(The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Archived articles from The Editor's Desk—
Size of establishment
- Firm size and share of employment change, 1992–2009 (01/13/2012)
- Job creation among small and large businesses (01/03/2012)
- Outpatient prescription drug coverage, March 2010 (09/26/2011)
- Job gains and losses by firm size, fourth quarter 2010 (08/04/2011)
- Automatic enrollment in savings and thrift retirement plans, March 2009 (09/15/2010)
- Paid leave benefit costs in private industry, March 2009 (03/16/2010)
- Stand-alone dental and vision plans: employee access and participation by establishment size (11/02/2009)
- Variation in life insurance benefits by establishment size, 2008 (10/03/2008)
- Occupational injuries and illnesses and establishment size (10/26/2007)
- Variation in worker earnings by establishment size and industry, June 2006 (07/05/2007)
- Health benefit costs and establishment size, March 2007 (06/22/2007)
- Health savings accounts (04/05/2007)
- Flexible benefits and reimbursement accounts (04/04/2007)
- Workplace violence prevention programs and policies (10/31/2006)
- Workplace violence in 2005 (10/30/2006)
- Health care plans and establishment size in 2005 (01/30/2006)
- New and emerging occupations at the start of the 21st century (01/05/2005)
- Compensation cost by establishment size (06/28/2004)
- Low pay and establishment size (02/03/2004)
- Employee contributions for medical insurance in 2003 (09/25/2003)
- Earnings higher in larger establishments (07/28/2003)
- Retail employment and establishment size (11/28/2001)
- Most manufacturing employees work in larger establishments (11/27/2001)
- Size of workplaces and cost of bonuses (03/27/2001)
- Majority of private-industry employees work in small establishments (03/08/2001)
- Child care resource and referral services much more common in large workplaces (12/28/2000)
- Bigger establishment, usually better benefits (08/15/2000)
- Wages highest in West, benefits highest in Northeast (07/16/1999)
- Small establishments employ the largest share of workers (02/11/1999)
- Compensation costs increase with establishment size (11/04/1998)
- Large employers provide more training for employees (10/14/1998)
- Fewer medium and large private employers provide dental care for employees (09/29/1998)
Of interest
Spotlight on Statistics: The Recession of 2007–2009
The most recent recession in the United States began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009, though many of the statistics that describe the U.S. economy have yet to return to their pre-recession values. In this Spotlight, we present BLS data that compare the recent recession to previous recessions.
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