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Companies that pay 100% Medical Benefits

While many companies are cutting benefits due to increasing related costs, the companies listed here are still offering healthcare and many other great benefits at no cost to their employees. This is almost unheard of in this day and age. Boston Consulting Group EOG Resources Integrity Applications Incorporated Kimley-Horn & Associates Lehigh Valley Hospital & […]

Detroit 3 Closing Worker Pay Gap with Foreign Competitors

By Phil Alex Sean McAlinden, an economist working for the Center for Automotive Research, says that due to shifts in UAW retiree / health planning US auto manufacturers may end up with a labor-cost advantage in the next few years. GM is used as the prime example. Here’s a look at the timeline: In 2007, […]

Auto industry executives poised for major payout

BY MARK KLEIS Due to the unique circumstances that placed automakers’ stocks at record lows in 2009, many auto executives are now set to receive substantial net payouts as a result of the drastic increase in stock values. Before the stock increase, many executives were working for substantially below-market wages, making the merit-based payout a […]