Workers’ Comp Costs Prompt Closure - 12/07/2011
A staffing company reported it is closing four of its five Illinois branches and laying off about 500 workers because of high workers’ compensation insurance costs, the Chicago Tribune reported ... Workers’ Comp Costs Prompt Closure
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Report - Health costs to get higher - 6/17/2008
Increases in medical costs slowed over the past five years, but that trend may be ending. A report by the PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute said medical costs will grow 9 ... Report - Health costs to get higher
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Survey: Cost Containment Is Top Concern - 3/19/2012
Cost containment is the number one workers’ compensation insurance concern of employers for the next 12 months, according a new study released by Zywave, a Milwaukee-based software ... Cost containment is the number one workers’ compensation insurance concern of employ...
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Employer healthcare cost to rise 5.0% next year: Willis Towers Watson - 9/28/2018
On average, employers expect after-plan healthcare costs to increase 5.0% in 2019, up from 4.7% in 2018, according to Willis Towers Watson’s 23rd annual Best Practices in Health Care Employer Survey ... On average, employers expect after-plan healthcare costs to increase 5.0...
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US labor costs rose at slowest pace in three decades – Web - 7/31/2015
Dow Jones Business News reported today that US labor costs rose at the slowest pace in at least three decades.
... Dow Jones Business News reported today that US labor costs rose at the slowest pace in at least a decade. ... labor costs, pace, US ... US labor costs
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Compensation gains grow faster than expected - 4/30/2024
Growth in compensation rose faster than expected, CNN reported. The Employment Cost Index for the US rose a seasonally adjusted 1.2% in the three months ended in March, up from 0.9% in the fourth
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Web: Marijuana law costs recruiters time - 3/24/2014
Scripps News reports that staffing firm owner Julie Tappero says Washington’s legal marijuana law is costing her recruiters time. For the story, click here.
... Scripps News reports that staffing firm owner Julie Tappero says Washington’s legal marijuana law is costing
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US employment cost index rises in Q1 - 5/02/2022
Total compensation costs for civilian workers rose 1.4% in the first quarter, up from a 1% increase in the October-December quarter according to the Employment Cost Index, released by the US Bureau ... Total compensation costs for civilian workers rose 1.4% in the first qua...
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Controlling healthcare costs a top concern, SHRM survey finds - 1/23/2015
Employers are very concerned about healthcare costs and plan to curb them by continuing to shift more of the expense to employees, according to the latest Strategic Benefits-Healthcare Survey report ... Employers are very concerned about healthcare costs and plan to curb them by c...
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Blog: Buyers can’t avoid ACA costs - 10/09/2013
Who’s on the hook for bearing the additional costs of healthcare reform? Buyers of staffing services assert that they are not going to pay for ACA, but Staffing Industry Analysts Editorial Director ... Who’s on the hook for bearing the additional costs of healthcare re...
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