The right benefits administration system will improve efficiency and help ensure compliance with healthcare regulations.

If you provide group-term life insurance to your employees, you might need to think about imputed income. It applies whenever you provide an employee more than $50,000 worth of life insurance. So what is it, and how does it work? You’re probably familiar with the concept of providing pre-tax benefits to your employees, such as […]

A waiting period is the amount of time a new employee has to wait before benefits kick in.  A company can choose a 0-day, 30-day, 60-day or 90-day waiting period for medical benefits. The advantage of a longer waiting period is that the company saves a few months of premium payments on a new hire’s benefits. […]

This is a guest post by Jennifer Fitzgerald from PolicyGenius. Should a startup offer benefits to employees? This question cuts to the core of founders’ day one issues: cash burn, talent recruitment and company values. So what’s a startup to do? A recent article in The Wall Street Journal suggested that startups shouldn’t worry about […]