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Offering Telecommuting as a Scheduling Option

As one way to combat the spike in fuel costs for employees, many employers are offering commuter benefits, such as telecommuting. This trend spiked in the 1990s for professionals who could do their jobs at an off-site location. As gas prices continue to rise, and pollution increases and traffic congestion reach new heights, this option is more popular than ever. But this doesn’t mean that just employees benefit from telecommuting. There are also perks for the employer when offering telecommuting

Communicating Benefits Through Social Networking


Your company’s benefits package provides you with a great way to attract and retain staff, but this only works if your employees know how and when to take advantage of what is offered. Because of the explosive growth of social networking sites such as Facebook® and Twitter™, combined with the increasing popularity of PDAs, the number of avenues employers have to communicate with their employees also continues to grow.

Common and Costly Employee Benefits & HR Mistakes

Mistakes in employee benefits and human resources can be quite costly to employers, in the form of extra benefits, complaints, lawsuits, government-assessed fines and penalties, and attorney fees, to name a few. Don’t learn the hard way what these mistakes are.

We keep hearing about the government issuing waivers. Are employers able to waive or opt out of all health care reform?

No, there is no waiver from all of health care reform. Employers may be thinking of the term "grandfathered plans," which refers to plans in existence on March 23, 2010, which have made minimal changes, defined under regulations, and are therefore exempt from some, but not all, of health care reform's mandates.