Fearful asymmetries: plan administrators' response to employee benefit regulation

Article Abstract:

Exploratory interviews with employee benefits plan administrators show that they consider administrative costs related to employee benefit regulation as excessive compared to the social advantages the regulation endows on benefit participants. The findings counter Robert Reich's theory on industrial policy. It is suggested that a permanent, rotating council of plan administrators who collaborate with regulatory agencies in formulating strategies for federal policy objectives implementation be established.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

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Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 provides generous benefits for higher education expenses

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The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, which was signed by President Clinton on August 5, 1997, provides various education benefit plans to employees. Under the law, exclusions, deductions and credits are provided to help subsidize education costs. These include deductions for interest paid on education loans, and the Hope Scholarship and the Lifetime Learning tuition tax credits. Employees can even make tax-free withdrawals from IRAs for higher education expenses.

Public Finance Activities, Tax Deductions & Exemptions, Tax deductions, Employer-supported education, Employer supported education

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Professors, managers, and human resource education

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Whether MBA programs adequately prepare human resource professionals for employment is discussed. Managers' and professors' evaluations of the competencies human resource directors will need in the 21st century are compared, and both are found to view interpersonal skills and integration of their department with the company's profit-making concerns as more important than technical knowledge.

Analysis, Training, Master of business administration degree

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