This new edition has been updated to include the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Social Security and Medicare implications of the new 1997 tax and budget bills. In all its editions, Employee Benefits is considered to be the most comprehensive benefits text on the market. This is a great resource for small business owners and human resource professionals.

Learn to comprehend the complexities of health insurance! Using a reader-friendly approach, Health Insurance Today, A Practical Approach, 6th Edition gives you a solid understanding of health insurance, its types and sources, and the ethical and legal issues surrounding it. This new edition incorporates the latest information surrounding ICD-10, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and other timely federal influencers, as it guides you through the important arenas of health insurance such as claims submission methods, the claims process, coding, reimbursement, hospital billing, and more.

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Equity Compensation is a comprehensive overview of employee ownership practices and practicalities. From examining motivations for sharing ownership to determining plan types and features, the Entrepreneur's Guide is an excellent tool for entrepreneurs, executives, advisors, investors, and anyone else wishing to learn about using equity compensation effectively.

Fundamentals of Employee Benefit Programs, 6th Edition provides information on: An overview of employee benefits in the United States, including detailed chapters on Social Security and Medicare; Retirement benefits, covering defined benefit (pension) and defined contribution (401(k)-type) plans, individual retirement accounts, cash balance plans, and much more. An appendix explains the automatic enrollment provisions of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, the most important recent federal law affecting retirement plans; Health benefits, including chapters on drug, dental, and vision plans, retiree health benefits, and managing health care costs (among other topics); Other benefits, such as leave, workers compensation, and domestic partner benefits; and Public-sector benefits, covering both health and retirement benefits in the public sector, regulation of public-sector retirement plans, and benefit cost comparisons between state and local and private-sector employers.

Avoid legal problems and run a productive workplace with an up-to-date employee handbook! Anyone who hires and supervises employees needs clear policies when it comes to crucial issues like pay and overtime, medical leave, and social media. Create Your Own Employee Handbook provides everything business owners, managers, and HR professionals need to create (or update) a legal and plain-English employee handbook. Find the latest legal information, practical suggestions, and best practices on: wages and hours at-will employment time off discrimination and harassment complaints and investigations health and safety drugs and alcohol workplace privacy, and email, personal blogs, and Internet use. The 8th edition covers recent updates to state and federal laws, including rules prohibiting employees from taking photographs at work, regulations on e-cigarettes, social media restrictions, and much more!

The book includes definitions of common Spanish and Chinese words arranged by such categories as work place items, foods, greetings, interview questions, introductions, time numbers, days of the week, months, colors, etc. A clean crisp layout and detailed treatment of words ensure accurate translation and allow the user to grasp the important nuances of the language quickly. The entire book is duplicated in Spanish, English, and Chinese so both English speaking and non-English-speaking persons can easily use it. Includes a CD ROM employee handbook in Spanish and Chinese.

Contains 12 chapters, organized into 4 parts: (1) Introduction to Employee Benefits; (2) Retirement, Health Care, and Life Insurance; (3) Services; and (4) Extending Employee Benefits. Each chapter contains a chapter outline, learning objectives, key terms, discussion questions, and 2 brief cases.

...provides readers with a variety of interdisciplinary principles and tools, including labor economics, human resources strategy, tax policy, metrics, and actuarial science. Numerous cases, examples, and exercises engage readers and help them master the content. Includes a primer on actuarial concepts, which permeate benefit design and decision making. Focuses on fundamental labor economic issues, legal issues pertaining to benefits, and life cycle events and their relationship to benefit needs. Covers both privately and publicly funded retirement plans as well as publicly funded retirement and health care programs. Helps readers understand how to align business, human resource management, and benefit strategies and how to include them in benefit principles and designs for the workplace.

This essential resource is a compilation of the most often asked employee compensation questions related to bonuses, paid leave, tax compliance, wage and hour regulations, and much more. Compensation issues are one of the most vexing of the human resources world, but 97 Frequently Asked Questions About Compensation arms HR professionals and business owners with the knowledge of the experts at the HR Knowledge Center.

Explores benefits for same-sex partnerships and marriages, relevant laws, plan design and administration, and tax treatment. Includes relevant statutes, administrative rulings, court decisions, and a glossary of terms.

Annual publication, the latest edition is 2018.
Being held personally liable for a business related decision is the nightmare of every company manager, officer and director. As a result of the recent economic downturn, the number of cases being brought against businesses and the people who run them has surged. Business Liability Insurance Answer Book provides a concise roadmap to the kinds of issues being litigated, and the types of liability insurance available to protect against suit and cover losses in the event of a successful recovery.