The average percent of total monthly premium cost paid by companies in the Houston area is 80 percent. Employees have 8 days per year of sick leave. About one-third of the of the firms allow carryover into the next year. Funeral leave averages 3 days in the event of the death of a member of the employee's immediate family. Employees get double time for Sundays and holidays at about one-half of the firms in the Houston area.
All firms pay it quarterly on a lump sum basis.
Top management believes the firm must be prepared to invest in additional plant and equipment to take advantage of increased product demand over the next 5 years. Formulate proposals for each article to be negotiated. Be sure to include roll-up, the automatic cost increases in benefits resulting from a wage increase. Case prepared by Edwin Arnold. Any similarity to actual situations or characters is purely accidental.