Abstract
This paper explores the concept of alternative benefit packages that are being offered by companies as an incentive for employee retention and overall satisfaction. Various companies that offer these packages are cited and examples of some alternative benefits are listed. The paper also addresses the impact of the diverse workforce on creating alternative benefits packages. The paper concludes by stating that these integrative benefits packages encourage worker satisfaction. Employees who are happy will continue to be loyal and will likely stay with the company for longer periods of time, a great benefit to companies in a challenged fiscal economy.

From the Paper
"Some examples of these package benefits are work cite gyms, or gym membership benefits, on site daycare, tuition reimbursement, family leave, job share programs and even telecommuting options. ("Bill Proposes Tax Incentives," 2005, p. 20) (Ellison, 2004, p. 23) (International, 2007, p. 36) Companies are also offering a greater diversity of options with regard to traditional economic benefits. ("Company Benefits Stem from," 2008, p. 19) Other modern types of employment benefits even include family benefits coverage for same gender partners. (Henneman, 2006, p. 58) The trend is in fact so strong that many companies and researchers have directed their efforts toward finding out which of these alternative benefits, many listed above are more profitable or save the company more money on turnover and other unforeseen costs of doing business. (Meyer, Mukerjee & Sestero, 2001, p. 28) Some companies have done internal as well as external research to come to terms with reasons for turnover, and many have found that the increasingly diverse workforce requires variations in employment benefits that are different than they have been in the past to retain quality employees."

Tags:Ernst & Young, Google, Nike, Yahoo, alternative benefits packages

Abstract
This paper examines the range of benefits available in business organizations in addition to the direct compensation of a salary. It discusses possible benefits which may include health benefits, 401k plans, on-site child care, flextime, support for continuing education and volunteer work on company time.

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"When most people are contemplating their first job they tend to think about the salary they want. This is perfectly understandable. A good salary is the most measurable of all of the forms of compensation that one can receive at a job and the most easily ..."

Tags:compensation, organization, benefits

Abstract
This paper discusses an article by Gary Roberts that is related to benefits and compensation called "An Examination of Employee Benefits Cost Control Strategies in New Jersey Local Governments". The paper explores how New Jersey local governments are reducing benefit costs to their organizations largely through structural displacement strategies that reduce the number of overall employees as well as the number of overall full-time employees.

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"With the spread of globalization and increasing cost competitive strategies of companies in all industries, controlling the costs associated with operations is a concern for every organization from public to private, profit to non-profit. Usually, the very first method that organizations seek to control costs is with the largest expense associated with staying in business: employee related costs. These include performance, productivity, compensation, and benefit related expenses. In a recent article examining the cost controlling strategies of governmental bodies in New Jersey, Roberts takes a candid look at the nature of these cost control methods as they relate to compensation and benefits visa-vis the employees (2001). Roberts begins by framing the importance of this issue in understanding how these cost structures have expanded over time to become such a large drain on an organization's resources: "The percentage of compensation expenditures devoted to benefits grew from three percent in 1929 to ..."

Tags:benefits, costs, controlling

Abstract
The paper discusses the term, "friends With benefits" that is used with a tongue-in-cheek attitude. The paper states that it has been downplayed as a fun type of relationship precluding the commitment level of a more serious attachment. The paper confirms that it is a sexual relationship between friends, without the time or emotional commitment of a romantic relationship and is seen as including all the fun of a sexual relationship without the commitment. The paper warns that it has also not been recognized that the consequences of such a lack of commitment could be both emotionally and physically harmful, which is particularly so among the young and inexperienced. This paper explores the nature of the "friends with benefits" phenomenon and its possible consequences; both positive and negative together with its manifestations among the very young and young adults, with recommendations on how harm could be minimized.

Outline:
Literature Review
Theoretical Application
Implications
Conclusion

From the Paper
"According to Murphy (2005), the phrase was coined around 1995, and popularized by an Alanis Morrisette song. The concept has subsequently been implemented by the young generation in their 20s, and further popularized by the media in shows such as Sex and the City (with the term "fuck buddy") and more recently Boston Legal. Murphy further notes however that, as mentioned above, the dangers of the practice have started to make themselves clear in the lives and environment of people in high schools and even in junior high schools. Indeed, the "benefits" include enjoying the physical pleasure of sex without the premature burden of responsibility and commitment, and also a form of sexual empowerment for girls. Benedict Carey (2007) holds that the perceived benefits of such a relationship relates to the fact that the friendship adds an element of longevity that is absent from a fling or a one-night stand. It also provides a sense of companionship that is generally absent from other brief sexual encounters and generally only comes with a longer-term commitment."

Tags:students, sex, friends, benefits, romantic, relationship

Abstract
This paper discusses the costs and value of offering domestic partner benefits to people in different kinds of domestic arrangements. The paper also discusses the negative aspects of such benefits, including costs and criticisms from stakeholders and groups against same-sex arrangements.

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"A domestic partnership is usually understood to mean two unrelated unmarried adults who share the same household Domestic partner benefits are those offered by employers to the unmarried domestic partners of their employees..."

Tags:cost, benefits, domstic partner agreements, risk. backlash, human rights, same sex, opposite sex partnerships

Abstract
This paper reviews and discusses the health benefits of eating foods containing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). The paper reports that research has proven DHA to not only be essential for the functional development and growth of an infant's brain, but that it is also vital for the preservation of an adult's normal brain functioning. According to the paper, sources of DHA include fatty fish such as tuna, salmon and mackerel.

Table of Contents:
I.Introduction
Propositions Presented
II. Literature Review
Other Studies
III. Reviews Relate
Benefits Confirmed

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"Associated risks for eating fish include potential effects of extremely high methylmercury intake, however, chronic exposure to low levels are not solidly grounded regarding health effects. Women of childbearing age, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, need to avoid eating shark, swordfish, King mackerel and golden bass and only eat up to 12 ounces per week of other fish and shellfish. It is recommended that women of childbearing age do not eat more than 6 ounces of Albacore tuna each week."
"In practice, fish consumption, particular oily fish and shellfish, reduces CHD mortality and is noted to likely improved neurological functioning. Potential risks from dioxin, mercury and PCB contamination are outweighed by DHA's probable benefits."

Tags:Mother's, milk, health, benefits, DHA, deficiencies, myocardial, infarction, fish

Abstract
This paper deals with the responsibility the employer has in providing healthcare benefits to its employees. It reviews healthcare systems and recommends how the employer can maximize healthcare benefits for employees. Four different plans are reviewed and discussed. The results will possibly lower the employers healthcare cost for employees.

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"Healthcare and all of the fractured issues included in it is one of the most explosive topics in our society today, both politically and consumer wise. Horror stories are continually told about, among other things, the costs of insurance, the inability to receive care, racial and ethnic disparity, and a host of other intervening variables and conditions. Sometime in the past several years America's healthcare system has managed to avoid the checks and balances of the institutional system and plunge into a state of national crises. Economic and business driven healthcare, wherein medical practitioners are seemingly more interested in stock options and bottom line profits than in their patients, is a blight on society as a whole as well as a failing grade for the government whose obligation it is to preserve and protect the country's citizenry. As such that ..."

Tags:healthcare, employers, benefits

Abstract
The paper discusses how by providing comprehensive benefit packages, employers can create a superb work atmosphere increasing production and reducing employee turnover rate. The paper explains that employers will recoup the high cost of such benefits because employees will be healthier, taking less sick days off; the turnover rate will be lower due to increased job satisfaction; productivity rates will increase; and in the end, company revenues will be larger.

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"Superior benefits and services for employees creates higher retention and satisfaction rates in the workplace. By providing such comprehensive benefit packages, employees can create a superb work atmosphere increasing production and reducing employee turnover rate. These benefits may include comprehensive health care plans; generous family leave and/or parental leave packages for new parents; flexible..."

Tags:benefits, employees, superior

Abstract
This paper considers the costs and benefits of hosting the Olympics, particularly as an effort to inform the efforts of Beijing in 2008. Through review of the literature, and case studies Seoul and Atlanta, the research shows that Beijing can benefit if they use the hosting to impact the national life of China (including standing in the world) and improve very specific parts of the economy.

Tags:olympics, economic, benefits

Abstract
This research paper examines and analyzes the economic costs and benefits of gun control in the United States. The positions of gun control advocates and the gun lobby are compared and conclusions reached accordingly.

Tags:benefits, gun, control