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Benefits to Empower Working Mothers
We have all recognized and experienced the difficulties of working during the COVID-19 pandemic, but one of the more vulnerable employee populations has been working mothers.
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Another Virtual Open Enrollment – Keep it Simple, but Significant
It’s that time of year when employers are making decisions to their employee benefit renewals. Due to the recent developments with COVID-19, there will most likely be another virtual open enrollment meeting for the team.
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Deferred Care: Why Americans Are Due for a Checkup
It’s very likely that in the last year, you postponed a medical appointment. It’s also very likely that it had something to do with COVID-19.
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6 Podcasts for Financial Wellness
Whether you’re creating a budget, saving for retirement, establishing a debt payoff plan, or sending your child to college, everyone can learn a thing or two when there are financial experts at your fingertips.
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AspenHR Announces the Appointment of Midge Seltzer to Its Board of Directors
San Francisco, October 12, 2021—AspenHR, a professional employer organization (PEO) providing white-glove HR solutions to the world’s leading alternative investment funds and their portfolio companies, announced today that Midge Seltzer has been named to AspenHR’s...
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Importance of Health Advocacy
You’re wrapping up your annual physical when the doctor says she found a slight irregularity with your heartbeat and wants you to get an ECG. She refers you to a local cardiologist. You get the procedure done. Then you get a bill for $2,000 a few weeks later. What went wrong?
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AspenHR Earns National Distinction
AspenHR, a professional employer organization (PEO) providing white-glove HR solutions to the world’s leading alternative investment funds and their portfolio companies, announced today that
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HMO vs PPO: How to Pick Your Health Insurance Plan
The majority of people who have health care insurance obtain it through their employers during open enrollment, though only a small minority understands the complexities of insurance well enough to feel like they made an empowered choice.
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AspenHR Announces Partnership with Aetna
AspenHR, a professional employer organization (PEO) providing white-glove HR solutions to the world’s leading alternative
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What is Open Enrollment?
Whether you get insurance through work, Medicare, or the individual market, open enrollment is the one period of time each year when you can change your health insurance coverage without a qualifying event...
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Part 2: Six Things You Should Do to Prepare for Benefits Renewal
As the end of the year approaches, we know it can be overwhelming as a business owner to navigate the different requirements, timelines, and benefit options without HR expertise. In last week’s blog, we examined...
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Part 1: Six Things You Should Do to Prepare Benefits Renewal
If you are like most small businesses, your benefits renewal is coming up. As an employer, you want to offer your hard-working employees the benefits they want, but if you are a small business, it...
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How Market Conditions Affect Your 401(k)
Now may be a good time to look back a few months just to gain a better long-term perspective. The
market has been trading in a range for the last several months hovering at or near record highs on the
three indices: the Dow, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ...
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Employee Benefits Expectations Have Changed. Are You Meeting Them?
Employee expectations of what they want from their employer have dramatically changed in part due to COVID-19. The workplace we know has changed, and what employers offer for benefits must keep up with the changing...
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PART 2: Four Things to Know Before Renewing Your Employee Benefits Plan
Last week in part one of Four Things to Know Before Renewing Your Employee Benefits Plan we relayed that it IS possible to reduce benefits plan costs and support employee health (both physical and mental) when you partner with the right PEO—AspenHR!
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PART 1: Four Things to Know Before Renewing Your Employee Benefits Plan
Oh, what a difference a year and a half makes. At this point in 2019, unemployment rates were at an all-time low, and businesses were doing whatever they could to compete for talent. With unemployment now near an all-time high, priorities have...
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Health Meets Wealth: The ROI of Investing in Employee Well-Being
It’s time to invest in employees’ well-being. If you haven’t started doing so already, your bottom line is taking a hit. Nearly 40% of employees say their mental health has been negatively impacted by the pandemic and 60% of employees believe...
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3 Strategies to Boost Your Employee Wellbeing Program
Employers are becoming even more aware of the benefits of incorporating corporate wellbeing programming in their overall employee engagement strategies. It is no surprise that happier and healthier people can perform better work – and beyond the goal of...
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Why On-Demand Pay is the Most In-Demand Benefit
Crossing your fingers for payday to come before your bill’s due date is not a way to live. But for many Americans, it’s a frustrating reality. 78% of U.S. employees live paycheck to paycheck, including those who earn six-figure salaries.
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What Does Co-Employment With a PEO Mean?
Financial Services Companies have the potential to transform their business by outsourcing the heaviest HR burdens to a Professional Employer Organization (“PEO”). When RIAs, asset management, and fund companies work with a PEO, they enter...
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OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT: 10 Reasons Why Using Spreadsheets to Manage Cap Tables is a Bad Idea
Capitalization tables (or cap tables) provide an analysis of a company’s percentages of ownership, equity dilution, and value of equity in each round of investment by founders, investors, and other owners. Developing a cap table and making related decisions can be complicated and overwhelming.
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How the Tight Labor Market Affects Profitability
We know that the key to creating a successful company is to hire and develop a skilled and highly-engaged workforce. As the labor market continues to tighten up, it has become even more challenging to...
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7 Key Compliance Tips to Implement in Your Hiring Process
Hiring great employees gives companies an edge over their competition but can also be challenging when candidates outnumber the jobs available. The challenging part of hiring equates to time filtering candidates, interviewing, and hiring decisions...
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White House Issues Ransomware Prevention Guidance to Businesses
In a recent letter addressed to corporate executives and business leaders, the White House emphasized that bolstering the nation’s resilience against cyberattacks is a main priority for President Joe Biden’s administration. Specifically, as ransomware attacks continue to rise in both cost and...
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Is an Outsourced Compliance Provider Appropriate for Your Firm?
The SEC’s Director of Examinations[1] recently reiterated the critical role that Chief Compliance Officers (“CCO”) play for both investment advisers and investment companies. The SEC’s language together with previous SEC guidance focused on outsourced CCOs implies that the SEC prefers in-house CCOs.
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AspenHR Introduces Aspen’s Advantage MarketPlace
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — AspenHR, a professional employer organization (PEO) providing concierge HR solutions to alternative investment funds and their portfolio companies, has officially launched Aspen’s Advantage MarketPlace. The marketplace is the first designed by a PEO...
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Due Diligence and HR in M&A Transactions
Inorganic growth via acquisition has become a proven way for companies to quickly scale and grow. Often, the company being acquired is a competitor with a proven record of success, revenue, and employee retention. The...
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Returning to the Office: What Precautions Should Employers Take?
Covid-19 has changed the way we work and interact with others. While many alternative investment funds and financial services firms have opted to work remotely many are now considering returning to the office- a decision...
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Five Key Considerations Before Terminating an Employee
Terminating an employee is never easy, and often, the events leading up to the termination are not either. An employee who once was a competent hire has become a problem for your company. Terminating the...
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Americans See The Importance Of Retirement Self-Funding
More than half of near-retirees (adults aged 50 to 64) are worried a “great deal” about the Social Security system, according to Gallup, while only a third of survey respondents aged 18-29 expressed a similar concern about the program’s long-term availability...
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