Employee Benefits: How to Make the Most of Your Stock, Insurance, Retirement, and Executive Benefits
The world of employee benefits is a complicated but integral part of your financial plan. Stock options, pensions, health savings accounts, deferred compensation plans and more can all be easily overlooked and underutilized without proper direction. This book will help you dive into the nuances of employee benefits and the most effective methods so you can better understand and get the most out of your employee benefits.
Presented in this book is everything you need to know about the complex world of employee benefits, including:
• 401(k)s, 403(b)s and 457s
• Pensions
• Stock Options
• Deferred Compensation Plans
• Health Savings Accounts
• Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Insurance
• Capital Accounts
• Sabbaticals
• Flex Time
• Student Loan Repayment and Tuition Reimbursement
Employing the strategies laid out in this book will ensure that you maximize your employee benefits.
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