Employee Benefits 4th Edition Joseph J Martocchio - Solutions

Compare the main objectives of state regulation of workers’ compensation programs and employer-sponsored disability and life insurance plans.
What benefits do companies receive when they provide disability and survivor benefits for nonwork-related occurrences?
Discuss the basic concept of social insurance as provided by Social Security programs.
Describe the differences between FICA and FUTA.
Would you modify any of the eligibility criteria currently used to qualify the unemployed for unemployment insurance benefits? Explain why.
List and describe the types of claims in state workers’ compensation programs. How much redundancy is there with employer-sponsored private insurance? Explain your answer.
Under what circumstances should employees be ineligible for public or private disability and life benefits? Discuss the rationale for your answer. Are the expenses associated with providing public and private programs serving the best interests of society?
Discuss the pros and cons of choosing an integrated paid time-off policy instead of multiple specific paid time-off policies—for example, sick leave, vacation, and so forth.
Most companies award vacation and sick-leave time according to seniority. Should companies base the allocation of these benefits on employee performance? Discuss the rationale for your answer.
Should the U.S. government mandate similar paid time-off benefits for all employees?Please explain.
Are carryover provisions in paid sick leave and vacation benefits unfair to some employees? If yes, for whom are these provisions unfair? In either case, explain the rationale for your answer.
Describe the differences between health insurance benefits and employee assistance programs (EAPs).
Identify additional reasons companies should offer accommodation and enhancement benefits.
Discuss one or more reasons why companies should not offer accommodation and enhancement benefits.
Some companies do not include educational benefits in their benefits plans. Discuss reasons for this position.
Companies always face budget constraints, preventing them from offering every possible benefit. Identify one accommodation and enhancement benefit that you believe is most important and another that is least important.
Respond to the following statement: Flexible benefits plans are more trouble than they are worth. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Provide a rationale for your answer.
Discuss how Section 125 plans create advantages for employees and employers.
What is the “good business sense” of benefits communications?
List and describe three specific ways insurance providers control costs. Which is most effective and why?
Identify one or more additional issues that may influence employees’ benefits practice in the future.

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