Pratt earns CBP designation
Charlotte Pratt, benefit services coordinator for North Mississippi Health Services, has earned the Certified Benefits Professional (CBP) designation from WorldatWork Society of Certified...
View ArticleEmployer cost survey released
Employers spent an average of $1.29 for employee retirement and savings plans for every hour worked in June 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. This accounted for 4.4 percent of total...
View ArticleAverage compensation costs exceed $27 per hour
Private industry employers spent an average of $27.42 per hour worked for total employee compensation in Dec. 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Wages and salaries averaged $19.41 per...
View ArticleUAW suing GM over retirement benefits
DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union has sued General Motors Corp., saying the automaker owes it $450 million for retiree health care. In the lawsuit filed yesterday in federal court in Detroit, the...
View ArticleAT&T workers vote on striking
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — Union workers at AT&T Mobility in South Mississippi have voted on whether to strike as part of an effort to get an in increase wages and benefits. Eric Cox, treasurer for the...
View ArticleWorkers oppose benefits reduction
BILOXI — Employees have asked the Biloxi Council to look for other ways to cut costs before they reduce employee benefits. The administration has proposed rolling back longevity pay from $15 a month...
View ArticleHealth insurance costs exceed $2 per hour
In March 2010, the average cost for health insurance benefits was $2.08 per hour worked in private industry. Among occupational groups, employer costs for health insurance benefits ranged from 92 cents...
View ArticleStudy: Capital City’s pension plan one of worst in U.S.
JACKSON — Sixty-one key cities across America, including Jackson, have emerged from the Great Recession with a gap of more than $217 billion between what they had promised their workers in pensions and...
View ArticleKimberla Little not looking back after career change
Working in human resources was not Kimberla Little’s plan. However, when a door opened for the Jackson native to work for Regions Bank, she took the opportunity and hasn’t looked back, rising to become...
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