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ontents Preface ............................................................................................................xi Editors ........................................................................................................ xiii Contributors ..................................................................................................xv PART I: OVERVIEW 1 Employee Benefi ts Administration: An Introduction and Overview .........................................................................................3 CHRISTOPHER G. REDDICK AND JERRELL D. COGGBURN PART II: THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 2 Strategic Benefi ts in Human Resource Management ...........................15 DENNIS M. DALEY 3 Employee Benefi ts: Weighing Ethical Principles and Economic Imperatives ...................................................................29 JONATHAN P. WEST AND JAMES S. BOWMAN 4 Comparing Federal Employee Benefi ts with Th ose in the Private Sector .............................................................................55 MARK MUSELL, CARY ELLIOTT, AND DAVID TORREGROSA 5 Employee Support and Development Benefi ts: Generational Issues ..............................................................................75 ILKA M. DECKER 6 Th e Social and Economic Context of Employee Healthcare Benefi ts ..............................................................................93 ANN BECK AU5192_AU5192_C000.indd vii 11/19/2007 8:54:14 PM viii PART III: HEALTH AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS 7 An Overview of Federal Retirement Benefi ts .....................................121 DAVID TORREGROSA, CARY ELLIOTT, AND MARK MUSELL 8 Th e Changing Environment of State and Local Government Public Pensions ..................................................................................143 ALBERT HYDE 9 Retirement Planning in the United Kingdom ....................................161 ORLA GOUGH AND SEPIDEH ARKANI 10 Comparing Public and Private Sector Wage and Health Benefi t Compensation ........................................................................179 ANN BECK PART IV: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 11 Financial Management Challenges of Other Postemployment Benefi ts ...................................................................211 JUSTIN MARLOWE 12 Benefi ts and Costs in the Public Sector of Service in the National Guard and Reserves ............................................................................235 ANTHONY G. WHITE 13 Trends in Outsourcing Human Resources Benefi ts: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Florida Example ........................261 ELSIE B. CROWELL 14 Accounting and Financial Reporting by Governments for Retirement Benefi ts: Understanding and Using the Information in Audited Financial Reports ...................................285 DEAN MICHAEL MEAD PART V: CONTEMPORARY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ISSUES 15 Work-Life Benefi ts ..............................................................................309 N. JOSEPH CAYER AND CHARLENE M. L. ROACH AU5192_AU5192_C000.indd viii 11/19/2007 8:54:14 PM ix 16 Higher Education Benefi ts: How Th ey Help Employees and Organizations ..............................................................................335 JOAN E. PYNES 17 Transitioning to Defi ned Contribution Retirement Plans: Th e Importance of Financial Literacy Development in the Workplace ..........................................................359 JOSEPH H. HOLLAND AND DOUG GOODMAN 18 Domestic Partner Benefi ts ..................................................................379 CHARLES W. GOSSETT 19 Transgender-Inclusive Workplaces and Health Benefi ts: New Administrative Territory for Public Administrators ..................399 RODDRICK COLVIN Index ...........................................................................................................415
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Employee fringe benefits -- United States.
Personnel management -- United States.
Public administration -- United States.