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Paul Gilshan: Are employee benefits as important as salary?

Employee Benefits

Depending on those on offer, benefits can be just as valuable as a pay rise , and in some cases, even more valuable. It is quite natural for us to focus on salary. Paul Gilshan is chief executive officer at Tusker The post Paul Gilshan: Are employee benefits as important as salary? After all, we all need to make a living.

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Employee Retention Strategies Go Beyond Competitive Salaries

HR Digest

A Gallup report stated that the cost of replacing an employee could range from one-half to two times the employee’s annual salary. Consumer Affairs reported the top 5 reasons for quitting to be in search of better pay and better benefits, insufficient pay raises, unmet needs by their former employers, and pay inequality.

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Avoid legal issues with compliant job descriptions

Business Management Daily

Highly compensated employee exemption: Employees are considered highly compensated if they earn at least $684 per week paid on a salary or fee basis, and at least $107,432 in total annual compensation. Professional exemption: Learned professionals or creative professionals who earn the minimum pay rate.

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The Value of Employee Engagement

Achievers

employers pay nearly $1 billion per week for direct workers’ compensation costs. Additional costs include medical and legal services, lost productivity, damage to your brand, and the cost of an accident investigation. Employee engagement goes beyond salary compensation. In the U.S.,

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Employee benefits for small businesses

Higginbotham

This can be done through salary and wages, but it can also be done through benefits, and the latter can be better in some ways. A Glassdoor survey found that 80 percent of employees prefer additional benefits over a pay raise. Workers need to be compensated. Turnover can hurt productivity and company morale.

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How much does a PEO cost?

Genesis HR Solutions

Annual renewals of insurance including: medical, dental, vision, life, disability, worker’s compensation. Monitoring family medical leave regulations. Managing equal pay. With a PEO, your 40-employee organization may pay $50,000 for a PEO partnership that can handle all types of HR services, including payroll.

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Top Employee Benefits & Compensation Ideas for a Diverse Workforce

Vantage Circle

These are benefits given over and above salaries and wages. Employees Prefer Benefits Over Pay Raise. Similarly, 89% of younger employees aged 18-34 and 84% employees aged 35-44 favor benefits to pay raises. Below listed are some employee benefits which employees feel are better than pay raises: Health Insurance.