Employee Benefits
 September 9, 2005

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) released a new survey of employee benefits. While not directly about law firms, the survey is of interest because most law firms compete with corporations in recruiting for staff positions and, therefore, must be reasonably competitive with benefits. The take-aways from the survey are (1) despite increasing in health insurance cost, there continues to be increases in coverages (addition of vision, dental, and coverage options) and (2) continuing increases in the number of employers offering paid family leave (now 30% of those surveyed). For complete results go to www.shrm.org.