Employee Benefits : A Primer for Human Resource Professionals

by Martocchio, Joseph J.

• ISBN13: 9780072515480
• ISBN10: 0072515481
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-17
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Summary

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 is 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. Future practitioners will use this book as an introductory reference guide. Future employees/managers will gain a more complete understanding of how and why companies provide benefits as they do. 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.

Author Biography

Joseph J. Martocchio is a professor in the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction to Employee Benefits

Chapter 1: Employee Benefits in a Changing Business and Social Context

Chapter 2: Planning the Employee Benefits Program

Chapter 3: Regulation of Discretionary Employee Benefits

Part 2: Insurance

Chapter 4: Social Security Programs

Chapter 5: Health Insurance

Chapter 6: Disability Insurance, Workers’ Compensation, and Life Insurance

Part 3: Retirement Plans

Chapter 7: Company-Sponsored Retirement Plans: Defined Benefit, Defined Contribution, and Hybrid Plans

Chapter 8: Retirement Plans and Benefits for Executive Employees

Part 4: Services

Chapter 9: Paid Time-Off from Work

Chapter 10: Accommodation and Enhancement Benefits