STS Telecom in Cooper City, Florida, has launched a new employee benefit that will help employees with soaring gas prices.
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The program went into effect June 1.
"Our employees have come through for us and in these challenging financial times, we needed to come through for them," says STS Telecom's CEO Mark Amarant.
The company has also launched a program in which the company contributes toward the down payment of any lease or purchase of a new model hybrid car.