Employee benefits : a primer for human resource professionals / Joseph J. Martocchio

Part 1: Introduction to employee benefits -- Introducing employee benefits -- The economics of employee benefits -- Regulating employee benefits -- Retirement, health, and life insurance -- Employer-sponsored health insurance programs -- Employer-sponsored disability insurance and life insurance -- Government-mandated social security and workers' compensation programs -- paid time-off and flexible work schedules --Accommodation and enhancement benefits -- Employee benefits: design, nonqualified plans, and global issues -- Nonqualified plans for highly paid and executive employees -- Global employee benefits at a glance.

Joseph Martocchio's "Employee Benefits: A Primer for Human Resource Professionals" was written to promote a fuller understanding of employee benefits programs among students enrolled in college-level compensation and benefits course. It's relevant to students who plan to be general managers, who deal with a variety of human resource issues in their day-to-day jobs, as well as to those who expect to be human resource practitioners. The real-world focus of Martocchio's text is evident on every page, as he seeks to balance current academic thought with brief examples of contemporary benefits practices in business.Martocchio's "Employee Benefits" is forward-thinking and seeks to bring the topic into the mainstream of compensation understanding. The Third Edition continues to be concisely written, highlighting key issues in order to provide the reader with a solid foundation for discussing benefits issues with employee benefits professionals. As practices and laws affecting benefits change frequently, Martocchio stays on the cusp of recent developments, capturing all recent changes with his Third Edition.