 Employee Compensation
Huge lists of links to compensation organizations, salary surveys, benefits, legal issues, with descriptions. OVERVIEW: Compensation & Benefits
- by Megan McIntosh and Mikhail Babirenko, April, 1999
- updated, April, 2000 by Andrew Pedersen, Jay Lyon, and Corrin Wright
Organizations and Associations
In this section, the human resources professional can find organizations and professional associations that are concerned with compensation. These organizations are valuable for their ability to promote networking, the conferences that they sponsor, the newsleters that they publish, and the information and resources that they control.
General Information
This section provides a broad range of information about one of the most sensitive subjects in human resources management, compensation. The websites here provide information on compensation relative to geographic area, industry, for executives, tax considerations, pay for working women, and compensation information specific to non-profit organizations.
Salary Surveys
This section contains a great deal of information useful to the Human Resources professional in analysis of financial remuneration. There are salary calculators to make quick comparisons between the costs of living in any two areas. There are many links to profession-specific salary surveys, and a large amount of tabulated data about regional and national average salaries by discipline compiled by the federal government.
Benefits Information
This section provides links to a large number of sites containing information about employer sponsored benefit programs. The information includes advice on retirement pension and 401k program design.
Employee Leave
This section is primarily concerned with the Family and Medical Leave Act. It has links to the Department of Labor and its ELAWS site, which helps employees and employers understand their rights and responsibilities under Federal employment laws.
Minimum Wage Information
This section of the compensation site overviews the issues and facts associated with minimum wage. It provides detailed minimum wage data for the US and Canada as well as, more specifically, Vermont and Ontario. It also attempts to explain the difference between a minimum and a livable wage.
Retirement Information
This site is broken up into four different subsections: General Retirement Information, 401K/403B, Pension, and Social Security. Each subsection has links to related organizations that can aid both the employee and employer in making retirement planning decisions. Both the beginner and the expert will find direction and information regarding everything from setting up a 401K to determining Social Security eligibility.
Employee Stock Ownership Plans
These sites provide information about ESOPs and consultation services to assist a HR professional in the institution of an ESOP.
Health Benefits
This guide covers providers, related articles, government and NPO topics, and specific benefit types. Current Articles
Links to current articles about health benefits in HR journals and other publications.
General Sites
Includes information on the following: health news, provider rankings, hospital rankings, and health services.
Government Sites
Links to various state and federal health sites.
Health Insurance Providers
Home pages of the major insurance providers for Vermont and surrounding areas.
Non-Profit Organizations
Home pages of important health organizations and agencies.
Software & Consultants
Links to various benefits management software packages and benefits consultants.
Specific Benefits
More detailed information sorted by benefit category.
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