ShopBenefits.com: Your Georgia Employee Benefits Partner and Broker A stand out employee benefits package is key to recruiting and retaining exceptional employees, which is the foundation for any successful business. ShopBenefits.com provides employers in the Atlanta, GA area with an affordable, easy-to-use online benefits store. ShopBenefits.com stands apart from other Georgia employee benefits consultants and

How Your Georgia Business Can Retain Employees and Compete for Top Talent When you’re competing against large corporations in your space, recruiting and retaining the most qualified workers can be a challenge. But before you get too down in the dumps (or even worse, give up entirely), you may want to consider changing your perspective

Questions for Choosing the Right Employee Benefits Consultant With rising health care costs and the increasing need for comprehensive benefits packages, finding a qualified employee benefits consultant is more crucial than ever. Your benefits broker can make or break your employee benefits plan.

About to Hit 50 Full-Time Employees? Look Out for These Compliance Benchmarks When your business starts to grow, one of the most exciting milestones to reach is 50 full-time employees. Scaling a business rarely goes without growing pains. But if you don’t prepare, a lot can go wrong. As you move forward, you’ll want to

How to Build a Competitive Employee Benefit Package Most business owners know that success starts with the people you hire. And attracting today’s top talent requires creative, comprehensive benefits. With the right employee benefits package, you can not only recruit the cream of the crop employees, but you’ll also retain the talent you already have.

Employee Benefits Plan for Your Georgia Company Great employee benefits shouldn’t be set aside for large companies alone. With the right benefits, your small business can not only attract top talent – you can retain quality employees, too. In their 2015 Workplace Benefits Study, Guardian Life found that 80 percent of workers say a comprehensive

The Single Most Important Thing for Helping Employees Warm Up to New Benefits When it comes to employee benefits, there’s one consideration in particular that stands out among the rest. Employers driving new employee benefit packages are often met with one single question.

Why Do Companies Offer Benefits to their Employees? At a glance, employee benefits can seem rather costly for a business. Which leads to the question, “Why do so many employers offer benefits?” Although most small businesses aren’t required to offer benefits such as health coverage and paid vacation, many companies do. Here are just a

Offer a More Generous Custom Benefit Packages for Employees In a Q4 2015 Glassdoor survey, 57% of candidates reported benefits and perks amongst their top considerations when weighing a job offer. In the past, most businesses adopted a one-size-fits-all benefits package. Today, these traditional employee benefit packages aren’t as popular among employers seeking to meet

The Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) FAQ for Georgia Small Businesses Successfully running a small business in Georgia is filled with many challenges – like the hiring and retention of employees. One of the most complex challenges for any small business is the world of health insurance. And with significant changes made to the Affordable

Pay or Play: Understanding the ACA Employer Mandate The Affordable Care Act employer mandate gives Georgia business owners two clear options for employee coverage – pay or play. Both provision options can impact your business in different ways, and it’s important for you to have total clarity about each before you can determine which strategy

How Offering Health Insurance to Your Employees Benefits You Most business owners are familiar with the concept: When you offer the right health benefits, it jump-starts company growth. That’s because when employees are given health insurance, they miss fewer workdays, are more satisfied, and can even have a higher overall commitment to your business. And

Why You Need to Stop Using Ridiculous Perks to Attract Talent The flashier the perks, the more cream of the crop candidates you attract, right? Well, maybe not so much. The truth is, when you rely on over-the-top perks to capture new hires, you end up hiring people who are more interested in frivolous benefits

Affordable Health Care Act: Not Sure What to Do about the Employer Mandate Penalty? We Can Help The Affordable Care Act has many moving parts, but the provision that continues to cause the most confusion for business owners and individuals alike is the Employer Shared Responsibility mandate (“pay or play”). Understanding how the employer mandate

The Top Changes to ‘Pay or Play’ for Health Insurance in 2016 As an employer, keeping up with every aspect of your business can be tough – but necessary. Health insurance, in particular, requires notices and other paperwork to be filed throughout the year. If you’re an applicable large employer (ALE), it’s never too early

Providing Benefits to Employees: Low-Cost Wellness Programs for Small Businesses Many large companies today are ‘buying in’ to the growing trend of wellness programs, but the creation and maintenance costs can be high. As a small business owner, you’ll be pleased to discover that you can provide benefits to employees using high impact ideas at

Concierge-Style Health Insurance for Your Atlanta Business For decades, concierge service has been a staple of hotel luxury. But did you know concierge-style service now exists for health insurance? With concierge coverage, you and your business are just one click away from convenience. Traditionally, insurance companies handle loss and damage claims as covered by your

The Pros and Cons of Offering Employee Benefits for Your Atlanta Business (If you have 50 FT or Full Time Equivalent employees or less) Though it may not be required by law to offer benefits such as health insurance coverage, paid vacation, and pension plans, many employers still do. These types of benefits can be

How the Affordable Care Act Affects Your Georgia Business The Affordable Care Act, or ACA as it’s commonly referred to, formed the SHOP Marketplace to assist small employers in offering insurance to their employees. Required Reporting to Your Employees Whether you offer health insurance or not, the health care law requires you to provide certain

Top Reasons Why Georgia Businesses Should Offer Employee Benefits As a business owner, CEO, or HR professional, you know one of the most important factors of maintaining a successful business is keeping employees happy. And that means you have to provide them with enough incentive to maximize their productivity. While there are multiple ways to

Finding an Employee Health Care Insurance Broker for Your Georgia Business Insurance brokers can help a business owner sort through the vast array of insurance plans available to find one that fits the needs and budget of a company. While you can do your research on your own, many find the process of research daunting

What if a Small Business Does Not Offer Health Insurance? Under the Affordable Care Act, a small business is defined as one with less than 50 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. Small businesses are not charged penalties for not offering affordable health insurance to employees under the law. If a small business chooses to offer group