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Benefits

• 401 (k) Plans From The Employer and Employee Perspective. Online handbook from the CCH Online CPE Library.
• Benefits Briefs. From Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle LLP.
• Benefits & Compensation Magazine.
• Benefits Interface. Canadian benefits information.
• Benefits Link
• Benefits News. From Newspage
• Benefits.net. Online source for benefits and compensation news, publications, legislation and more. Sponsored by the Employers Council on Flexible Compensation.
• Business Insurance. Weekly newsmagazine focusing on employee benefit, managed health care and corporate risk news.
• Compensation & Benefits. Analysis from KPMG Peat Marwick.
• Delta Dental Almanac. Overview of recent trends and news of interest to professionals responsible for group health plans.
• Employee Benefit News. Strategies and solutions for the business of employment.
• Employee Benefits Primer. From the Employease HR Guides series outlines the various benefits that employers offer.
• Employee Benefit Research Institute
• The ESOP Association. Basic information about the creation, operation, and benefits of Employee Stock Ownership Plans.
• Foundation for Enterprise Development. Information on equity compensation, employee ownership and involvement, and other high performance business strategies.
• Health Benefits Coalition Web. Position papers and studies on health care reform.
• Integrated Benefits Institute. A resource on emerging integrated benefit programs and issues
• International Benefits Education WWW Site from International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
• Managing Flexible Benefit Plans. Publication from the Institute of Management and Administration.
• Medical Cost and Quality Assistance Home Page. Helps employers and consumers evaluate the cost and quality of health care services by reviewing dentists, physicians, outpatient facilities, hospitals or insurance companies, as well listing competitive benchmark pricing by procedure.
• National Committee for Quality Assurance. Assesses and reports on the quality of managed care plans, including health maintenance organizations (HMOs).
• Pension & Benefits Publications. Library of sample articles from Thompson Publishing Group's pension and benefits publications.
• Research Institute of America Hot Weekly News: Pension & Benefits. Covers tax issues.
• Risk Administration & Management Company Resource Library. Articles on insurance and risk management.
• SafeTNet. Objective information addressing common consumer and business insurance questions.
• SmartBenefits. Toolkit for benefits administrators.
• StockOptions.com. Helps employees, officers, and directors of public corporations calculate and analyze employee stock-options.
• Watson Wyatt Research & Publications. Information on compensation, benefit and other information.
• Your Money or Your Health: Designing Benefit Options. Brochure from American Federation of State and County Municipal Employees.

Compensation

• American Compensation Association
• American Society for Payroll Management. Association specializing in information about payroll management practices, employment taxation rules, and their reporting requirements.
• Benefits & Compensation Magazine.
• Canadian Compensation Association
• Compensation & Benefits. Analysis from KPMG Peat Marwick.
• Compensation Link. Links to compensation-related web pages, as well as yellow pages, job listings, more.
• Cost-Per-Hire Calculations. EMA yearly statistics, reported by HR Live
• Crystal Report Online. Journal focusing on executive compensation trends.
• Economy at a Glance. From Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Equal Pay for Working Women. Statistics and analysis from the AFL-CIO.
• Foundation for Enterprise Development. Information on equity compensation, employee ownership and involvement, and other high performance business strategies.
• IOMA's Pay for Performance Report.
• National Center for Employee Ownership. Information on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and other forms of employee ownership.
• Watson Wyatt Research & Publications. Information on compensation, benefit and other information.

Insurance

• The Complete Glossary of Insurance Coverage Explanations. From Lewis-Chester Group
• The Insurance and Planning Resource Center. From Lewis-Chester Group.
• National Committee for Quality Assurance. Assesses and reports on the quality of managed care plans, including health maintenance organizations (HMOs).
• National Coalition on Health Care Policy Studies
• Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute. Tips on managing prescription drug benefit plans and pharmacy benefit managers.

Leave

• Sensational Sabbatical Suggestions. Travel tips for people planning temporary employment away from home.
• See also Legal Issues: Family and Medical Leave Act

Minimum Wage

• The Minimum Wage. Update from the Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration.
• State Minimum Wage Laws. From CCH's Business Owner's Toolkit.

Retirement Planning

• Aetna Retirement Service's Retirement Guide. Provides worksheets and information to allow workers to evaluate options and strategize retirement portfolios.
• Association of Private Pension and Welfare Plans
• Financial Literacy Center. Educational resources for retirement planning presentations
• 401k Forum. Glossaries, FAQs. Also special areas for member employers.
• NYU's EDGAR. Tracks mutual fund performance
• National Institute of Pension Administrators Educational Foundation
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). ERISA and other retirement-related information
• PensionConsultant.Com. Includes analysis of Small Business Job Protection Act, tax forms, and related articles.
• Pension Research Council
• Protect Your Pension: A Quick Reference Guide. From the Department of Labor.
• Retirement Resource Center. From Dean & Company. Includes free downloadable 401(k) planner.
• Scudder University Web. Extensive resource on retirements, including calculators, FAQs, advisors and more.
• Social Security Administration
• Social Security Administration: Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statement. Allows employees to check their Social Security earnings history.
• TIAA-CREF Dictionary of Financial Terms
• Workplace Savings Homepage from Fidelity Investments (includes FAQs, worksheets, market overviews)

Salary Surveys

• Accountants Salary Guide (1999). From CFS Staffing
• Compensation and Benefits Reports. From Abbott, Langer & Associates.
• Competitive Position Market Reports: Computer Processing Salary Information.
• DataMasters Computer Industry Salary Survey (1997)
• DataMasters Cost-of-Living Comparisons for 399 U.S. Job Markets.
• Cost of Living Comparator. Head-to-head comparisons of cost of livings in U.S. cities. From Money magazine.
• Employment Cost Trends. Compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Human Resource Management Compensation Survey (1998). By SHRM and William M. Mercer, Inc. (summary)
• Interactive Salary Survey. From Pencom
• JobSmart Salary Guides. Service of California's Bay Area Public Libraries. Includes links to over 120 salary studies.
• MIS Compensation Study Summary. By from PSR Consultants.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook. From Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  Regional Salary Calculator. Interactive guide to comparative salaries throughout the United Kingdom.
• Report on Salary Surveys. From the Institute of Management and Administration.
• Salary Calculator. From Center for Mobility Resources.
• Salary Survey Sites. Compiled by HR Plaza
• Salary Tables. Industry-by-industry look at salaries from National Employment Business Weekly
• Severance Practices Survey from Lee Hecht Harrison home page
• Source Services Salary Survey/Career Guide
• WageWeb. Compensation data for over 150 benchmark positions.

Workers Compensation

• California Division of Workers' Compensation Database of Workers' Compensation Cases.
• California Workers' Compensation Room. Forum for the exchange of information and ideas among members of the California Workers' Compensation community.
• U.S. Department of Labor Employee Standards Administration. Includes Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
• Workers' Compensation Law Materials. From Cornell University Law School.