You have been hired as the HR manager for a marketing company, Forward Style Inc., with 65 employees. Your first item of business is to evaluate the company’s rewards program to determine if legal requirements are being met by the company.

Review the following two documents in the Course Materials forum to understand how the memo is graded:

Week 4 Grading Rubric for Memo

Memo Format Guidelines for Course Assignments

Write at least a 1,050-word memo using a minimum of 6 different peer-reviewed sources beyond the course texts. Explain which of their offered benefits (a-h) are required by law and which of the benefits are being used to attract employees. Also, include in your memo how the offered benefits affect the organization based on the above scenario. The company offers the following benefits:

Private retirement plan

Medical insurance

Disability insurance

Social insurance, including social security, unemployment insurance, worker’s compensation

Pay for time not worked

Stock options

Child care

Family and medical leave of 6 paid weeks and up to 6 additional unpaid weeks