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FSAs, HRAs, and HSAs Guide
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs), and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) are all benefit options employers can offer. FSAs are one of the best and most inexpensive plans that you can offer, allowing an employee to choose how much...
Workers’ Compensation for Bee Stings?
Yesterday one of your employees went outside for a paid break and was stung by a bee. He’s allergic and had to go the ER. Are you responsible for workers' compensation for bee stings? Possibly. Whether or not this work injury qualifies for workers’ compensation...
Company Values: Implementing in Day-to-Day Operations
Coming up with your company values may have taken several hours of thought, reflection, and discussion. This effort will have been wasted, though, if you stop there and fail to institute these values. So, how do bring your values into the day-to-day operations of your...
Difficulty Finding Qualified Applicants?
You're having difficulty finding qualified applicants. You advertise locally and nationally on major job posting sites. And while you are having some success hiring through agencies, they charge high fees. You offer a great insurance package, 401(k), profit sharing...
Background Check Discrimination – How to Avoid it
If your company doesn't typically do background checks, but you decide, for example, to hire an internal HR person who will have access to sensitive information, you may want to do a background check for this position. But since you've never done one for anyone else,...
Payroll Solutions for New Businesses
GTM's Payroll Solutions for New Businesses Keep You Compliant with Federal & State Tax and Labor Laws Starting a new business? Moving from DBA to a corporation? Both of these are tough enough without worrying about compliance with tax and labor laws. That’s where...
The Paid Sick Leave Trend
Earlier this year, President Obama called on Congress to enact a federal law requiring businesses to offer seven days of paid sick leave to workers, but the proposed law is unlikely to pass in the current political climate. Nevertheless, a paid sick leave trend has...
Do You Know Your ACA Reporting and Compliance Requirements?
The reporting and compliance requirements associated with the Shared Responsibility Provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affect Applicable Large Employers (ALEs), those with 50 or more full-time (FT) or full-time equivalent employees (FTE). For 2015, ALEs of...
