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What Do You Need To Know About Benefits

We all know compensation packages are important. It’s one of the first major sticking points you will encounter when hiring new team members and unfortunately can be a major motivator for people to look elsewhere. But where do you start in deciding what you should be paying for a given position? When creating a new compensation package, start with the …

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Welcome to Unlimited PTO

If you are like the companies we work with you have at least considered going to an Unlimited PTO policy, and it sounds like it would be easy right. No more tracking when someone takes two hours off in the morning because they had to take their dog to the vet or because they worked 14 hours they day before. …

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Pre-Halloween Scare: Employers with 1-99 Employees Are Not Well Informed or Prepared for the Quickly Approaching ACA Tax Reporting Requirements

Keep Reading and Avoid a Horror Story… Fall leaves, hay rides, apple cider, trick-or-treaters…autumn is here!  Before we know it, it will be time to ring in 2016.  In light of this, we at hr-haven are interrupting this week’s planned blog post with a reminder about the upcoming employer reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act.  Think because you have …

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Does Anyone Have Time for a Vacation?

Its summer! Pools are open, kids are out of school, and we are right at the cusp of vacation season. We have talked in the past about how important it is to encourage employees to take vacation, about the pitfalls of burnout and the advantages of well rested and motivated employees. This week I am talking to you though, the …

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Benefits – How To Make Yours Stand Out

Employee benefits can be boring and complicated. With all the recent changes to the Affordable Care Act and other miscellaneous laws, you really have to watch your Ps and Qs when offering benefits to employees to ensure you have all the proper documentation and are reporting to the proper entities all of the information required. Yes, it is extensive! There …