Businesses have been paying a lot of attention lately to crafting employee engagement programs that reflect what employees care about and that can be seen as an employee benefit.

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For politicians who care about providing high-quality government services, public employee compensation reforms have become the best available option.

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But they grumble more and more about contributions for health care taken out of wages, a cost shared equally by employer and employee.

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The list's creators assign a 19.5% weighting to environmental impact and employee relations, because they think they are what consumers, shareholders and employees care most about.

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