Top 5 most popular employee perks: How does your company stack up?
What are your employees’ favorite perks? If your workforce is anything like the 1,227 participants in a recent Unum survey, the answer is time away from the workplace.
Benefits
Creating a successful wellness program: Here’s what sets the best ones apart
In the past few years, there’s been an explosion of employers – of all sizes and from all business sectors – looking to start wellness programs to contain their long-term health costs. And when wellness programs are conceived and carried out properly, they’ve been proven to get results.
Pay transparency: A new tool to boost employee engagement
For many companies, discussing salaries has always been taboo. Some firms even required new hires to sign an agreement swearing they wouldn’t disclose their pay to co-workers. This “loose lips sink ships” approach is largely illegal, of course: Employees are generally free to talk about pay rates as part of their rights under the National […]
A 2020 vision: Is your benefits package ready for the future?
Benefits play a pivotal role these days, and pros know how tough it is to keep good people, so many employers are upping their game when it comes to offering their employees a comprehensive benefits package. They’re being strategic about designing a robust package tailored to their employees’ unique needs and one that can convince […]
Salary calculator: 5 comparison tools you can use to check pay levels
As the job market tightens, setting competitive salary levels becomes more and more critical.
Getting PAID: Does DOL’s ‘amnesty’ program pay off for employers?
The Department of Labor (DOL) has extended the pilot program called the Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID). Is it something your company should participate in?
Pay student loan or join 401(k)? Help millennials do both
What if there was a way to help your employees repay their student loans and increase your company’s retention rates?
Win the war for talent: 7 perks job candidates say they want
Every HR pro’s been here before: You find a candidate with all the right qualifications, only to have them slip away right before closing the deal.
2018 Salary Guide: How does your comp plan stack up against other companies?
Is your compensation strategy workable in today’s business climate and tight labor market? There’s a tool to help you answer that question.
Dealing with worker absences on election day
Head’s up! Election Day is coming, and depending on which state your facility is located, you may be required to give workers notice about their voting rights and provide paid or unpaid time off to vote.
This alarming healthcare trend has increased 87% in the past four years
Nine-digit health claims are becoming the norm rather than the exception.
15 crazy sacrifices workers will make for 10% raise
After years of paltry wage increases that barely keep pace with inflation, it looks like employees would be willing to take some desperate steps to achieve a significant pay bump.
Return of the ACA individual mandate: Could this incarnation catch on?
When the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) killed the penalty on the ACA’s individual mandate, most employers believed Obamacare was effectively dead. But some states didn’t think killing the mandate was such a great idea and put forward legislation to keep the mandate alive on the state level.
Congress aims to greatly expand HSAs: What HR pros should know
Congress recently passed two bills that could drastically expand the usage of HSAs.
California aims to prevent marijuana-use discrimination: Start of a trend?
If this bill passes, medical marijuana users in California will be classified as a protected class and employers will be unable to discriminate against them because of their marijuana usage.
Health savings accounts: Not your parents’ retirement plan
With the rise in health savings account (HSA) enrollment among younger employees and the decline in company matching rates of 401(k)s, HSAs have emerged as a retirement account option for new employees. In this guest post, Sean Hanft, a flexible compensation specialist with FSAstore.com/HSAstore.com, explains the many benefits of these savings vehicles and compares them […]
