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Benefits for the Workplace of the Future »

Authors: Olivia S. Mitchell (Editor), David S. Blitzstein (Editor), Michael Gordon (Editor), Judith F. Mazo
ISBN-13: 9780812237085, ISBN-10: 0812237080
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Date Published: April 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Olivia S. Mitchell

Olivia S. Mitchell is Professor of Insurance and Risk Management and Executive Director of The Pension Research Council at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. David S. Blitzstein is Director of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Michael Gordon is an attorney in Washington, D.C., specializing in labor law. Judith F. Mazo is Senior Vice President and Director of Research for the Segal Company.

Book Synopsis

From the Wharton School

	Preface
	Introduction: Benefits for the Workplace of the Future	1
1	The Demographics of Tomorrow's Workplace	21
2	Benefits and Productivity	43
3	How Demographic Change Will Drive Benefits Design	58
4	The Benefits Implications of Recent Trends in Flexible Staffing Arrangements	89
5	New Trends in Pension Benefit and Retirement Provisions	110
6	Implications of the Difficult Economy for Company-Sponsored Retirement Plans	137
7	Designing Total Reward Programs for Tight Labor Markets	151
8	Are Career Jobs Headed for Extinction?	178
9	Career Jobs Are Dead	203
10	Reply: Premature Reports of Demise	226
11	Benefits for the Free Agent Workforce	241
12	Developments in Global Benefits Administration	249
13	Delinking Benefits from a Single Employer: Alternative Multiemployer Models	260
	Contributors	285
	Index	289