Memorandum

Memorandum

TO: Forward, Inc. Management Team

FROM: Human Resource Manager

SUBJECT: Company Benefits

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DATE: May 28, 2012

To Whom It May Concern:

It is important for management employees to be acquainted and recognize the employee benefits and their legal binding. For this purpose the human resource department wants to explain the benefits and their differences. In addition, human resources will identify which of these benefits are used for recruiting purposes in the organization and not required by law.

Listed below are benefits not required by law

Private Retirement Plan

Private Retirement Plan is not required by law for any employer to provide to its personnel. “Employers have no legal obligation to offer private retirement plans, but many do (Heneman & Judge, 2009, p. 572) However, if the corporation does offer this type of benefit, it is required by law to set forth the Employee Retirement Income Security Act that regulates what companies do offer his or her employees in terms of the retirement plan. This benefit permits employees to separate periodically an amount of money to be available at time of retirement to be added to the social security benefit required by law. Some companies offer a corporate contribution of a certain percent in addition to the amount of money put into the retirement plan by the employee for a higher total.

Medical Insurance

Medical Insurance is a benefit that the corporation and is not required by law to be provided to its employees, therefore a company may use this benefit to attract personnel. The basic medical coverage that companies provide, usually cover expenses such as hospital, surgical expenses, and doctors’ visits. Additional benefits to the medical insurance may provide medicine coverage, dental and vision care but can be more costly to the company. Though some companies may offer the benefit free of charge to the employee, some may charge a...