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The start of a new year presents an excellent chance to enhance your retirement savings. A 401k plan is a retirement savings plan provided by an employer to its eligible workers. This plan allows for payroll deductions to be made either before taxes, following the traditional 401k plan format, or after taxes, as seen in …

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The Harvard Business Review – which has more than 9 million records of employees at 4,000 global companies – points out that mid-career employees have the highest resignation rate, and those that suffer most are the technology and healthcare industries. At the start of the pandemic, the job market was full of uncertainty and massive …

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Employment laws and regulations are constantly changing, which means the struggle to stay compliant is never-ending. While many prospects can see the challenges of staying abreast of compliance regulations; the struggle is larger for employers. With a multitude of laws, rules, and regulations to comply with and employees that must be managed, staying on top …

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2021 was a year of deep upheaval across the HR, employment, and business landscapes. Propelled by such factors as the great resignation (which remains in full swing at 3.7%) and uncertainty over companies’ execution of the vaccine mandate, companies and employers nationwide have had to rethink a few HR policies. Presently, companies are relaxing their …

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Amid all the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, VantagePoint Benefit Administrators wants you to know that we are here for you. Our offices are open, working remotely, but fully functional and available to help you and your employees navigate through these unprecedented times.

Open enrollment is the time of the year when employers have a chance to review their benefits plans, and as a result, offer employees the chance to reassess the choices they made. This is the opportunity for employees to look critically at how they have used their benefits over the last year and make decisions …

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Nonprofit organizations have employees, so they face HR challenges just like for-profit organizations do. These challenges can be related to recruitment and retention, performance management, employee relations, compensation and benefits, and anything else that impacts the employee in the workplace. According to Statista, there were 1.5 million nonprofits in the US in 2020. Changes to …

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Good employees can have a significant impact on your business results, so having a strategic HR management plan can help your company retain top talent. Of course, not all employees are top performers, but having high employee engagement will help to ensure your best performers are happy. Did you know that a Harvard Business Review found …

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