Fringe Benefits

Here are some sites to help you formulate or evaluate fringe benefit proposals.

National Compensation Survey: Benefits

This survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the percent of employees by size and nature of employer (small/large, public/private) who have access to a particular benefit.

Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Survey

This survey tracks trends in employer health insurance coverage, the cost of that coverage and other topical health insurance issues. Findings are based on a nationally representative survey of public and private employers.

Employee Benefit Plans: A Glossary of Terms

In the course of negotiations about benefits such as pensions or health insurance, terms may be used with which you are not familiar. This Web site will help you understand the language of employee benefits.

AFSCME has additional publications on specific fringe benefit topics such as managed care, cafeteria plans, flexible spending accounts, and defined benefit vs. defined contribution pension plans.

If you simply need to do research on an employee benefits topic or get the latest news, these sites offer a lot of information, usually organized by topic:

Benefits Link

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

Employee Benefit Research Institute