Most entrepreneurs do not get into business to become an employer. It just sort of happens. A person often just buys or starts a company with just the owner as the one and only employee. Have you experienced this? You are good at what you do and your reputation takes off. Before you know it, […]
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Almost every time a business owner is asked to spend money they ask one simple question, “What is my ROI?” We always learn in sales training, “People only buy for two reasons… pain or gain.” The buyer either has pain your product or service can relieve, or your product or service will enable them to […]
From Forbes Jan. 20, 2018 Aakash Kumar Contributor For many working Americans, healthcare benefits are a foregone conclusion. Dental. Vision. Medical. Some even get paid family leave on top of what is guaranteed by the Family Medical Leave Act. The fact that the term “benefit” is used to describe such employment-based access to […]
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If you own or run a business, it just makes sense to make sure you are getting the services you think you are getting. So when it comes to who you depend on to provide HR and payroll services, here are three things I would recommend that you consider doing every 2 to 3 years. […]
For Business owners who have decided to not offer health insurance to their employees… Back in 2009, when President Obama, first laid out his plans for what would become known as Obamacare (ACA), we were promised better. Better plans, better pricing, and better access. For most of us, none of this has become […]
Back in the day, workers in both the blue collar world and the white collar world joked around with co-workers about things that were, let’s say, sexually sensitive. I remember working in a couple of warehouses where jokes and insults and harassment were constant. When I moved to the white collar world, […]
Owning a business is risky business. By nature, humans are creative. We like to build big beautiful buildings, turn a white canvas into a beautiful work of art, discover new worlds and new technologies, and invent new ways of doing things. These creative ideas often lead to a business, which often leads to […]
Donald Trump’s health-care chief said he plans to take up the president’s promises to do something about pharmaceutical prices, targeting some of the U.S.’s costliest drugs with proposals to reduce patients’ out-of-pocket spending. http://www.benefitspro.com/2018/02/09/trump-budget-to-target-drug-prices-out-of-pocket-c?kw=Trump […]
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Are wellness programs effective? That’s one of many questions being asked by employers considering implementing a program. The answer depends. What’s “effective”? Is it decreased medical costs, increased employee productivity, reduced absenteeism? http://www.benefitspro.com/2018/01/25/wellness-programs-good-for-recruitment-not-so-much […]
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Despite reducing their consumption of health care services, Americans with employer-sponsored insurance spent more than ever before on health care in 2016, according to a new study by the Health Care Cost Institute. http://www.benefitspro.com/2018/01/24/employees-health-care-spending-up-usage-down? […]
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