Employer-Sponsored Benefits in the United States: The Past, Present, and Future

Lester, Gretchen Vogelgesang; Baskin, Meagan E. Brock; Clinton, Mary S.

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“…For the third of FHWs without college degrees and other lower-wage employees who pay $400 or more per month on health insurance, employers can use wage-tiered employee premiums to make insurance more affordable. Alternatively, reliance on employers to provide health insurance could lessen (Lester et al, 2021) in favor of public options, such as allowing workers to opt-in to Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace subsidies if this meant lower premiums for comparable employer-sponsored plans. These considerations are important given that a fifth of all FHWs said they had trouble paying for medical care and prescription medications.…”

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Access to Employer Benefits and Financial Insecurity Among Frontline Healthcare Workers

Despard,

Zheng,

Fox-Dichter

2023

Compensation & Benefits Review

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Concern is growing about financial stress among U.S. workers, many of whom experience financial insecurity (FIS) as they struggle to make ends meet, manage debt, and save. Benefits comprise almost a third of total compensation and affects hiring and retention, which is important with respect to the shortage of frontline healthcare workers (FHWs). We present results from a survey of 2321 FHWs, finding that FHWs without college degrees and working in home health and private duty settings have lower access to benefits and greater FIS compared to those with college degrees and who work in facility-based settings. Among all FHWs, access to benefits has a strong association with FIS, even while controlling for income. Our findings suggest that employers consider improving benefits to help address FIS and within healthcare, address issues of compensation equity based on educational attainment. Still, addressing worker FIS may take strengthening the public social safety net.

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Access to Employer Benefits and Financial Insecurity Among Frontline Healthcare Workers

Despard,

Zheng,

Fox-Dichter

2023

Compensation & Benefits Review

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“…Later, the Great Depression of the 1930s caused adverse economic conditions where most individuals could not afford healthcare services. This condition gave momentum to employer-sponsored healthcare benefits and other government social security provisions (Lester et al, 2021; Martocchio, 2018). After the 1940s, World War II increased labour demand, which motivated employers to implement welfare practices to increase productivity and morale.…”

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“…Presently in the USA, employee benefits occupy 31%, 38.1% and 29.5% of payroll costs for civilian workers, state and local government workers and private industry workers, respectively (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2022), and health insurance coverage is one of the costly segments of the total benefits package (Gerhart, 2023;Henderson, 2000). Despite high financial investment in benefits costs, there is a benefits gap between employment trends and employees' preference for benefits (Lester et al, 2021).…”

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Role of Employer-sponsored Health Insurance Benefits in Employer Attractiveness: Literature Review and Emerging Issues

Reshmi

Mulla

2023

NHRD Network Journal

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Employer-sponsored health insurance benefits are essential for employee productivity, performance and employee well-being. However, increasing health insurance costs are a primary concern for employers and employees alike. Despite its importance, there is a lack of research on employer-sponsored health insurance benefits from the perspective of employer attractiveness. To address this gap, we reviewed the literature on the importance of health insurance benefits in enhancing employer attractiveness. In addition, we discussed emerging issues related to health insurance benefits for future research. These issues involve increasing employee contribution to employer-sponsored health insurance benefits, customised health insurance benefits plans, health benefits communication and the issue of health benefits administration sludge which impacts employer attractiveness. We also proposed a model related to employer-sponsored health insurance benefits variables and employer attractiveness, which can be tested in future research.

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“…Interestingly, here, differences in legislation also might become more relevant. As Lester et al (2021) outline, in the United States many benefits are based on negotiations between employers and their employees. In other countries, such as many European countries, these benefits are covered by law, giving employers less leeway.…”

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How to Mitigate Destructive Leadership

Schyns¹,

Gauglitz²,

Wisse³

et al. 2022

Overcoming Bad Leadership in Organizations

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Leaders with Dark Triad traits (Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism) are notorious for their display of destructive behavior in interacting with their subordinates. It may be argued that organizations have the obligation to protect the organization as a whole as well as the people in it from the damaging effects that these leaders have. The authors posit that the human resource management teams may be best suited to accomplish that goal. In this chapter, the authors outline a theoretical model explaining how practices of the human relations department may affect the relationship between leaders’ Dark Triad traits and destructive leadership. The authors address the function of recruitment and promotion, career development and training, disciplinary actions, performance appraisal and feedback systems, and a complaints system. The chapter aims to provide guidance into what human resources professionals can do to protect their organization’s most valuable asset (its employees) from destructive tendencies by Dark Triad leaders.

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Employer-Sponsored Benefits in the United States: The Past, Present, and Future

Cited by 12 publications

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Access to Employer Benefits and Financial Insecurity Among Frontline Healthcare Workers

Access to Employer Benefits and Financial Insecurity Among Frontline Healthcare Workers

Role of Employer-sponsored Health Insurance Benefits in Employer Attractiveness: Literature Review and Emerging Issues

How to Mitigate Destructive Leadership

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