Some employers offer help with transportation expenses

WASHINGTON

More than one-quarter of companies are helping out employees because of recent increases in gasoline prices, according to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management. The group received responses from 380 businesses April 25-May 1.

While that means most companies aren’t aiding their workers, the percentage that were was up from a survey taken in late August and early September when gasoline prices jumped to record highs following Hurricane Katrina.

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