As organizations race to keep up with AI advances, no area of people management is free from disruption. This includes benefits and compensation, as evidenced by the recent waves made by insurance giant State Farm.

The more than 100-year-old insurance firm is requiring all 19,000 independent contractors who work as sales agents to sign a new contract by 2027 that includes significant changes to compensation and benefits, according to The Wall Street Journal, which viewed a video of CEO Jon Farney announcing the changes during a recent Las Vegas sales agent convention. READ MORE