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Voluntary Benefits
Hello! We are looking at adding accident insurance and critical illness. Does anyone else provide this benefit? If so, what are you charging at this time?
Jarlyn Gonzalez
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5 yrs ago
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Michael Engelhardt
5 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
What is your vacation / PTO award for 15+ years of service?
My management team is considering awarding an additional week (40 hours) of PTO to employees who have been with us longer than 15 years. Presently we are at 80 hours per year for years of service 0…
Bobbie Sheff
Payroll / HR Manager
Bobbie_Sheff
5 yrs ago
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Elisa Abner-Taschwer
5 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
PTO Donation Policy
We are currently looking at revising our PTO Donation policy. Currently we only allow employees to donate to other employees who are on a leave status ( short-term disability to help with the first…
Sheryl Fleming
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5 yrs ago
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Rikki Popsun
5 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
Wrap Documents
(This question came to me anonymously - Steve) Our benefits broker has asked us to consider adding a Wrap Document so that all of our 5500 forms for our Group Benefits are under one system.…
Steve Browne
Moderator
Steve_Browne
5 yrs ago
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Ryan Mount
5 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
Bereavement Leave Maximum
(This came to me from Donna Rogers) How many days off (paid or unpaid) can employees take off work for loss of a loved one at your organization?
Steve Browne
Moderator
Steve_Browne
6 yrs ago
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Sandra Levine
5 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
Bereavement Leave
What is your bereavement leave policy (number days off, what family members)? And for relativity, how large is your organization (# of employees)?
Robin Throckmorton
Robin_Throckmorton
6 yrs ago
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Sandra Levine
5 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
Unpaid Internship / Volunteer
I have a friend who is a therapist/coach and running an online coaching group. Recently he has had coaching group alumni volunteer to help with behind the scenes tasks such as moderating discussions…
Kat Hoyer
Recovering HR Manager - Creator of STEER Your Life Coaching®
Kat_Hoyer
6 yrs ago
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Gender Pay Equity
We are currently conducting an analysis to ensure we do not have any issues with gender pay equity. I wanted to know if anyone has done this analysis and are willing to share the metrics / data that…
Angie Geist
Angie_Geist
6 yrs ago
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Matt O'Connor
6 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
Bereavement Leave
I am in the process of evaluating our bereavement leave policy, which allows for the typical 3 day paid leave for the death of an immediate family member.…
Becky Thomas
Becky_Thomas
6 yrs ago
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Donna Rogers Skowronski
6 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
Part-Time PTO
Our current PTO policy only applies to regular, full-time employees but we are considering adding a PTO policy/benefit for part-time employees. Does anyone have any PTO policies for part-time…
Allison Nesci
Allison_Nesci
6 yrs ago
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Penny G
6 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
Average severance offered
We haven't revisited a few facets of our severance policy in quite some time and was looking to see what most of you were offering in severance per years of service.…
Kim Ratcliffe
Kim_Ratcliffe
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6 yrs ago
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Amani Bryant
6 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
Enhancing Our Current Benefit Offerings
Hello! My team and I are looking to enhance our current benefit offerings. We are a small company - 55 employees in two main locations (Cincinnati and Durham) with 5 remote workers.…
Stacy Schnieber
Stacy_Schnieber
6 yrs ago
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Krystal Tackett
6 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
PTO / Holidays And 24/7 Facilities
Hi, looking for help as Lighthouse explores implementing PTO vs separate paid leave banks. For those with direct care (or operational) staff that work on a designated holiday,…
Debbie Fisher
Debbie_Fisher
6 yrs ago
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Kate Legters
6 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
Time Off for Recruiting & Retention Purposes...
We have been getting feedback from candidates along with new and former Associates that our time off benefit may not be as plentiful as they would like.…
Jamie Bowling
Director of Human Resources
Jamie_Bowling
6 yrs ago
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Penny G
6 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
Benefits in Australia
My company is looking to start a division in Australia and I've been tasked with some background HR research. What are the top benefits employers offer in Australia or what benefits should be…
Rebecca Murphy
HR Generalist
Rebecca_Murphy
6 yrs ago
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Katie Hamilton
6 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
Maternity and Paternity Leave
Hi All. I am curious what other companies are doing for maternity and paternity leave. Are you offering paid benefits outside of Short Term Disability?…
Kate Rhoad
Kate_Rhoad.1
7 yrs ago
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Nicole Meade
6 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
Purchase an extra week of vacation
How does it work when you offer employees the opportunity to buy a week's vacation? We are thinking the employees weekly pay would be divided by number of pay periods and this amount deducted from…
Joan Sweeney
Joan_Sweeney
6 yrs ago
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Vacation & Sick Accrual while on Worker's Comp leave
Has anyone had this situation ...... Employee is out of work on worker's comp leave for 6 months and upon returning to work, in regards for renewal of vacation time / sick time.…
Michelle Sports
Michelle_Sports
6 yrs ago
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Christine Thompson
6 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
Are you using the WOTC credit program?
(This anonymous question came in from a fellow HR practitioner looking for advice.) I'd like to hear from any employers taking advantage of Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC).…
Steve Browne
Moderator
Steve_Browne
6 yrs ago
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Janelle Rodriguez
6 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
Feedback on PEOs
If anyone has experience, or feedback, on joining a PEO, or recommendations on any specific PEOs please let me know.
Martha McClain
HR Consultant
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7 yrs ago
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Janelle Rodriguez
7 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
Rehire a retired employee as a contractor
You hear of many employers bringing back retired workers as "contract workers". If the employee is essentially doing the same job, how are companies able to now call them a contract worker and pay…
Brenda Havens
Brenda_Havens
7 yrs ago
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Janelle Rodriguez
7 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
Parental Leave
We are looking at revising our Parental Leave policy. Right now, we offer 1 week of paid parental leave (this is separate from our PTO policy) and 1 week of unpaid leave.…
Allison Nesci
Allison_Nesci
7 yrs ago
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Janelle Rodriguez
7 yrs ago
Compensation & Benefits
Pros and Cons of using pay grades with a performance based compensation plan.
I'm working on developing a new compensation plan for our organization of about 100 employees. Currently we have about 20 professional/technical job classifications, plus all our administrative,…
Laurie Iulg
P.H.R.,SHRM-CP Human Resource Manager
Laurie_Iulg
8 yrs ago
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Compensation & Benefits
Revamp employee tenure award program
Hello everyone! I'm thrilled to join this esteemed community of HR professionals from around the globe! Thank you Steve for adding me, My name is Dimitrios from Cyprus,…
DIMITRIOS COUMBIAS
DIMITRIOS_COUMBIAS
7 days ago
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DIMITRIOS COUMBIAS
5 days ago
Compensation & Benefits
Looking at Revising our Acrual PTO Policy
Our current PTO policy for our hourly employees accrues based on not only their normal hours worked but we found out also overtime hours and any hours they take as PTO.…
Tom Johnston
Tom_Johnston
11 days ago
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