Browsing Tag employee benefits
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6 September 2011 at 13 : 23 PM
Vacation: When will it end?
What would you do if your boss suddenly told you that you could take as much vacation as you wanted? Would you be filled with excitement? Or would you be afraid of taking too much time off? Well this scenario is reality at about 2% of American businesses. A new trend is emerging in corporate America—a policy of unlimited vacation. According to a recent ...
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18 November 2010 at 17 : 04 PM
Legislative Amendment to Grandfathered Status
On November 15, the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services jointly announced an amendment to the original “grandfather” regulations that were published last June under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) concerning how employers can maintain grandfathered health plan status. The amendment “allows all ...
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1 October 2010 at 09 : 35 AM
Business and HR Links of the Week 10/1/10
Here's what hit our online reading list this week, let us know what we missed! Are you up-to-date on the 'Paycheck Fairness Act' that's storming through Washington? The Workforce Management site wonders - how ready are your employees for retirement planning? With 2011 right around the corner, it’s worth taking a gander at Enterpreneur.com ‘s ...
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30 August 2010 at 16 : 57 PM
Privacy of Medical Information in the Workplace
Do you know what you are allowed to say to the rest of your staff if someone is sick or hospitalized? Or better yet, what you are not allowed to say? Brittany Harris from G&A Partners will be speaking about HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) and ADA issues that you need to be aware of in a large and small business. It is better ...
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9 August 2010 at 20 : 43 PM
Retirement Plan Options for Business Owners
"Many small-business owners believe that their businesses will furnish a comfortable retirement for them. As golden years approach, they anticipate selling their nest egg and living off the proceeds. This may account for the fact that retirement plans are severely underutilized by business owners. The Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy ...
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16 July 2010 at 15 : 06 PM
Put together a team that’s more accepting of mistakes
Service measurement tends to identify the mistakes made in an organization, “and if you want your organization to lead in customer service, you need to make it safe for employees to risk making a mistake,” says Mindshare Technologies’ president Richard D. Hanks. Following are some of Hanks’ ideas on how to make your organization more accepting of ...
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14 July 2010 at 22 : 23 PM
Employers Brace For Financial Impact
According to an analysis from consulting firm Towers Watson, an overwhelming 94% of US employers believe that HealthCare reform will actually increase costs. “While many employers have not yet assessed the full impact that reform will have on their businesses, they do realize that the responsibility to hold costs down will fall primarily on their ...
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9 June 2010 at 21 : 38 PM
Introducing the G&A Partners blog
For most who work in a professional workplace environment, 'human resources' means the department upstairs that handles hiring, firing, benefits and 401(k)s. But the broader definition of human resources, much closer to the true meaning of the two words, is simple: human resources are the people who comprise the workforce in an organization. The common idea ...
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