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Our coverage this week includes the importance of creating a supportive workplace for people in recovery; a surprising list of products employees can buy with their leftover FSA funds; the steps employers can take to encourage workers to save for emergencies and retirement; and more.

November is National Caregivers Month. Now is a good time for employers to increase support for their working caregiver population.

A new policy requires disabled employees to go through a more intense vetting process, determining if in fact they can continue to work remotely.

John Turley-Ewart is a regulatory compliance consultant and Canadian banking historian.

There is a movement on the federal level to promote a national strategy for financial inclusion. In the meantime, there are steps employers can take to encourage workers to save for emergencies and for retirement.

John Toman is co-founder and chief product officer of Pivot Payables, a fintech company delivering corporate financial operations solutions. With a history of developing accounts payable automation and business to business payment solutions, Toman is a pioneer in applying AI, blockchain and virtual credit cards to improve financial operations. He writes about all things AP in his blog, "The Payables Guy."

Austin Aten, ACAS, is head of cyber pricing at Coalition, where he leads the actuarial pricing team and is responsible for designing and optimizing data-driven pricing strategies and models. Collaborating closely with Coalition's in-house, industry-leading security experts, Austin and his team have successfully crafted comprehensive cyber pricing solutions, ensuring continued effectiveness in today's ever-changing risk landscape. Before joining Coalition, Austin worked at Great American Insurance Group within the Corporate Actuarial Division. Austin has spent over 10 years in the P&C insurance industry. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, and actuarial sciences.

The FSA store compiled a list of popular but unexpected FSA-eligible products for 2024.

New provision expected to pay dividends for organizations in health care, law and education whose new hires are likely to incur six-figure student loan debt.