HRM 544 Employee Benefits Management

General

• Understand the fundamentals of design, funding, administration, and communication of welfare, qualified and flexible benefit arrangements.
• Be able to analyze a benefit program, identify program areas and make recommendations for improvement to the program.
• Have a general understanding of the employee benefit management function.
• Have a general understanding of the tax and regulatory issues associated with benefit programs.
• Know how to prepare and present a benefit program proposal to management.
• Understand where to find benefits information and conduct research.
• Discuss the fundamentals of design, funding, administration, and communication of welfare, qualified and flexible benefits arrangements.
• Prepare and present a strategic benefit program proposal to management.
• Apply tax and regulatory issues to benefits programs.
• Collect, prepare, and analyze data to support benefits program design.
• Analyze a benefit program, identify areas of improvement, and make recommendations to support organizational goals.