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Are You Financially Resilient?

Money Talk

Below are five examples: ¨ Maintain a Low Debt-to-Income Ratio- Keep monthly consumer debt payments (all debts except a mortgage) at 15% or less of monthly take-home pay. Example: $275 of debt payments ÷ $2,500 of net pay equals a consumer debt-to-income ratio of 11% (275 divided by 2,500).

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The benefits offered by Wave

Employee Benefits

Employees can contribute as much as they wish as long as it does not take their take-home pay below the minimum wage. Combined business travel/personal accident/sickness insurance policy, employer paid for all employees. Life insurance for all employees with a death-in-service benefit of four-times salary.

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Flexible Benefit Plans Give Employees More Options

InterWest Insurance Services

Options can include: Health insurance, Voluntary benefits premiums (like vision and dental), Life insurance, 401(k), and. Besides the fact that your employees use money that hasn’t been taxed to pay for these benefits, the payroll deductions for them also reduce their taxable income while raising take-home pay.

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5 best practices for an open enrollment communications plan

Business Management Daily

Open enrollment gives employees a small window of time to enroll in, withdraw from, or make other changes to their medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance coverage. However, if most of the employees are older and nearing retirement, you might discuss life insurance more.

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Top 5 reasons to check your payslip

cipHR

This means people can earn £12,500 tax-free, and only start paying tax on income over that amount. However, if they have any other form of income, get benefits-in-kind from their employer (health insurance, life insurance or a company vehicle etc) or claim tax relief for any other reason, it will affect this tax code.

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Understanding the cost of employee benefits & what it means for your company

Genesis HR Solutions

Insurance types: Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance plans. This can help employees see things they may not consider when they think of just take-home pay. In this article, we’ll look at: The benefits most businesses offer. How much of an employee’s salary is made up of benefits.