The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), conducted the 2008 Survey of Employer Perspectives on the Employment of People with Disabilities. This survey emphasized current attitudes and practices of employers in 12 industry sectors, including some high growth industries as projected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). ODEP was also interested in understanding employer perspectives by company size. Previous surveys have documented employer response to the Americans with Disabilities Act and have identified barriers that employers experience or believe...
The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), conducted the 2008 Survey of Employer Perspectives on the Employment of P...
The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), conducted the 2008 Survey of Employer Perspectives on the Employment of People with Disabilities. The objective of this nationally representative survey was to inform the development and promotion of policy and practice by comparing employer perspectives across various industries and within companies of varying sizes. ODEP will use the data from this survey to formulate targeted strategies and policies for increasing employment opportunities for people with disabilities. This survey emphasized current attitudes and...
The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), conducted the 2008 Survey of Employer Perspectives on the Employment of P...
Private industry employers spent an average of $31.32 per hour worked for total employee compensation in December 2014, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries averaged $21.72 per hour worked and accounted for 69.4 percent of these costs, while benefits averaged $9.60 and accounted for the remaining 30.6 percent. Total compensation costs for state and local government workers averaged $43.95 per hour worked in December 2014. Total employer compensation costs for civilian workers, which include private industry and state and local government workers, averaged...
Private industry employers spent an average of $31.32 per hour worked for total employee compensation in December 2014, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Stati...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 states that "the Secretary of Health and Human Services] shall define the essential health benefits" for certain health plans. The Act further instructs the Secretary to "ensure that the scope of the essential health benefits ... is equal to the scope of benefits provided under a typical employer plan." The Act requires the Secretary of Labor to "conduct a survey of employer-sponsored coverage to determine the benefits typically covered by employers," and to report the results of the survey to the Secretary of Health and Human Services....
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 states that "the Secretary of Health and Human Services] shall define the essential health ben...
