An integral component of company culture is understanding the compensation strategy that your organization is paying employees. Many employees are asking for transparency. A company can no longer make wage pay decisions based on their geographic location, what competitors are paying, and what an employee was previously making. While this may have been a simplified [Read More]
Published August 30, 2022 by USA Today | By Rayna Song Employees sometimes need to handle tough situations at work, such as asking for a pay increase or deciding to leave the company. But there are time-tested ways to help ensure a smooth and professional process that gets workers where they want to be and employers [Read More]
Psychological safety is a term we are hearing more and more of not only in our personal world but in the work environment. Coincidentally, as we look at this topic, May was Mental Health Awareness Month and June is National Safety Month, among the other initiatives we celebrate, and it is benefiting we review this [Read More]
BAN Director of HCM Services, Bobbi Kloss, recently teamed up with Lucy Henry, Vice President of Stakeholder Relations from First Sun EAP to provide updated information on the importance of EAPs, which the National Association of Health Underwriters published in the June edition of their Benefits Specialist Magazine. Read the full article here
Contact:Nancy Zalud480-565-7924nancy@benefitcommerce.com Scottsdale, AZ (April 11, 2022) – Benefit Commerce Group (BCG), an Alera Group Company, announced contributions that alleviated more than $2 million of medical debt, with $1.8 million of abolished debt in Maricopa County. Another $280,000 in medical debt relief was achieved in Colorado, through BCG’s affiliate, Fall River Employee Benefits. One in [Read More]
Published by BenefitsPro Failure to guard against identity theft could ultimately destroy your business and reputation. We never know where the threats are going to come from. They are presented sometimes as emails, phone calls, oor requests that appear to be legitimate but the sender or caller is very likely sitting in a location somewhere [Read More]
In the April 2020 newsletter edition, I spoke about attracting qualified…or just candidates, thesedays. Groan if you are still having problems with finding qualified candidates these days. According to the latest Bureau of Labor and Statistics Jolt Report as of December 2021, there are 10.9million positions that need to be filled within the U.S. while [Read More]
Good news! As of February 11, 2022, pension fund audits are no longer required for Defined Contribution Pension Plans in Ontario. You can find the official regulatory change here. We note that this applies somewhat retroactively, so for example a DC pension plan with a December 31, 2021 year-end that would have filed their audit [Read More]
The HR buzz today is around having a company culture that attracts and retains quality employees. Wetalk about performance management, succession planning, training, and development, all devisedupon supporting the short-and long-term success of the employee. We support holistic wellbeingstrategies focusing on programs for the physical, emotional, social, and financial wellbeing of our employees which in [Read More]
Raise your hand, or just groan, if you are having problems with finding candidates these days. Read the full article