by Lena Anthony | Apr 27, 2018 | Human Resources
Executives spend an average of nearly 23 hours a week in meetings, up from less than 10 hours in the 1960s, according to this Harvard Business Review article. And that only accounts for the meetings that actually make it onto the schedule. The authors of the article...
by Lena Anthony | Apr 13, 2018 | Blog, Featured, Human Resources
Millennials (generally defined as those born 1981 to 1996) get a bad rap. As members of the U.S. workforce, they’ve been called entitled, lazy, spoiled, needy and other not-so-nice (and factually incorrect) words. But behind those stereotypes are a gross...
by Lena Anthony | Apr 9, 2018 | Blog, Featured, Human Resources
If you’ve ever shopped for a small group health plan, you know how difficult it can be to discern the differences between carriers. More often than not, the same type of plan from two different carriers will look really similar, especially when it comes to premiums....
by Logan Ramirez | Mar 1, 2018 | Blog, Human Resources
Thanks to Uncle Sam and a newly enacted tax law, about 90 percent of U.S. workers can expect a bump in their take-home pay this year. Employers were required to start using new Federal Tax Withholding Tables to calculate withholding amounts in paychecks on Feb. 15,...
by Logan Ramirez | Feb 24, 2018 | Blog, Human Resources
New year, new rate increases for small group health insurance. What’s new, right? For years now, small businesses have seen their health insurance premiums skyrocket. And 2018 is no different. At XMI, we’ve seen our clients’ rates increase anywhere from 8 to 28...
by Logan Ramirez | Feb 9, 2018 | Blog, Human Resources
Employee benefits have traditionally been about health, vision, dental and 401(k)s—maybe a gym membership, too. But increasingly, companies are using one-of-a-kind, creative incentives to attract and retain a new pool of talent—millennials. A 2017 Gallup survey found...
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