In order to keep your employees motivated, your small business has to provide great benefits. This section contains articles about employee benefits - health insurance, retirement savings plans, paid vacations, special discounts and much more.

One of the biggest expenses for small businesses is offering health care benefits to employees. You may need to find way to lower your office insurance costs. Read More
It has always been accepted wisdom in Japan that a manager must be tough in order to be respected. Being hard on someone, pointing out all their mistakes, and not showing any tenderness are considered the best way to develop someone who has talent. Read More
It doesn’t seem to matter what legislation is enacted, or what steps are taken. However, there are ways to recoup some of your expenses. In some cases, you can deduct your health care costs. Read More
On any given day, millions of employees work through their aches and pains, some job-related, some not. Sore backs, aching necks, and stiff knees plague workers of all ages. It's a big problem for employees, and a costly one for employers.

According to the American Academy of Pain Medi Read More
"The findings of a recent Monster/Unum study of job seekers determined that, over everything else, 87 percent of employees want a company 'that truly cares about the well-being of its employees.' By contrast, only 66 percent of respondents rated a high base salary as very important. Read More
Impact on Retention
Improving benefits communication efforts can have critical business results for smaller companies. To help understand a few revealing workplace realities, the 2011 Aflac WorkForces Report study found that when it comes to making benefits decisions, a mere 8 percent of work Read More
Providing incentives to hire new graduates will increase the attraction of new applications to our universities and potentially higher migration rates to our nation. The total benefit will far outweigh the costs. Read More
If you want to speed up your work rate and boost your productivity, here's one advice to increase and optimize your life or personal performance. You'll realize one thing that you should be doing regularly. Read More
Many employees want a raise but don't know how and when the opportunity will arise.

Here are five things that you positively must know before knocking on the office door and asking for that raise... Read More
Unlike retail prepaid cards that carry load and usage fees that make it profitable for retailers to sell them, employer paycard programs offer all the benefits with much lower costs. Read More