Plans that link worker benefits to the stock market automatically adjust - if the economy underperforms, then workers get lower benefits.

"There is very little concern for worker benefits, training and health," Dr. Wilner said.

Troplowitz made several reforms in regards to worker benefits at Beiersdorf, such as paid vacations, maternity leave, and a 48-hour work week.

The measure, which passed overwhelmingly in the House and Senate, extends worker benefits for up to 26 weeks.

Not surprisingly, union leaders have vowed to oppose any effort to cut back worker benefits.

These newcomers must build new companies separate from the existing factories, to avoid outdated equipment and worker benefits.

Albany closed its 1990 session by voting a deserved increase in worker benefits.

New Jersey lawmakers are pushing legislation that would make their state the second state to add this worker benefit.

What's been happening to worker benefits in the private sector is tragic, if not criminal (and sometimes it is both).

In manufacturing, non-cash worker benefits rose 7 percent in the past year, as against 1.5 percent a year earlier.