Employee Benefits

　　员工福利

　　Cater McMamara, MBA, PhD

　　卡特 麦克纳马拉(工商管理学博士)

　　Employee benefits typically refers to retirement plans, health life insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, employee stock ownership plans, etc.

　　员工福利通常指退休方案、健康保险、人寿保险、伤残保险、休假、员工持股计划等。

　　Benefits are increasingly expensive for businesses to provide to employees, so the range and options of benefits are changing rapidly to include, for example, flexible benefit plans.

　　对员工而言，为员工提供福利正日益昂贵，因此福利的范畴和选择日新月异，如灵活的福利方案等。

　　Benefits are forms of value, other than payment, that are provided to the employee in return for their contribution to the organization, that is, for doing their job.

　　福利不是工资，而是各种形式的回报，是公司对员工的贡献所做工作的回报。

　　Some benefits, such as unemployment and worker’s compensation, are federally required.(Worker’s compensation is really a worker’s right, rather than a benefit.)

　　有些福利，如失业和劳动补助是联邦政府规定的(劳动报酬事实上是劳动者的权利，而不是福利)。

　　Prominent examples of benefits are insurance (medical, life, dental, disability, unemployment and worker’s compensation), vacation pay, holiday pay, and maternity leave, contribution to retirement(pension pay). Profit sharing, stock options, and bonuses. (Some people would consider profit sharing, stock options and bonuses as forms of compensation.)

　　主要的福利有保险(医疗保险、人寿保险、牙科保险、伤残保险、失业保险和劳动补助)、休假薪酬、节日薪酬、产假、退休保障(养老金支付)、利润分享、股票期权和奖金(有些人认为利润分享、股票期权和奖金属于薪酬范围)。

　　You might think of benefits as being tangible or intangible.

　　福利可分为有形和无形的福利。

　　The benefits listed previously are tangible benefits.

　　上文列举的福利属于有形福利。

　　Intangible benefits are less direct, for example, appreciation from a boss, likelihood for promotion, nice office, etc.

　　无形福利不如有形福利直接，如老板的欣赏、今生的可能性、舒适的办公环境等。

　　People sometimes talk of fringe benefits, usually referring to tangible benefits, but sometimes meaning both kinds of benefits.

　　有时，人们还谈到附加福利，附加福利通常指有形福利，但有时指的是所有类型的而福利。

　　You might also think of benefits as company-paid and employee-paid.

　　福利还可分为公司支付和员工支付的福利。

　　While the company usually pays for most types of benefits(holiday pay, vacation pay, etc.), some benefits, such as medical insurance, are often paid, at least in part, by employees because of the high costs of medical insurance.

　　福利还可分为公司支付和员工支付的福利。虽然公司通常支付大部分类型的福利(如节日工资、休假工资等)，但是有些福利，如医疗保险，由于保费高，通常由员工支付，至少支付部分保险费。

　　PART ONE: Interview

　　(1) Will you accept pay inequity?(Why?/Why not?)

　　你能接受不公平薪酬吗?(为什么?)

　　No. If I am paid less than my colleagues for the same job value contributed, I will speak to my immediate supervisor about it and try to change the situation. If the situation is beyond my power, I will quit the job immediately, you know, I cannot stand inequality and unfairness.

　　(2) Is flexible work hour important to you?(Why?/Why not?)

　　弹性工作时间对你重要吗?(为什么?)

　　Yes. With flexible work hour, I can vary my arrival and departure time. I can work from home and avoid traffic jam, and what’s more important is that I will have more personal time and improve my work efficiency.

　　(3) Do you think that organization should keep the employee’s pay secret?(Why?/Why not?)

　　你认为公司得为员工的工资保密吗?(为什么?)

　　Yes, definitely. Income should be treated as something private and confidential. As far as I am concerned, I hate people prying into(窥探，探问) my privacy as family, marriage, age, income, etc. , so I don’t like my salary open to the public.

　　(4) Do you think that taking paid holidays will improve employees’ effectiveness in work?(Why?/Why not ?)

　　你认为带薪休假会提高员工的工作效率吗?(为什么?)

　　Yes. A break helps people momentarily(暂时地) forget the monotony(单调) and stress of work. After having had a paid holiday, people will be physically and psychologically relaxed, and be energetic, fresh and more prepared for the challenge of their work.

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