Compensation & Benefits Review

Book value may be a more stable basis than fair market value for determining the number of shares granted under an executive stock option plan.

The costs of AIDS care can be reduced through individual case management, but first employers, insurers, and society in general must learn to deal with the disease and its victims rationally and compassionately.

The key to managing mental healthcare costs is a careful analysis of utilization and cost patterns of such benefits and a revamping of the medical plan to more efficiently meet employees' needs.

Various strategies for achieving comparable worth may have significantly different cost implications for different organizations.

As the cost of long-term and custodial care threatens the resources of many elderly and disabled people, private industry and the government are investigating various ways of funding insurance to pay for such care.