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Guides, briefs and answers for the people running benefits — written by the advisors who do this every day.
A pay-cycle problem rarely starts in payroll. It starts when an employee changes an address, adds a dependent, moves to part-time hours, or takes leave, and someone has to remember
Employer benefits cost averaged $15.60 per hour worked in March 2026, or roughly 31.6% of total compensation. For SMB leaders, the job is understanding what creates that number and which
A PEO is a co-employment model where the PEO acts as a third-party payer for payroll and employment taxes while the client company retains day-to-day operational control. In the United
Three weeks before enrollment closes, the HR lead at a 200-person SaaS company discovers that only 28% of employees have logged into the benefits portal. Several valuable benefits remain undersubscribed,
In 2025, employee benefits represented about 30% of total compensation in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employee Benefits program. That makes benefits vendor management a
Most companies pay a PEO administrative fee of roughly $40 to $160 per employee per month, but the all-in cost per employee is usually meaningfully higher once benefits and workers'
