Authors: Jerry S. Rosenbloom
ISBN-13: 9780071445122, ISBN-10: 0071445129
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: September 2005
Edition: 6th Edition
Jerry Rosenbloom, Ph.D., CLU, CPCU is the Frederick H. Ecker Professor of Insurance and Risk Management at the Wharton School. He is a frequent contributor to professional journals, and is the author of Personal Financial Planning, Seventh Edition.
Required reading for the Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) program
In-Depth Analysis on Virtually Every Aspect of Employee Benefit ProgramsFrom Designing and Evaluating Effective Plans to Controlling Ongoing Plan Costs
For nearly two decades, through four previous editions, benefits professionalsand anyone looking for a comprehensive overview of the subjecthave depended on Jerry Rosenbloom's encyclopedic The Handbook of Employee Benefits for updated, authoritative answers to questions concerning objectives, costs, and implementation of employee benefit plans. Now, the classic reference for understanding and designing benefit plans to serve both companies and their employees has once again been updated for today's transformed, new-economy workplace.
Turn to this invaluable handbook for current, easy-to-access information on:
Benefits are a costly and controversialbut nevertheless an integralcomponent of any employee's compensation package, and a properly designed and administered plan is both important for your employees' well-being and essential for your company's bottom- line success. The Handbook of Employee Benefits remains today's most comprehensive book on employee benefitsand the required reference for benefits professionals everywhere, regardless of industry.
Employee benefits have gone beyond simple health insurance to become a major part of virtually every working individual's financial and economic security. Today's most sought-after employees expect and generally receive benefits packages that can constitute about 40 percent of their total compensationand individuals responsible for designing and administering these packages must know how to design effective benefit plans, administer and communicate them using the latest technology, and continually improve these plans to further their firms' strategic resources objectives.
The Handbook of Employee Benefits, Fifth Edition, assembles over 70 top benefits experts to explain every nuance of today's rapidly changing benefits picture. Whether clarifying latest revisions to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) or discussing new benefits technology applications and employee self-service through the Internet, this updated reference is essential for understanding and designing benefits plans in today's competitive global economy.
New material in this updated edition includes:
What will a company's administrative responsibilities be under the final HIPAA rules on privacy? How will the growing trend toward alternative medicines and behavioral healthcare impact traditional benefit plans? How can a stock option plan be designed to benefit the greatest number of employees while maintaining financial integrity?
The costand complexityof the typical employee benefits plan continues to spiral upward. When questions arise concerning employee benefitsquestions that must be answered on the spotkeep The Handbook of Employee Benefits, Fifth Edition, on your professional bookshelf for accepted, authoritative information.
Ch. 1 | The environment of employee benefit plans | 3 |
Ch. 2 | Functional approach to designing and evaluating employee benefits | 15 |
Ch. 3 | Risk concepts and employee benefit planning | 39 |
Ch. 4 | Regulatory environment of employee benefit plans | 57 |
Ch. 5 | Evolving health plan designs | 77 |
Ch. 6 | Understanding managed care health plans : the managed care spectrum | 107 |
Ch. 7 | Understanding managed care health plans : understanding costs and evaluating plans | 155 |
Ch. 8 | Consumer-driven health care | 197 |
Ch. 9 | Health care quality : are we getting our money's worth? | 219 |
Ch. 10 | Dental plan design | 249 |
Ch. 11 | Alternative prescription drug plans and their impact on employers | 267 |
Ch. 12 | Understanding managed behavioral health care benefits | 295 |
Ch. 13 | Long-term care insurance | 323 |
Ch. 14 | Disability income benefits | 349 |
Ch. 15 | Group life insurance : term and permanent | 371 |
Ch. 16 | Other life insurance programs | 395 |
Ch. 17 | Work/life benefits : an overview | 421 |
Ch. 18 | Time-off benefits and family and medical leave programs | 445 |
Ch. 19 | Dependent care programs | 461 |
Ch. 20 | Selected additional benefits : educational assistance programs, group legal services plans, and qualified transportation fringe benefits | 491 |
Ch. 21 | Financial planning as an employee benefit | 509 |
Ch. 22 | Social security and medicare | 529 |
Ch. 23 | Workers' compensation | 567 |
Ch. 24 | Fundamentals of unemployment compensation programs | 601 |
Ch. 25 | Retirement plan design | 627 |
Ch. 26 | Profit-sharing plans | 653 |
Ch. 27 | 401(k) plans : from inception to the present day | 685 |
Ch. 28 | Cash balance plans : finding the proper perspective | 699 |
Ch. 29 | Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) | 733 |
Ch. 30 | Employee stock compensation plans | 817 |
Ch. 31 | Individual retirement arrangements (IRAs), simplified employee pensions (SEPs), savings incentive match plans for employees (SIMPLE plans), and HR-10 (Keogh) plans | 837 |
Ch. 32 | Executive compensation plans | 857 |
Ch. 33 | Section 403(b) plans | 895 |
Ch. 34 | Section 457 deferred compensation plans | 907 |
Ch. 35 | Investment of defined contribution plan assets | 925 |
Ch. 36 | Employee benefit plan management | 943 |
Ch. 37 | Cafeteria plan design and administration | 975 |
Ch. 38 | The investment of retirement plan assets | 1011 |
Ch. 39 | Fiduciary liability issues under ERISA | 1049 |
Ch. 40 | Communicating employee benefits programs | 1067 |
Ch. 41 | Employee benefit plan accounting and reporting | 1085 |
Ch. 42 | Accounting and financial reporting for health and welfare benefit plans | 1117 |
Ch. 43 | Alternative insured and self-funded arrangements | 1131 |
Ch. 44 | Employers' accounting for pension costs | 1177 |
Ch. 45 | Costing and funding retirement benefits | 1221 |
Ch. 46 | Preventive health care strategies : an overview for employers | 1251 |
Ch. 47 | Welfare benefits for retirees | 1289 |
Ch. 48 | The globalization of employee benefits | 1309 |
Ch. 49 | The future of employee benefit plans | 1337 |