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Learn How to Fight Pay Compression in Your Company

Pay compression happens when the wage differences between new hires and long-term employees get uncomfortably close. Ideally, you reward experienced employees and managers by giving them higher salaries and more benefits. Pay compression, however, can sneak up on you. You ...

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PEOs Can Help With ACA Reporting

Complying with changing regulations and endless HR tasks can be overwhelming — and costly. Due to government regulations and the rising cost of health and workers’ compensation insurance, the “ins and outs” of running a business can quickly chew into ...

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Should You Buy Employee Health Benefits From a PEO vs. Broker?

  As your business grows, you know that you will need to take steps that help you attract top talent and retain your best employees. Providing more employee benefits can help your business succeed. Employee health insurance stands out as one of the ...

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How a PEO Can Better Help Healthcare Companies

Most healthcare companies have relatively small staff sizes. Unless you manage a large hospital with tens of thousands of employees, it might not make sense for you to have an in-house human resource department. PEO for healthcare companies can handle ...

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5 Tips for How to Save Money With a PEO

Dara’s business grew seemingly overnight. Within a few months, she went from a team of three working in their own homes to an office with more than a dozen people. As she worked to recruit more qualified staff to run her ...

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The Basics of Employee Benefits

From vacation days and health insurance and long-term disability coverage to fitness memberships, happy hours and ‘summer Fridays,’ employers these days are going the extra mile with their employee benefits to keep their staff happy. If you’re a small business owner, you ...

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PEO Agreement Fine Print – 10 Things You Need To Know

Working with a PEO company can be a very beneficial experience for your small to medium-sized company. However, it’s important to read the fine print of any PEO agreement before signing. Read on to learn more about PEO agreements and ...

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5 Ways Using Outdated Payroll Hurts Your Company

If you’ve been in business for a while, you could be using a payroll system that’s outdated. If upgrading seems daunting, time-consuming, and costly, you may actually cost your company more money by not making the switch to an updated, ...

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The Pros and Cons of Mandatory Vacation Time (PTO)

In the US, employers have long rewarded overworking. The ideal employee was one who put in extra hours every day and seldom, if ever, used their PTO. Some might make it a point of pride. “I haven’t taken a day off in ...

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Holiday Vacation Request Solutions

How To Handle Holiday Vacation Requests You have 50 employees and 45 want the week between Christmas and the New Year off. The only way you can make them all happy is to close down the business for a week, something ...

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HR Year-End Checklist: Employee Benefits Wrap-Up

As hard as it is to believe the end of the year is just around the corner. Before the new year, employers should take some extra steps to help employees head into the new year prepared and covered with the ...

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How To Set Up a Payroll Process In 10 Easy Steps

Preparing your company payroll is important for many reasons – not the least of which is accurately compensating your employees. But you also have payroll taxes and compliance demands to keep up on. You can’t rush these duties. They require acute attention ...

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