Sentences with phrase «said voluntary benefits»

Among employers surveyed by Prudential in August and September 2013, 40 percent said voluntary benefits allow them to maintain the competitiveness of their benefits program while adding little or no cost.

Not exact matches

In a 2014 study conducted by LIMRA, seven in 10 employers surveyed said they offer voluntary benefits to improve morale for existing employees and to attract new talent.

Among employees surveyed by Prudential, 60 percent said employer - provided voluntary benefits typically cost less than those purchased elsewhere.

«In advance of this data, my assumption was always that the average U.S. employee selected healthcare like the non-educated American picks wine — just by price,» says Jeff Oldham, vice president of Benefitfocus's Benefitstore unit, which specializes in voluntary benefits (e.g. coverage for things like critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accidents).

«We saw a good new number of new clients come on board from a voluntary benefit standpoint as well as a strong re-enrollment activity with existing clients,» Mike Simonds, CEO of Unum US, said in a call with analysts.

Coles said supplier participation in the ARC program was at all times voluntary and that it consulted with smaller suppliers about the value of expected benefits from the program.

Increasing sanctions on jobseekers and forcing some to do voluntary work to qualify for benefits is unfair, the union says.

However, the commission's order says «its pleadings raise the question on how to treat new voluntary arrangements to purchase incremental existing renewable resources that do not qualify... but can provide long lasting benefit to New York.»

The benefits to your mood occur whether the exercise is voluntary or forced, so even if you feel you have to exercise, say for health reasons, there's a good chance you'll still benefit.

Sorenson stressed that the proposal would be voluntary for employers, employees and those already retired and receiving benefits, although he said the size of the majority that would constitute consent on the part of employees and retirees has yet to be determined.

CAISO recently said the voluntary expansion of the EIM has generated nearly $ 19 million in gross benefits in the first three months of 2016.

In the voluntary world, you offer a benefit just to say that you do.

Chidambaram said the insurance sector needs to quickly move to the digitization from the voluntary to the mandatory phase as this initiative entails multiple benefits both at the customer end and the insurer end.

Liles says more than 5,500 employers and associations in the U.S. offer pet insurance from Nationwide as a voluntary benefit.