The significance of employer-supported child care

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Surveys of employers and employees were conducted to see if employer- supported child care (ESCC) led to tangible positive results in the workplace. For employees who used the onsite ESCC center, decreased absences and increased intentions to remain in their company were observed. However, while no direct evidence existed that job satisfaction increased, the majority of the employers perceived it to be so. The recent flexibility in tardiness documentation also hints that employers may indeed be adapting more work policies and benefits that match employees' changing needs.

Innovations, Demographic aspects, Employee morale, Employer-supported day care, Employer supported child care

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Administration - mental health benefits - employer and claims administrator liability for denial of benefits; standard of review of fiduciary's denial of benefits

Article Abstract:

Xerox Corp employee Kimberly Crocco's case filed against Xerox and American Psychmanagement Inc. (APM) was due to the denial of her health care benefits when she was treated in a psychiatric hospital for four months. Specifically, only one month of coverage was certified by APM and all treatments after that were denied certification. The court of ruled that Xerox cannot be held liable because the employer is not a de facto co-administrator. The court, however, found the plan administrator's decision arbitrary because a full and fair review was not given to Crocco.

Photographic equipment and supplies, Photocopy Equipment, Photographic and Photocopying Equipment Manufacturing, Specialty outpatient clinics, not elsewhere classified, All Other Outpatient Care Centers, Outpatient Facilities NEC, Office equipment and supplies industry, Office equipment industry, Xerox Corp., XRX, Cases, Ambulatory care facilities, Psychiatric clinics, Mental health benefits, American Psych-Management Inc., Crocco, Kimberly J.

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The construction of mental accounts in benefits decision making

Article Abstract:

Empirical evidence suggests that mental accounts lead to biases in decision making concerning health care benefits. Mental accounting, defined as the psychological creation of separate budgets for categories of decisions, was found to be exacerbated by a host of factors such as loss aversion and saliency in a survey of staff at a large eastern university. The survey also revealed that there is a significant relationship between mental accounting and order and between recency and loss.

Employee Benefits NEC, Psychological aspects, Decision-making, Decision making, Surveys, Employee benefits, Prejudices, Prejudice

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