New Features:

• All chapters have been thoroughly revised to capture the ever-changing field of employee benefits.
• A new chapter, “Psychology of Employee Benefits,” describes the psychological foundation of employee benefits from both the employer and employee perspectives, providing a complementary perspective to the book's existing economic foundations for employee benefits.
• Updated coverage of new legislation affecting employee benefits is included, such as the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and the Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008.
• Key topics such as the Americans with Disabilities Act and domestic partner benefits and same-sex marriage have been updated and expanded.

Retained Features:

• Martocchio's Employee Benefits features a strong pedagogical framework that provides students with a roadmap through the material. Each chapter contains a chapter outline, learning objectives, key terms, and discussion questions.
• Two boxes – “Benefits at Work” and “For Your Benefit” – appear in most chapters and give examples of contemporary or innovative benefits practices in the world of work, allowing students to connect principles and facts to practice. These boxes were thoroughly revised and/or replaced in this new edition.
• Chapter 1, Introducing Employee Benefits, underscores the strategic role that benefits play in the modern firm, reflecting current human resource research and practice.
• The author makes highly technical information about pertinent employee benefits laws and regulations accessible to students and practitioners.
• The chapters contain timely facts and statistics about employee benefits options, keeping students up-to-date with real-world benefits information.