10 growing companies protect employees in a volatile economy

AIRINC is a human resources consulting firm in the field of global mobility located in Cambridge, Mass., with 89 employees.
“We made conscious decisions over the years to make plan designs and vendor changes to cut costs behind the scenes,” explains Julia Pilleri, assistant controller for Associates for International Research, Inc. “Benefits are a crucial part of people’s compensation. When organizations make decisions to cut back benefits, I think it’s shortsighted.”

The organization is located in Portland, Ore., and has 39 employees.
To help with higher health care premiums the credit union added a health reimbursement account, 100% funded by the company. “The HRA has become very popular,” says Jenifer Phillips, executive vice president and CFO of Consolidated Federal Credit Union.