ILRHR634 - Introduction to Employee Benefits

Course Description

This course provides an introduction to employee benefits. Employee benefits is a key part of an organization's total rewards program, which also includes compensation and other valuable workplace experiences. Employee benefits is a surprisingly large umbrella of programs offered by an employer to the benefit of the employee and their eligible dependents, and every organization can tailor its benefit plan offerings to fit their employee populations and business model.

Throughout this course, you will be exposed to the major employee benefit programs and workplace experiences offered by American employers. You will explore the tremendous variation in how these programs are offered, both in terms of the programs themselves and the design features of each program.

The breadth, depth, and variation of benefit programs gives each employer the opportunity to design their benefit strategy and offerings to attract and retain their optimal employee workforce. The nation's top employers consider their employee benefits and workplace experiences to be key parts of their employment brand and overall human resources strategy.

The following course is required to be completed before taking this course:

• Total Rewards Compensation

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Benefits to the Learner

• Explore the wide range of employee benefits and how employers make strategic choices in determining benefit offerings
• Guide employees to appropriate benefit plan resources and solutions
• Use benefits to attract and retain talent
• Contribute insights to improve, modify, or add benefit plan offerings

Target Audience

• HR generalists
• Compensation and benefits specialists
• Intermediate-level HR professionals
• New and aspiring human resource professionals
• Operational and financial decision makers outside HR
• High-level HR professionals in small companies
• Governments/nonprofits interested in pay for performance
• Organizations that operate in the U.S.