According to a survey by human resources consulting firm Effective Resources Inc., unemployment in Florida remains high at 8.1 percent, above the national average of 7.8 percent, based on numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The survey also finds that the average turnover rate for Florida is again at 2.2 percent, marking a slightly higher rate from last year's number of 2 percent.
Seventy-eight percent of respondents say they saw an increase in their medical insurance premiums totaling to 10 percent or less. Florida's predicted merit percentage of 2.9 percent on average ended up hitting 2.8 percent this year.
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