Employee Benefits


Creating a Wellness Program

Various resources for promoting health programs within the company.

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Benefits: Get Ready for Elder Care

Two managers explain how their companies set up and offered senior care insurance to employees.

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Benefits: Time Off You Can Bank On

An overview of a company's time-off policy that allows employees to control how and when they take time off.

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Fine-Tuning Your Bonus Plan

For bonus committee members at Commercial Casework, the task of refining the annual bonus plan becomes easier and faster with each passing year. Take some tips from a veteran open-book company.

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A Holiday-Bonus Alternative

A CEO explains how she can give herself an alternative holiday bonus despite tight profit margins.

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Recent Employee Benefits Articles

Are High-Deductible Health Plans Right For Your Business?

Experts say the plan could save employers thousands, but it may not be a perfect match for your company.  Read story

SBA Makes the Business Case for Health Care Reform

An SBA study asserts that small businesses pay more for health care coverage and are more likely to lose their coverage than large businesses.  Read story

How to Fix Health Care

Inc. 500 CEO John Baackes of Senior Whole Health has the answer to fixing the broken health care system.  Read story

Baucus Bill Would Not Obligate Businesses to Offer Insurance

Companies with more than 50 employees that did not provide coverage would be expected to reimburse the government.  Read story

The Office: Damned with Faint Praise

Great managers know when and how to lavish praise on their workers  Read story

Building a Culture of Employee Appreciation

How Datotel overhauled its employee-appreciation, -recognition, and -incentive programs  Read story

Small Business Not Left Out of Health-Care Reform

With the possible adoption of a national exchange program comes the benefits of buying in bulk.  Read story

When the Boss Gets Cancer

What happened to a start-up when the founder discovered he was fighting cancer  Read story

No More Annual Raises?

Companies are saying goodbye to automatic raises and compensating based on performance.  Read story

Gay Marriage Bad News for Small Business?

RNC Chairman Michael Steele says the legalization of gay marriage would hurt small business, but some advocacy groups aren't so sure.  Read story