Compensation for the public sector is getting trickier. For many years, the public sector paid less but provided excellent retirement benefits to compensate. So good...
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Utah’s Gender Pay Gap
Utah women earn 73 percent of what men earn, putting the state’s gender wage gap at 49th place, with only Louisiana’s worse. Many factors cause...
Voluntary Benefits: Why Offer Them?
As employers continue to evaluate their total rewards packages in response to historically low unemployment, voluntary benefits are getting more attention in benefit-plan design. The...
Why Do Employees Leave?
You can look at virtually any labor statistic you like these days, but most of them bear out one important point: unemployment is the lowest...
Why Free Surveys May Not Be Effective
There are a variety of different tools out there to survey your employees about anything you would like to know from them but it depends...
Trends in Employer Sponsored Health Plans
How does your organization’s health insurance plan compare to other employers in your area? Recent findings from Employers Council’s 2018 Health, Welfare & Retirement Plans...
Employers Council Benefits Planning 2020
Congratulations, you just put benefits open enrollment to bed for 2019. Now let’s look forward to benefits planning for 2020! Various surveys highlight emerging benefits...
Total Rewards: Are You Flying Blind?
A recent Willis Towers survey describes the many changes that companies are making to their Total Rewards packages to compete for high-performing employees in a...
I’m Not a Mind Reader
It’s easy to identify certain topics needed to satisfy organizational requirements, such as sexual harassment prevention training, but other, equally necessary training areas may not...
Is Your Organization Inclusive? Are You Sure?
In response to recent headlines on workplace inclusiveness at companies like Papa Johns and Starbucks, we have helped several members ensure that employees feel supported...