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Professional Employer Organization (PEO) health insurance benefits help small businesses offer medical coverage without administrative headaches. Explore PEO healthcare rates and options.
The elaws (Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses) Advisors are a set of interactive, online tools developed by the U.S. Department of Labor to help employers and employees learn more about their rights and responsibilities under numerous Federal employment laws. They address some of the nation's most widely applicable ...
While SHOP was available for 2014, this is the first year that small employers in 14 states can apply online. Before 2015 employers who provided health insurance to their employees typically worked with an insurance broker and one health insurance company. In 2015, they however can offer their employees a choice of insurance companies.
A Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement, or MEWA, is a vehicle through which more than one employer can come together and offer a self-funded plan to employees—a type of co-op. MEWAs are useful for small groups that on their own would not be able to self-fund; for instance, a number of local small businesses, each with a dozen employees, can ...
For most small businesses, offering health insurance is a way to attract and retain top talent, enhance employee satisfaction, and boost productivity. In fact, Thatch recently found that 73% of ...
Proper insurance coverage protects your small business from unexpected circumstances and costs. Yet, according to the 2023 Hiscox Underinsurance Report, 75% of small businesses in the U.S. don’t ...
According to a 2007 study, about 59% of employers at small firms (3–199 workers) in the US provide employee health insurance. The percentage of small firms offering coverage has been dropping steadily since 1999. The study notes that cost remains the main reason cited by small firms who do not offer health benefits. [82] Small firms that are ...
Wisconsin small business employees also absorbed higher health costs up front, paying nearly $1,400 more a year on their health insurance deductibles in 2023 than their big business counterparts.