As much as your employees may dread their annual performance review, the entire process can be challenging for managers as well. An employee performance review is an essential part of […]
How Can HR Departments Handle Employee Complaints?
Companies need well-established policies and procedures for responding to employee complaints and grievances. Earnest and thorough responses are essential for creating positive working environments and strong company culture. Here are […]
How Can Businesses Minimize Their Environmental Impact?
The world is beginning to see the effects of climate change and pollution, and businesses are growing increasingly concerned about their environmental impact. Orlando environmental liability insurance protects you from […]
How to Create a Retirement Plan for Your Employees
Company-sponsored retirement plans used to be somewhat challenging to start, especially for smaller companies. But with recent changes and incentives brought on by the federal government, business owners are now encouraged […]
How Can HR Outsourcing Save You Money in the New Year?
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to evolve socially, economically, and politically, it has also impacted business operations. Every sector has been affected by the pandemic in one way or another, […]
2021 Employee Benefits Trends
The beginning of the year is a good time to take stock of the previous year and set out for a (hopefully) better year ahead. Though no one would have […]
COVID-19’s Impact on the Professional Liability Market
The COVID-19 pandemic has created varying levels of disruption for underwriters and insurance providers in the professional liability market, with many expecting more sizable increases in claims, according to a […]
How Has COVID-19 Reshaped D&O Insurance?
In a tightening D&O market, more than 90 percent of D&O insurance policyholders experienced rate increases in the third quarter of 2020. Both public and private company marketplace continue to […]
The Essentials of Employee Benefits Compliance
Employee benefits compliance is a significant concern for many companies. There is inherent stress when creating an employee benefit plan to be fully compliant with all employee benefits laws, such […]
Ensuring Employee Benefits ERISA Compliance
Many businesses offer some form of retirement plan, and they fall under the guidelines of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, also known as ERISA. ERISA sets policies and […]
Does Your Business Need Umbrella Insurance?
Umbrella insurance provides extra protection a business needs when unexpected events occur and go beyond their primary insurance limits. From multimillion-dollar lawsuits to employee auto accidents, umbrella coverage is a […]
The Key Benefits of Outsourcing HR Tasks
Human resources is an integral part of any company. The human resources department is usually responsible for every component of employee management, including recruiting employees, hiring them, training them, paying […]
Ensuring HR Compliance in the Workplace
It’s in every business’s best interest to have a compliant human resources department in the workplace. After all, compliance is a top area of focus and concern for both human […]
How Businesses Can Recover After Storm Damage
After any severe disaster, many business owners wonder how to start picking up the pieces. You not only have to worry about repairing your own home, but you have to […]
How to Comprehensively Manage Construction Risk
As a business owner, you’re most likely aware of the various types of construction risk that come with your industry. There are roughly 150,000 construction site accident injuries each year, […]
Retirement Plan Mistakes to Avoid
The largest generation of retirees in the United States’ history entered their retirement years in the previous decade, at the tail end of the Great Recession. Not only did Baby […]
The Importance of Retirement Advisors
With all eyes on how the ongoing pandemic is affecting the 401(k) market, having a financial advisor in your corner is more important than ever before. Retirement advisors work with […]
Top Risks Facing Manufacturing Industry
The manufacturing industry is the main driver of the U.S. economy, providing nearly 13 million jobs and generating more than $2 trillion in gross domestic product (GDP). More specifically, the […]
Determining When You Should Outsource HR
Your business’s human resources department is responsible for many critical parts of your workforce. It’s responsible for finding, hiring, assessing, and training employees’ performance throughout their time at your company. […]
The Real Impacts of Employee Theft
Employee theft might seem like a small issue to manage. After all, businesses have to deal with outside theft affecting their bottom line. However, as much as $50 billion is […]
Common Warehouse Injuries to Avoid
Warehouses are the backbone of logistics in the United States. They store everything from hand sanitizer to groceries to practically every online item. But to keep the online economy moving, […]
A Closer Look at Commercial Crime Insurance
As a business owner, keeping your business safe should be your top priority. That’s why it’s essential to make sure you’re protected against a wide variety of financial losses that […]
Cybersecurity Best Practices for Business Owners
It’s a common misunderstanding among small business owners that they don’t pose a great opportunity for hackers’ cyber attacks. While small businesses may operate on a smaller stage economically, they’re […]
International Business Travel: Keeping Employees Safe
After years of rising business travel spending, the airline industry and international business travel industry are expected to see a slowdown due to the spread of the novel coronavirus. American […]
An In-Depth Look at HR Outsourcing
Human resources outsourcing, or HRO, involves hiring companies to manage personnel functions, such as the administration of health benefits, workers’ compensation insurance, and retirement plans. Smaller companies hire outside human […]
Ensuring Retirement Plan Compliance
Any business should want to attract the best of the best when it comes to hiring their employees. But once those people are hired, it should be the goal to […]
Costly Retirement Plan Mistakes to Avoid
For many people heading into retirement, there are a number of factors to consider when it comes to outlining their Retirement plan. But with the recent economic downturn due to […]
Taking a Closer Look at Various Retirement Plans
According to a recently released survey from TD Ameritrade, most Americans want to be settled enough to retire by age 67. However, another TD Ameritrade survey found that 66% of millennials […]
How Do I Know When I’m Ready for Retirement?
After decades of hard work, busy professionals have earned the right to hang their hat and relax into retirement. From thinking about traveling the globe to leaning into hobbies to […]
What Main Types of Employee Benefits Should You Offer?
Offering the right kind of employee benefits may be the difference between attracting and retaining high-quality employees and needing to constantly fill roles vacated by dissatisfied workers. In fact, a […]