October 6, 2003
Health costs, sick days, top employers
Posted by deisenhart@bostonworks.com">Douglas Eisenhart
at 3:29 PM -
From this week's Out in the Field, BostonWorks weekly compendium of stats and trends in the workplace:
Healthcare cost increase seen for employers - a Towers Perrin reports says healthcare costs for US employers will increase by 12 percent next year.Workers take fewer sick days, report says - most large employers saw a reduction in absenteeism rates this year, said the Bureau of National Affairs Inc. Area firms make Working Mother magazine list of top 100 employers - five Massachusetts companies are among the top 100 employers in the United States for working mothers, according to Working Mother magazine.
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