Question 1. The Supreme Court recently upheld most of the affordable health care act. Each state will set up a health care exchange for small businesses or use one set up by the federal government. Find and summarize one article that discusses health care exchanges for small businesses.
Question 2. What is the best strategy to develop and administer benefits and should each employee pay some of the costs or should costs be borne by the employer? Also, what are the 3 most important benefits an employer should offer? Why?
Question 3. You work in HR at a major consulting firm and one of the consultants comes to you and says that he cannot in good faith take an assignment at the Philip Morris company because they make products that kill people. What are your thoughts on this ethical dilemma and how would you handle the situation?
Question 4. How is the best way to measure the performance of a HR department? By cost per transaction, by overall organization costs and quality, by labor turnover, by cost per HR employee, by number of HR lawsuits, etc.?