"The Handbook of Employee Benefits, Sixth Edition, features the knowledge and insights of more than 50 top benefits experts. It is filled with new and updated cases and real-world examples of benefit plan successes and failures." "The Handbook of Employee Benefits gives every organization and its HR practitioners and consultants the knowledge and tools they need to create plans that benefit the greatest number of employees, while allowing employers to maintain fiscal integrity and competitive advantage."--BOOK JACKET.

THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ANSWER BOOK This go-to resource contains the most reliable information needed to answer questions about employee benefits that arise in day-to-day business. Complex and ambiguous topics are illustrated with concrete examples that can help make informed, sound decisions, and ultimately, the ability to ask better questions. Written by Rebecca Mazin an expert in human resource policies and procedures the book addresses the most commonly asked benefits questions including: How many vacation days do employees get? What's the difference between a POS and an HSA? Is offering check-ups and eye exams enough? What's involved in flexible spending accounts? What do I need to know about 401(k) and Non-Qualified Plans? Do employees expect life insurance and disability? From EAP to concierge services, what else do employees want? How does COBRA work and what else do I need to do? What can employers do to rein in benefits costs? The book also highlights specific practice examples that are "worth repeating," or "better forgotten," and includes a wide-variety of checklists and charts. The Employee Benefits Answer Book is organized by topic and arranged in a question and answer format making it easy to zero in on a particular subject. Using this important book, employers can create coherent policies based on a clear understanding of all benefits.

From discretionary employee benefits to company-sponsored retirement plans, the scope and variety of today's employee benefits landscape can be intimidating. Employee Benefits provides a comprehensive, understandable introduction to retirement plans, services, laws, and regulations, as well as the strategic role benefits play in the modern firm. Joseph Martocchio is a labor and industrial relations professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the author of Strategic Compensation.

Fiscal realities and changing social priorities are requiring a dramatic shift in the way that benefits are selected and awarded to employees, especially in the public sector. This means that public administrators and policy researchers must consider new parameters and contingencies, both financial and social, when evaluating choices and making pol