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Unemployment Insurance
Unemployment
Unemployment
Employee
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Social Security
Social Security
Retirement income
Disability benefits
Death benefits
Survivors benefits
6.2% of eligible earnings
up to
$84,900 (2002)
$87,000 (2003)
Employee
funded
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Medicare
Hospital insurance
(Medicare, Part A)
Medical Insurance
(Medicare, Part B)
1.45% of eligible
earnings (unlimited)
Employee and
employer funded
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Workers Compensation (1 of 2)
Based
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Workers Compensation (2 of 2)
Employers
Disability
care
disability income
rehabilitation
death benefits
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Retirement Plans
Compensation for
Time Not Worked
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Paid
Holidays
Paid
Vacations
Sick
Leave
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Personal
Time Off
Family
Leave
Maternity
and Parental
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Duration of Leave
(Weeks)
Number of Paid
Weeks
Percent of Normal
Pay
Canada
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15 weeks
60%
France
18
16 weeks
90%
Germany
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14 19 weeks
100%
Japan
12
12 weeks
60%
Sweden
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38 weeks
90%
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Employer-Purchased Insurance
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Income
Replacement
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Health Insurance (1 of 2)
Traditional
membership programs
Pay
Outpatient
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Health Insurance (2 of 2)
Preferred
Health
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Section
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Retirement
Income from
Savings &
Work
Simplified
Employee
Pension
IRAs
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Individual
Retirement
Accounts
(IRAs)
401 (k)
Plans
Private
Pensions
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requirements
Benefits formula
Vesting
Portability
Fiduciaries
Reporting/disclosure
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Pension Benefits
Defined
Specifies
Defined
Specifies
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Stock Ownership
Plans
Employee
Services
Education
Programs
Pre-retirement
Programs
Childcare
Social and
Recreational
Programs
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Eldercare
Financial Services
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care
life insurance
disability insurance
option of receiving cash to spend on coverage in
the open market
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Reimbursement Accounts
Also
health care
childcare
care
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strategy
Comparable benefits strategy
Minimum benefits strategy
Step
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3. Percentage of payroll
basis
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Summary (1 of 2)
Top
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Summary (2 of 2)
Unions,
administrative nightmares,
employers should concentrate on fewer
benefits plans
If
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