Joseph Martocchio‎'‎s "Employee Benefits‎:‎ A Primer for Human Resource Professionals" was written to promote a fuller understanding of employee benefits programs among students enrolled in college‎-level compensation and benefits courses‎.‎ It‎'‎s relevant to students who plan to be general managers‎,‎ who deal with a variety of human resource issues in their day‎-to‎-day jobs‎,‎ as well as to those who expect to be human resource practitioners‎.‎ The real‎-world focus of Martocchio‎'‎s text is evident on every page‎,‎ as the author seeks to balance current academic thought with brief examples of contemporary benefits practices in business‎.‎ Martocchio‎'‎s "Employee Benefits" is forward‎-thinking and seeks to bring the topic into the mainstream of compensation understanding‎.‎ The fourth edition continues to be concisely written‎,‎ highlighting key issues in order to provide the reader with a solid foundation for discussing benefits issues with employee benefits professionals‎.‎ As practices and laws affecting benefits change frequently‎,‎ Martocchio stays on the cusp of recent developments‎,‎ capturing all recent changes with his fourth edition‎.‎