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Headline/Title: Who has benefits in private industry in 2012? Date: Sept. 2012 Source:* * US Bureau of Labor Statistics (thanks to Stuart Basefsky) Link: http://1.usa.gov/OWDvE3 Summary: Health, retirement, and paid leave benefits made up more than three-fifths of private industry employer-provided benefit costs in June 2012.1http://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-1/who-has-benefits-in-private-industry-in-2012.htm#_edn1Although employers in most states are not required to offer these benefits, they often make some form of each major benefit type available to their employees, especially to full-time and high-wage workers. For example, paid holidays are offered to 77 percent of private industry workers overall and about 90 percent of full-time and high-wage workers. Medical care and retirement benefit availability show similar patterns.

*Author:* BLS