Programs to Benefit Employees (HRCI/PHR - aligned)

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Overview/Description
The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including the work rules and practices that apply to employee benefit programs. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's practices comply with any legislation governing employee benefits and that the benefit programs are competitive enough to attract and retain employees. These are some of the topics you will need to understand to prepare for the Human Resource Certification Institute's Professional in Human Resources certification examination (HRCI/PHR). This course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations in the areas of benefits compensation. In the area of benefit regulations, this course will help you understand the federal legislation that mandates multiple employee benefits. You will also learn methods for designing voluntary benefits plans for the particular needs of your company's employees. All the topics in this course are based on the Benefits and Compensation functional area of the HR Body of Knowledge recommended by the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM). Due to the rapidly changing nature of the law, information in this course may become outdated.

Target Audience
Human Resources Professionals that are preparing for the Human Resources Certification Institute's certification examination

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

Benefits under Government Regulation

recognize the value of understanding the employee benefits required by government regulations.

match Social Security and Medicare to examples of the coverage provided by each plan.

identify the situations covered by the unemployment insurance program.

select the benefits that are provided by workers' compensation.

identify issues that affect an employee's eligibility to receive COBRA benefits.

select the FMLA program conditions that provide leave from employment.

Voluntary Benefits

recognize the benefits of understanding the voluntary employee benefits.

match the qualified compensation plan and the nonqualified compensation plan to their examples.

match types of health plans to examples.

select examples of the different voluntary disability benefit plans.

select examples of benefit needs assessment considerations.

Course Number:
HR0271