Explore small business benefits requirements and how you can build the best plan for your unique needs.
Navigating Wages and Benefits During Complex Times
What Makes for a Successful Open Enrollment Process
What’s in Your Employee Benefits Package?
HRIS Technology: Solving for Disparate Systems
Why Outsourcing HR for Small Business Makes Sense
How to Determine the Right Mix of Benefits and Compensation for Your Staff
Do You Offer a Retirement Plan Yet? What Illinois Small Businesses Need to Know About the New State Requirement.
As of November 1, 2019, the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program Act (more commonly known as Secure Choice) will require all businesses with over 25 employees that have been operating for more than two years to offer their employees access to a qualified retirement savings account.
If you’re a small business located in IL here’s what you need to know…
When to Invest in HR for Your Business
Startups and small business owners alike are used to going without a lot of resources they’d like to have – and that’s often a savvy business move but there reaches a point where you shouldn’t put off focusing on your organization’s HR needs.
There’s no one answer that applies to everyone. But from our experience working with hundreds of small businesses, we’ve found that the following situations usually signal that a business could run more efficiently by hiring an HR professional or outsourcing HR functions to a PEO.
What Benefits Must Small Businesses Legally Offer Employees?
Starting a business is full discoveries and learning experiences. Once you hire your first employee, you discover there are a variety of rules and regulations you do have to follow, including the benefits you’re required to provide your employees.
To be clear: by “benefits,” we don’t just mean value-add perks that help you recruit and retain top-level employees (like a keg of cold-brew in the break room). We’re talking about benefits mandated by state and local governments, like paying into unemployment insurance.
So which benefits are optional and which are you legally required to provide?
Which are mandated by the state and which by the federal government?
Read on for a guide to make sure you’re offering the right benefits to your employees and staying in compliance with the laws where you live.