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4 considerations when choosing employee benefits for the first time

WEX Inc.

To take advantage of an HSA, you need to participate in an HSA-eligible health plan (or high-deductible health plan). HSA-eligible health plans typically have lower premiums but higher deductibles. Assess your ability to cover the deductible before choosing this plan.

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Flexible Benefit Plans Give Employees More Options

InterWest Insurance Services

Employers fund these flexible benefit plans with funds that are deducted from their employees’ salaries on a pre-tax basis. Options can include: Health insurance, Voluntary benefits premiums (like vision and dental), Life insurance, 401(k), and. Flexible spending account.

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17 Items That Need To Be Included In Your Employee Handbook

Genesis HR Solutions

Payroll deductions This item spells out each of the deductions the company withholds, including federal, state, and local taxes and other things, including voluntary deductions for benefits. An HSA can be used only if employees have a qualified High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP).

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16+ types of employee benefits you should consider

Genesis HR Solutions

There are four major types of employee benefits many employers offer: medical insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and retirement plans. Medical Insurance. Flexible Spending Account (FSA). An HSA can be used only if employees have a qualified High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP).

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Leap year! How to handle 27 biweekly payrolls in 2020

Business Management Daily

Hourly-paid nonexempts are impacted only to the extent of withholding and deductions. Employees’ benefits deductions and allowances (e.g., Savings bonds, United Way, creditor and child support garnishments, deductions for other outside groups and other voluntary deductions. Do nothing. Digging deeper. cash planning).

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Executive benefit reimbursement plans

Higginbotham

Employees may face uncovered costs in numerous ways: They have to pay a share of the premium for insurance. They have to pay a deductible. HRAs may sound like Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) or Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), but there are key differences. They have to pay a higher cost for care from specialty doctors.

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Open enrollment checklist for employers

Business Management Daily

HSA funds can be used for prescription drugs, deductibles, copayments, and other covered health costs. Eligibility for HSAs is generally limited to people enrolled in High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP). Like HSAs, they can cover copays, prescription drugs, and deductibles. The IRS sets annual HSA contribution limits.