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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1986
This briefing report was developed to provide a Senate subcommittee with information concerning certain benefit features of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). It compares coverage for selected health benefits in the federal and private sectors for a 6-year period (1980-1985). A description of methodology states that information…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employees, Federal Programs, Fringe Benefits
Peer reviewedMiddleditch, Leigh B., Jr. – Journal of College and University Law, 1973
As the number and level of fringe benefits increases, particularly in the retirement sphere, institutions must keep in mind that today's commitment will be felt in tomorrow's budget. The range of employee benefits available are analyzed with regard to cost: unfunded benefits (vacations, leave), government programs, insurance, retirement plans, and…
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Finance, Employees, Federal Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
In 1985, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) reserves had accumulated over $2 billion in reserve surplus, precipitating the program's first refund. Concerned about FEHBP reserve practices, the chairman of the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, United States Congress, asked the General Accounting Office (GAO) to…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Federal Programs, Federal Regulation, Financial Problems
Discontinuing Social Security: Reallocating Employer Funds to Improve Employer Fringe Benefit Plans.
Marsee, Jeffrey A. – 1982
Texarkana (Texas) Community College and Texarkana Independent School District left the federal Social Security System (SSS) and reallocated SSS funds to a self-administered fringe benefit program, while also returning employees' SSS contributions to them intact. Several safeguards for Texas employees were already in place through the Texas Teacher…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Fringe Benefits, Insurance
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1987
This report examines the estimated costs of implementing H.R. 925, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1987, as amended. This bill permits employees to take up to 10 weeks of unpaid leave over a 2-year period upon the birth or adoption of a child or serious illness of a child or parent and up to 15 weeks every 2 years for their own illness. Upon…
Descriptors: Children, Cost Estimates, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Blaustein, Saul J.; And Others – 1993
This 10-chapter book covers the history of unemployment insurance (UI) in the United States from its beginning in the 1930's to the present and describes how the program evolved in response to various economic and other factors and to the controversies that emerged in the process. Chapter 1 provides background on trends in the extent, duration,…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Cycles, Dislocated Workers, Employment Patterns
Peer reviewedSheils, John F.; Wolfe, Patrice R. – Future of Children, 1992
Summarizes the private health insurance market, focusing on recent trends. Efforts should be made to preserve the current private health insurance system through comprehensive reforms that reduce cost and shift from public programs; control costs by competition, managed care, and global spending limits; and guarantee coverage for all groups. (SLD)
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Child Health, Children, Cost Effectiveness
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1988
This guide is intended to serve as a reference tool to individuals responsible for planning and implementing a work force reduction program. The information included in the guide represents a synthesis of practices that have worked for a number of companies, individuals, and communities that have had to cope with a work force reduction. The first…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Dislocated Workers, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1988
Two hearings held a month apart examine major issues concerning Medicaid benefits in family welfare and nursing home reform. The first set of hearings discusses the proposed Family Welfare Reform Act of 1987 (H.R. 1720), which is intended to replace the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program of the Social Security Act Title IV.…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Employed Parents, Employed Women, Employment Problems
