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HR How-To: Work-Life Benefits

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HR How-To: Work-Life Benefits is one of the books in the new CCH® HR How-To Series, which presents the key information you need to know concerning important human resource issues. Delivered in a matter-of-fact, "conversational" style, the Series provides an easy-to-scan listing of typical topics and questions most often asked by HR professionals. The content is explained in easy-to-follow terms, and then demonstrated through "stories" in order to apply the concepts to realistic and familiar workplace settings. The information is intuitively organized by the professional's day-to-day encounter with real-world issues.

HR How-To: Work-Life Benefits covers topics such as how to:

• Choose what to offer
• Implement your program
• Involve your employees
• Avoid the pitfalls

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Features and Benefits

• "What You Need to Know" section where critical must-know issues are presented in a quick fact form
• "What-If" scenarios that explore gray areas, providing insights into real-life, challenging situations. Within these scenarios you'll also see:
• Best practices to learn what has worked effectively for others
• Worst case scenarios often the most effective way to learn
• What went wrong for others and how to avoid the same results
• Strategies for communicating information to your workforce, including samples, case studies, graphical representations, mnemonics, and more
• Checklists that summarize the information most useful to your HR work
• Step-by-step how-to's
• Self audits
• Quizzes to measure retention of material learned

Table Of Contents

• Chapter 1: Introduction to work-life benefits
• Chapter 2: Work-life benefits for recruiting and retention
• Chapter 3: Employee assistance plans
• Chapter 4: Wellness programs
• Chapter 5: Telecommuting
• Chapter 6: Flextime and other nontraditional work schedules
• Chapter 7: Cafeteria plans / flex plans
• Chapter 8: Child care benefit programs
• Chapter 9: Eldercare programs
• Chapter 10: Time away from work
• Chapter 11: Other work-life benefit programs