FREE benefits benchmarking study opportunity

[Guest Greg Melia]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is currently seeking volunteers to participate in its survey of employee benefit expenditures. The Study provides valuable information on the total cost of employee compensation, including average costs by company size, industry, and geographic region. The survey is only five pages and is simple to complete with your 2000 year-end figures at hand.

Companies may volunteer to participate in the survey by sending an e-mail to ebstudy@uschamber.com or by visiting www.benefitstudy.com to download the survey form. Each participating company will receive as a “thank you” a FREE copy ($75 value) of the published survey results, which can be used to evaluate your company’s benefit offerings. As an added incentive, two individuals will be randomly selected to receive a FREE Palm Pilot.

The deadline for participation is July 27, 2001. The results of the Study will be published in Fall 2001.