Fundamentals of Human Resources Management

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Benefits Administration

Learning Objectives By the end of this chapter, you should be able to: • Describe recent benefits trends. • Identify the primary objectives of benefits programs. • Define federally mandated employee benefits. • Summarize additional benefits legislation. • Determine health care insurance plan options. • Select an insurance carrier.

INTRODUCTION

Celeste is the director of Human Resources for a large, popular fast-food chain. Though she has an HR manager and two HR assistants who normally conduct all the employment interviews, she has just finished two weeks of personally interviewing more than a dozen applicants ...