Lussier, Human Resources Management 3e
SAGE Publishing, 2019
Discussion Questions
Chapter 13: Employee Benefits
1. Major voluntary benefits include paid time off, group health insurance, retirement plans, other
insurance coverage, and employee services. Which of these benefits are most important to you
personally? Which voluntary benefits could you do without?
3. Recently, there has been a moved away from defined benefit plans (provides the retiree with a
specific amount and type of benefits that will be available when the individual retires) and toward
defined contribution plans (plans that identify only the amount of funds that will go into a retirement
account, not what the employee will receive upon retirement). What are some of the advantages and
disadvantages of this shift? If given the choice, which type of retirement plan would you choose?