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I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Kelley, Thank you for the good wishes. It has been a pleasure to work with EBN since its creation, and to have participated in the first and many subsequent EBN Benefit's expo's. While our 30th truely is news you cannot use, we now have 30 years of work available at www.ebri.org , as you point out....

What number should we show? One suggestion is the COBRA amount, or maybe a per capita amount? COBRA is an average for all individuals in that option. Wouldn't a more accurate number reflect more variables, age, location, etc.?

Stress needs to be dealt with... the employees who are fortunate enough to have an EAP should use them!

I hate to say it, but this is part and parcel of actions like (1)dumping pensions to the PBGC during bankruptcies (started by United Airlines) and (2) the of lack statutes requiring employers who are off-shoring large operations to provide meaningful workforce and community remdiation as part of their...

How do the unemployment rates compare to the U.S.? Just looking at severance alone doesn't tell much.

Does the survey describe what is included in the severance?Base Pay?Automobile Allowance?Management Bonus?Benefits?SERP?401(k)?

You know, the survey doesn't compare unemployment rates or break out what exactly is included in severance. From the wording, it looks like it only includes base pay, but don't quote me on that.

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Unemployment statistics are irrelevant as Kelley Butler said (and considering that various nations measure the statistic differently). More meaningful is "at-will" employment in the States that isn't replicated in other countries. More telling is the larger relative severance given to U.S. top execs...