Although employer spending on employee benefits remained stable, the amount of HR professionals reporting that the economy negatively affected benefits ticked up 5 percent this year, according to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

The HR organization revealed this week findings of a new survey at its 63rd Annual Conference & Exposition in Las Vegas.

The 2011 Employee Benefits Research Report found 77 percent of surveyed HR professionals said in 2011 that the economy negatively affected benefits to some or to a large extent, an increase from 72 percent in 2010.

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