Archived articles from The Editor’s Desk— Benefits

• Compensation costs increased in December 2012 (02/06/2013)
• The last private industry pension plans (01/03/2013)
• Employer costs for defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans (12/26/2012)
• Employer costs for employee compensation, September 2012 (12/19/2012)
• Changes in private industry compensation costs, September 2011–September 2012 (11/02/2012)
• Who has retirement benefits in private industry in 2012? (09/21/2012)
• Employer costs for employee compensation $28.80 in June 2012 (09/19/2012)
• Access to paid leave, 2011 (09/04/2012)
• Compensation costs up in June (08/01/2012)
• Employee benefits in private industry and state and local government, March 2012 (07/26/2012)
• Employee medical, retirement, and leave benefits, March 2012 (07/17/2012)
• Employer costs for legally required benefits in March 2012 (06/08/2012)
• Compensation costs for private industry workers: March 2011–March 2012 (04/30/2012)
• Employer-provided life insurance benefits, 2011 (04/06/2012)
• Employer costs for legally required benefits in December 2011 (03/22/2012)
• Employer-provided sick leave benefits, March 2009 (03/07/2012)
• Employer-provided health care benefits (02/29/2012)
• Employment costs in private industry and state and local government, December 2011 (02/01/2012)
• Medical care benefits, March 2011 (01/24/2012)
• State and local government employer costs for employee compensation, September 2011 (12/09/2011)
• Compensation costs for state and local government workers, September 2011 (11/01/2011)
• Outpatient prescription drug coverage, March 2010 (09/26/2011)
• Retirement and savings benefit costs for employers in private industry, June 2011 (09/13/2011)
• 12-month private industry compensation costs, June 2011 (08/02/2011)
• Medical plan benefits for physical therapy, kidney dialysis, and other benefits in 2009 (07/29/2011)
• Access to benefits in private industry, March 2011 (07/28/2011)
• Employee participation in defined contribution savings and thrift plans (07/08/2011)
• Maternity care benefits among medical plan participants, 2009 (06/30/2011)
• Employer costs for employee compensation in March 2011 (06/10/2011)
• 12-month private industry compensation costs, March 2010–March 2011 (05/03/2011)
• Labor costs in the auto industry (04/27/2011)
• State and local government employee benefits, March 2010 (03/09/2011)
• Private industry compensation costs increase 2.1 percent in 2010 (02/01/2011)
• Employees required to contribute to their defined contribution retirement plans (12/14/2010)
• Insurance benefits costs for employers in private industry, September 2010 (12/13/2010)
• Health insurance costs to employers and employees, 1999 to 2009 (11/01/2010)
• Costs of retirement and savings benefits for employers in private industry, June 2010 (09/16/2010)
• Automatic enrollment in savings and thrift retirement plans, March 2009 (09/15/2010)
• Access to employer-provided benefits among full- and part-time private industry workers, March 2010 (08/06/2010)
• Compensation costs in June 2010 (08/04/2010)
• Supplemental pay in the healthcare industry, 2007–10 (07/29/2010)
• Health insurance benefit costs in private industry, March 2010 (06/14/2010)
• Compensation costs in March 2010 (05/04/2010)
• Supplemental pay in the finance and insurance industry (04/27/2010)
• Paid leave benefit costs in private industry, March 2009 (03/16/2010)
• Employment costs for private industry workers, December 2009 (02/03/2010)
• Take-up rates for medical care plans among State and local government and private industry workers, March 2009 (01/08/2010)
• Employer costs for employee compensation, September 2009 (12/14/2009)
• Stand-alone dental and vision plans: employee access and participation by establishment size (11/02/2009)
• Health care benefits access and participation rates, March 2009 (09/30/2009)
• Employee access to medical care benefits in metropolitan areas, December 2008 (09/29/2009)
• Paid vacation benefits, March 2009 (09/25/2009)
• Retirement benefits access and participation rates, March 2009 (09/23/2009)
• Frozen Defined Benefit Pension Plans in March 2008 (08/31/2009)
• 12-month private industry compensation costs increase in June: 1.5 percent (08/03/2009)
• Access to medical care benefits: private industry vs. State and local government (07/29/2009)
• Compensation costs per hour, March 2009 (06/12/2009)
• Health benefit costs in private industry, March 2009 (06/11/2009)
• Beyond basic benefits (06/01/2009)
• Compensation costs in private industry up 1.9 percent from March 2008 to March 2009 (05/01/2009)
• Wellness programs (04/23/2009)
• Employer costs and paid leave, December 2008 (03/13/2009)
• Employee-contribution-only retirement plans and State and local government workers (03/12/2009)
• Leisure and illness leave (03/05/2009)
• Compensation costs in private industry up 2.4 percent in 2008 (02/02/2009)
• 401(k) plans and employer stock (12/30/2008)
• Employer shares of medical plan premiums, March 2008 (11/05/2008)
• Compensation costs in State and local government, September 2008 (11/04/2008)
• Employment costs in private industry, September 2008 (11/03/2008)
• Variation in life insurance benefits by establishment size, 2008 (10/03/2008)
• Variation in medical care benefits by occupation, 2008 (09/25/2008)
• Employer costs for retirement and savings plans, June 2008 (09/11/2008)
• Retirement and medical care benefits in 2008 (08/08/2008)
• Health benefit costs in private industry, March 2008 (06/12/2008)
• State and local government workers’ access to quality-of-life benefits (04/04/2008)
• Employer premiums for medical care plans in State and local government (04/03/2008)
• Retirement benefits of State and local government workers (03/26/2008)
• Employer costs for paid leave in private industry, December 2007 (03/20/2008)
• Compensation costs in state and local government up 4.1 percent in 2007 (02/06/2008)
• Compensation costs in private industry up 3.0 percent in 2007 (02/01/2008)
• Contributing towards medical care coverage (01/09/2008)
• Medical care benefits for lower and higher wage workers (01/03/2008)
• Compensation costs in State and local government, September 2007 (11/02/2007)
• Employment costs in private industry, September 2007 (11/01/2007)
• Leave benefits in 2007 (08/30/2007)
• Health care plans in 2007 (08/23/2007)
• Employment costs in private industry, June 2007 (08/01/2007)
• Health benefit costs by region (07/06/2007)
• Health benefit costs and establishment size, March 2007 (06/22/2007)
• Employer costs for paid leave in private industry, December 2006 (06/21/2007)
• Employment costs in private industry, March 2007 (04/30/2007)
• Employer costs for legally required benefits, December 2006 (04/06/2007)
• Health savings accounts (04/05/2007)
• Flexible benefits and reimbursement accounts (04/04/2007)
• Compensation costs in State and local government, September-December 2006 (02/02/2007)
• Compensation costs in private industry up 3.2 percent in 2006 (02/01/2007)
• Employer costs for employee compensation, September 2006 (12/14/2006)
• State and local government employment costs up 1.4 percent from June to September (11/02/2006)
• Compensation costs in private industry up 3.0 percent over the year (11/01/2006)
• Employer costs for retirement and savings plans, June 2006 (09/25/2006)
• Leave benefits in 2006 (09/01/2006)
• Retirement plans in 2006 (08/25/2006)
• Employment costs rise 0.8 percent from March to June (07/31/2006)
• Employment costs up 0.6 percent from December to March (05/01/2006)
• Trends in retirement plan coverage (03/10/2006)
• Compensation costs in State and local government (02/02/2006)
• Compensation costs up 3.0 percent in private industry in 2005 (02/01/2006)
• Health care plans and establishment size in 2005 (01/30/2006)
• Compensation costs up 3.2 percent in private industry over the year (08/01/2005)
• Comparing growth rates of benefits and wages in private industry (06/30/2005)
• Private industry compensation $24.17 per hour on average in March 2005 (06/22/2005)
• Cost of health benefits: $1.64 per hour in March 2005 (06/17/2005)
• Insurance coverage for mental healthcare (05/05/2005)
• Benefit and wage costs in private industry in March 2005 (05/02/2005)
• Average compensation in private industry: $23.90 per hour in December 2004 (03/17/2005)
• Employer costs for paid leave (12/16/2004)
• Employment costs in private industry, September 2004 (11/01/2004)
• Increases in prescription-drug copayments, 1993–2000 (10/04/2004)
• The recent decline in medical and retirement plan coverage (09/28/2004)
• Cost-saving incentives in prescription-drug coverage (09/21/2004)
• Employer costs for retirement and savings plans, June 2004 (09/16/2004)
• Employment costs in private industry, June 2004 (07/30/2004)
• Access to disability insurance benefits in March 2003 (06/29/2004)
• Compensation cost by establishment size (06/28/2004)
• Compensation in private industry, March 2004 (06/25/2004)
• Access to life insurance in March 2003 (06/23/2004)
• Access to retirement benefits in March 2003 (06/22/2004)
• Paid vacation in private industry (06/03/2004)
• State and local government compensation costs up 3.3 percent in past 12 months (05/03/2004)
• Compensation costs up 3.9 percent in private industry over the year (04/30/2004)
• Compensation costs up 4.0 percent in private industry over the year (01/30/2004)
• Wages and benefits in State and local government, September 2003 (11/28/2003)
• Growth in compensation costs for State and local government workers during the year ended September 2003 (11/05/2003)
• Employment costs up 1.0 percent from June to September (10/31/2003)
• Retirement plans in 2003 (10/03/2003)
• Health care plans in 2003 (09/30/2003)
• Employee contributions for medical insurance in 2003 (09/25/2003)
• Employee retirement and savings benefits higher for union workers (08/28/2003)
• Employee benefits in June 2003 (08/27/2003)
• Benefit costs for State and local government workers jump over the year (08/06/2003)
• Employment costs up 0.8 percent from March to June (08/01/2003)
• Lump-sum retirement (05/27/2003)
• Benefit, wage costs for State and local government workers in first quarter of 2003 (05/07/2003)
• Employment costs rose 1.4 percent from December to March (04/30/2003)
• Wages and benefit costs for State and local government workers at end of 2002 (02/03/2003)
• Employment costs advanced 0.7 percent from September to December (01/31/2003)
• Preventive care provisions not commonly described in plans (12/31/2002)
• Employment costs up 0.6 percent from June to September (11/01/2002)
• Time off most common benefit (07/17/2002)
• Cost of health benefits in private industry, March 2002 (07/15/2002)
• Benefit, wage costs for State and local government workers rise in step at the beginning of 2002 (04/26/2002)
• Decline in traditional fee-for-service health plans in 1990s (03/19/2002)
• Smaller rise in benefit costs for State and local government workers at end of 2001 (02/06/2002)
• Employment costs up 4.2 percent for the year (02/01/2002)
• Benefits vary somewhat by region (12/20/2001)
• Benefit costs for State and local government workers up sharply in past 3 months (10/30/2001)
• Wages, benefit costs for State and local government workers both up 1.1 percent in past 3 months (07/30/2001)
• Employment costs in private industry rise 4.0 percent over the year (07/27/2001)
• Benefits in State and local government, 2001 (07/11/2001)
• Health benefits 5.6 percent of total compensation (07/05/2001)
• Sources of retirement income (05/23/2001)
• State and local government employment costs up 3.3 percent over the year (05/01/2001)
• Employment costs increase 4.2 percent in past 12 months (04/27/2001)
• Compensation stats for the new century (04/03/2001)
• Fitness, wellness benefits moderately prevalent for State, local government workers (02/21/2001)
• Stock compensation an old story (02/09/2001)
• Managed care more common among State and local government employees (02/07/2001)
• Employment costs increase 4.4 percent over the year (01/26/2001)
• Life insurance benefits keep pace with wages (01/22/2001)
• Child care resource and referral services much more common in large workplaces (12/28/2000)
• Fewer hours, fewer benefits (09/21/2000)
• Bigger establishment, usually better benefits (08/15/2000)
• Health care 5½ percent of compensation (07/12/2000)
• Private sector wages rose faster than benefits last year (05/19/2000)
• Trends in health insurance (05/16/2000)
• Dental care benefits in medium and large private establishments (12/02/1999)
• Features of life insurance plans (11/30/1999)
• Features of outpatient prescription drug benefits (11/16/1999)
• Prevalence of paid sick leave (11/12/1999)
• Paid vacation and length of service (11/09/1999)
• Few employees able to cash in unused sick leave (11/04/1999)
• Importance of retirement benefits in compensation (08/02/1999)
• Savings and thrift plans in small private establishments (06/11/1999)
• In small firms, blue-collar, service workers least covered by health care benefits (05/26/1999)
• Life insurance for older workers at small establishments (05/21/1999)
• More Northeastern workers receive most types of benefits (05/07/1999)
• Retirement costs share of compensation rises from 1966-98 (04/14/1999)
• Health care costs fluctuate with employer cost-containment efforts (04/08/1999)
• Single- and multi-employer defined benefit pension plans differ (04/07/1999)
• Benefits share of compensation costs changed little from 1986 to 1998 (01/22/1999)
• Paid vacation most frequently offered time-off benefit (01/21/1999)
• More workers covered by HMOs and PPOs (01/08/1999)
• Defined contribution retirement plans becoming more prevalent (01/06/1999)
• Majority of employees have unpaid family leave benefit (12/30/1998)
• Childcare benefits remain uncommon (10/20/1998)
• Large employers provide more training for employees (10/14/1998)
• Fewer medium and large private employers provide dental care for employees (09/29/1998)