Are some of the factors that influence employer benefits strategies cyclical? What about the role of the unemployment rate and the labor market?

Employee Health Care and Benefits

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Read the mini-case titled “Different Employers Take Different Approaches to Employee Health Care and Benefits,” which can be found at the end of the chapter (p. 608-609). Then answer the case questions provided:

1. The overarching question is: Why do employers use such different strategies/approaches to employee benefits, especially health care? Are some employers simply more altruistic or are there other factors? (Hint: The next question implies that we think there may be other factors!)
2. What other factors influence employer benefits strategy choice, especially in health care coverage and cost-sharing with employees? Think of how the companies we have seen are similar and different? What are the key ways they differ? (Another hint: Think of how they compete, the types of employees they need to do that, and what they need to do to attract, motivate, and retain these employees.) How and why might these matter in choosing a health care benefits strategy?
3. How do workforce demographics come into play specifically?
4. Are some of the factors that influence employer benefits strategies cyclical? What about the role of the unemployment rate and the labor market?

Subject: Management

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