why companies provide benefits to their employees. What constitutes great
benefits? What constitutes poor benefits? Let?s say that you were hired as a
human resources manager and you were in charge of rolling out employee benefits
for the company, how would you structure the benefits? What is your reasoning
for doing so? What challenges might you encounter and why?
2. Identify
and describe four legally required benefits for employees.
3. Describe
why an employee might select a PPO health insurance benefit over an HMO.
Statistically, which one is less expensive for the employer and why?
4. Describe
the difference between a defined benefit pension plan and a defined
contribution pension plan. Which one would you offer as the employer and why?
Which one would be more beneficial to you as the employee and why?
5. Describe
three types of flexible benefits programs. As a human resources manager, which
one would you choose for your organization and why? Which one would you want as
the employee and why?
1. Describe
the priorities of OSHA investigations.
2. Identify
and describe three methods of preventing accidents. Which one do you believe is
most effective and why?
3. How are
incidence rates calculated? What do the results indicate?
4. What is
stress? How can it be positive? As a human resources manager, how could you
help your employees reduce their stress?
5. What must an organization do differently with respect to
health and safety when operating in another country?
