Welfare Plans Edition
January 25, 2001
(No issue coming January 26; your editor is going spelunking in Mammoth Cave and, we hope, returning to the net on January 29.)
Today's sponsor is Still River Retirement Planning Software, Inc. (click on banner for more information)
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Opinion: The OSHA Ergonomics Rule’s Fatal Flaw
Excerpt: "The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s new ergonomics rule is an unstable compound, ready to blow at some future date. And that should make many CFOs happy-- but only in the long term." (CFO.com)
Employee Benefits Survey Tables, Fall 2000
13 pages; Fall 2000 issue of Compensation and Working Conditions. Includes "Percent of employees participating in selected paid leave benefits by private and public sectors and full-time and part-time status, 1996-98"; "Average number of days provided each year for full-time participants in selected paid leave plans by private and public sectors, 1996-98"; "Percent of full-time employees at selected lengths of service by number of vacation days provided, State and local governments, 1998"; more. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor)
Have Life Insurance Benefits Kept Pace With Wages? (PDF)
7 pages; Fall 2000 issue of Compensation and Working Conditions. Excerpt: "Over the last two decades, life insurance protection for beneficiaries of employees has generally kept up with employee earnings,either through automatic adjustments or periodic increases in face value." (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor)
The Basics of Defined Contribution Health Plans
Updated January 24, 2001. Excerpt: "This first of a four-part series discusses the history of health insurance and introduces defined contributions." (insure.com)
(Following also appears in Retirement Plans Edition)
Insurance and Retirement Benefits in the Salt Lake City and Toledo Construction Industries (PDF)
13 pages; Fall 2000 issue of Compensation and Working Conditions. Excerpt: "Surveys of the construction industry in Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT, and Toledo, OH, show considerable variation in the incidence and costs of insurance and retirement benefits. Higher-skilled occupations and higher degrees of unionization generally resulted in higher rates of incidence and employer costs." (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor)
| Pensions/401(k) Administrators | for pensioncareers.ltd in NJ, NY |
| Account Manager | for Benefit Plan Services, Inc. in GA |
| PENSION ADMINISTRATOR | for Schloss & Co. in NY |
| Pension Administrator | for Pension Financial Services in GA |
| Consulting Assistant | for McCready and Keene, Inc. in IN |
| Overview of Current Legal Decisions | in MA on March 6, 2001 presented by Greater Boston Chapter: Intl Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists |
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