Accession Number:

AD0481411

Title:

A STUDY OF FRINGE BENEFITS.

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Haizlip, John W.

Report Date:

1964-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

82.0

Abstract:

Fringe benefits as a term was coined by the War Labor Board during World War II to describe the various indirect benefits which industry had devised to attract and keep labor when increases in direct wages were not permitted. Although some fringes had their beginning as early as the 1700s, World War II was the big accelerator for their growth. This study examines the background of, and presents statistics on this phenomenal growth over the last twenty-five years. It analyzes the problems involved in cost accounting these new indirect wages and examines the attitudes of managment and labor towards them. Thoughts, by academicians and economists, that have been generated by the various problems in the field are presented along with the trends for the future. The appendix contains an analysis of comparative costs of fringe benefits in industry and the military services. Author

Descriptors:

• *EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
• *PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
• *SALARIES
• LABOR
• ECONOMICS
• ATTITUDES(PSYCHOLOGY)
• MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING
• MONEY
• LABOR UNIONS

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Personnel Management and Labor Relations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE