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US Workers’ Compensation Growth Slowed a Bit in 2019
Americans’ pay and benefits rose at a solid pace last year, but at a slower rate than in 2018, the Labor Department said Friday.
Total salaries and benefits such as health insurance rose 2.7% in 2019, according to the government’s employment cost index, down from 2.9% in the previous year.
In the final three months of last year, workers’ compensation grew 0.7%, matching the third quarter’s increase.
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