Benefits school training courses in Chicago, IL (public, in-house or online)

Reviews the health/welfare and retirement-plan management fields. Examines benefit planning and negotiation; controlling benefit costs; administering benefit programs; legal issues, including ERISA impact; future trends

Covers strategies used by financial planners to help clients assess employee benefits and to reduce the tax burden while planning for retirement. Topics include retirement needs analysis; defined benefit and contribution plans; profit sharing; 401k; 403b; ESOP; IRA; SEP-IRA; Roth-IRA; Keogh; TSA; social security benefits and integration; vesting; employee benefits analysis; funding vehicles; plan installation and administration; asset balancing; buy-sell agreements, ERISA; stock redemption and c...

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Learn about retirement benefits and health plans and accurately communicate that information to your employees. Understand all available options, including flexible benefits and flexible spending accounts.

As an HR professional, successfully negotiating, procuring, and administering an attractive benefits package enhances your value to your organization and employees.

The focus of this course is health, or welfare, benefits: what they are, how they are funded, what is mandated and what options exist.

This course introduces the ISO 9001:2008 Standard by presenting a definition, a brief history of the standard, and how to build a quality management system that allows for a business to succeed in today’s competitive marketplace.