountability for product development and management for their complete line of products, including dental, vision, life, absence and voluntary benefits.

Estep holds a BA in business from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from DePaul University.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is working to win over Republican holdouts on his healthcare bill after facing a revolt from conservatives and moderates who weren’t ready to act this week.

More and more Americans are spending their golden years on the job.

The Senate rejected a simple repeal of the ACA on Wednesday, still in the early stages of an unpredictable floor debate on healthcare amid significant doubts that Republicans can muster the 50 votes needed to pass any kind of bill.

The DOJ on Wednesday urged a federal appeals court in Manhattan to reject a lawsuit by a former skydiving instructor who claims he was fired for being gay.