Employee Benefits » (4th Edition)

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 courses. 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 the author 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 Fourth 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 Fourth Edition.

Pt. 1 Introduction to Employee Benefits 1

Ch. 1 Introducing Employee Benefits 3

Ch. 2 The Economics of Employee Benefits 31

Ch. 3 Regulating Employee Benefits 49

Pt. 2 Retirement, Health, and Life Insurance 81

Ch. 4 Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans 83

Ch. 5 Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Programs 115

Ch. 6 Employer-Sponsored Disability Insurance and Life Insurance 153

Ch. 7 Government-Mandated Social Security and Workers' Compensation Programs 171

Pt. 3 Services 211

Ch. 8 Paid Time-Off and Flexible Work Schedules 213

Ch. 9 Accommodation and Enhancement Benefits 235

Pt. 4 Employee Benefits: Design, Nonqualified Plans, and Global Issues 255

Ch. 10 Managing the Employee Benefits System 257

Ch. 11 Nonqualified Plans for Highly Paid and Executive Employees 285

Ch. 12 Global Employee Benefits at a Glance 305

Appendix Ancillary Exercises with Answers for Selected Chapters 343

Glossary 351

Index 375