Across
- 2. ________ Retirement; a program that allows its employees to gradually cut their hours before retiring
- 3. Acronym for organizations of physicians and health care professionals that provide a wide range of services to subscribers and dependents on a prepaid basis
- 4. _________ Management Programs; Programs that provide patients and their caregivers with information on monitoring and treating medical conditions, while coordinating communication between them, their health care providers, employers, and insurers
- 9. ______ Plans; Term for flexible benefit plans that enable individual employees to choose the benefits that are best suited to their particular needs
- 11. A pension plan in which contributions are made solely by the employer
- 13. ______ Care; Care provided to an elderly relative by an employee who remains actively at work
- 14. Acronym for services provided by employers to help workers cope with a wide variety of problems that interfere with the way they perform their jobs
Down
- 1. A guarantee of accrued pension benefits to participants at retirement age, regardless of their employment status at that time
- 2. Acronym for a network of physicians who establish an organization that guarantees lower health care costs to employers and their employees
- 5. Paid (or unpaid) time away from a job for four or more weeks employees take off to renew themselves before returning to work
- 6. _______ Benefit Plan; A pension plan in which the amount an employee is to receive on retirement is specifically set forth
- 7. Employer-sponsored programs designed to encourage employees to maintain and improve their health and well-being by getting regular check-ups, eating properly, exercising, and managing their stress levels so as to prevent costly and protracted illnesses
- 8. A one-time payment sometimes given to an employee who is being involuntarily terminated
- 10. _________ plan; A pension plan in which contributions are made jointly by employees and employers
- 12. Acronym for a medical insurance plan characterized by high deductibles but lower premiums for workers and a health spending account to which employers contribute funds employees can keep should they leave the organization
