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  • Thanks everyone for your input. I really appreciate it. I finally got approval for maximum rate increases of 2% - 4% for 2006. Now if I could only get the managers to give the increases based on actual job performance as it relates to the employee…
    in Salary Increases Comment by tpace March 2006
  • We also do one-time bonuses for going above and beyond. The random salary increases throughout the year would be for taking on additional responsiblities, etc. We are a small company with 25 employees. Our average salary for non-mgmt is $33,000 (…
    in Salary Increases Comment by tpace March 2006
  • Thanks for your input. I am aware of the national average on salary increases. I have been giving this information to our CEO for the past three years as I know our increases are very high; however, I am pretty much told that we need to ensure our…
    in Salary Increases Comment by tpace March 2006
  • Thanks Geno - that was my thinking also, just wanted confirmation to make sure I wasn't overlooking anything. Appreciate your help!
    in Converting Overtime Hours to Personal Time Comment by tpace July 2005
  • We pay all employees for weather related or emergency closings. We do not deduct the time from their accrued time off unless it was already a planned day off for the employee. I can only recall our office closing twice for these types of reasons i…
    in Business closes due to weather, how do you pay? Comment by tpace February 2005
  • Thank you James, I agree. This whole situation came up because we had an employee who was late Monday and she arrived at 8:30 and decided to eat breakfast until 9:00 a.m., an executive saw her in the kitchen and told her she should go ahead and clo…
    in Tardy Employees and PPT use Comment by tpace February 2005
  • Hi Trish, I know this is not really any help but my company has a policy that does not allow employees to take vacation before it is earned. What does your policy stipulate for this type of situation? If you state in the policy that any negative ba…
    in Negative Vacation Hours Comment by tpace February 2005
  • Mary, Your company offer a great benefit package. If we paid on health what you are paying we would pay close to $125,000 a year for the group health alone. Do you offset your salaries because of the benefits. Not including the three top executi…
    in Dental Benefits Comment by tpace February 2005
  • Thank you both for sharing your benefits on dental. For a small company, it is difficult to add additional benefits such as dental when we continuously have to reduce our group health benefits to maintain affordable premiums.
    in Dental Benefits Comment by tpace February 2005
  • I work for an EAP and the national average of usage is 5% of your employee base; however, our employers groups average utilization is 9.5%. Strong promotion of the program w/ payroll stuffers, tri-folds explaining the program, and, posters in the w…
    in EAP Utilization Comment by tpace October 2002
  • We pay 80% of the employees cost for group health; employees are 100% responsible for dependent coverage. We are a small company w/ 24 employees and our rates have increased significantly every year. We currently pay approximately $90,000 a year i…
    in Insurance Comment by tpace August 2002
  • We do a discretionary match at year end. We have matched as much as 50% up to 6% of the employee contributions and as little as 25% up to 6% of the employee contributions. Employees do complain when they do not receive the 50% up to 6%; however,…
    in 401K Plans Comment by tpace August 2002
  • I work for an EAP/Mental Health Care Management provider. We have a standard per employee per year cost; however, based on the number of employees a company has we also do minimum contracts. Our standard program is a six session model which includ…
    in EAP cost Comment by tpace August 2002
  • I work for an EAP/Mental Health Care Management company. If you would like information or a proposal for your company you can send a request to our marketing department at [email]ieap@ieap.com[/email]. If you have any questions prior to sending a …
    in EAP Options Comment by tpace August 2002
  • Thank you very much for your input. I agree with you.
    in EE Returned to work one week after Drs. release to return Comment by tpace August 2002
  • Her reasoning is that even though her doctor released her son from care last week her childcare provider was not able to provide full time coverage until today.
    in EE Returned to work one week after Drs. release to return Comment by tpace August 2002
  • Thank you all for your input. I do totally agree that we need to get input from the employees, they are doing the job not us. My concern is with giving them a completely blank which states Job Description for Personnel Use only. I simply want to …
    in Job Descriptions Comment by tpace February 2005
  • We are an EAP/Mental Health Care Management organization w/ 25 employees. My title is VP of Administration and I handle HR, Accounting, and Administration. I report directly to the CEO who is the owner of the company.
    in Where does HR Fall On Your Company's Org Chart? Comment by tpace October 2002
  • We also reimburse at the IRS rate. Currently $.365.
    in Reimbursement for Travel Comment by tpace August 2002