A minority of big companies offered extra pay to workers who waived their health benefits last year. Last year, 17 percent of employers with at least 500 workers gave a little extra money to those who turned down an offer of health insurance, according to a survey conducted by the human-resources advisory firm Mercer that will be published later this month. This has disaster written all over it. Continue reading
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