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Not including yourself, approximately how many total employees does your business have?
Are a majority of your full-time employees salaried, hourly, commissioned or is it mixed?
Are a majority of your part-time employees salaried, hourly, commissioned or is it mixed?
How do you determine if a specific employee who works more than 40 hours per week should receive overtime pay?
Within the last three years, have you been sued or seriously threatened with a suit for allegedly not paying overtime or enough overtime?
What percent of your full-time employees are in “exempt” positions where they do not receive overtime pay no matter how many hours they work in a workweek?
Do any of your employees who are in “exempt” positions, those not eligible for overtime, earn less than $50,440?
Do your full-time employees receive periodic bonuses or profit-sharing based on performance of the business?
Paid time off or PTO (time that can be used for any type of leave: vacation, sick, etc.)
On average, about how many days of PTO do you offer employees?
Are the number of days offered dependent on length of service at the business?
Paid vacation.
On average, about how many days of paid vacation do you offer employees?
Paid sick leave.
On average, about many days of paid sick leave do you offer employees?
Are employees allowed to use sick days to take care of a child or parent?
Are employees required to provide a doctor’s note after a designated number of days out sick?
Disability insurance.
Paid major holidays.
Do major holidays count towards employees’ vacation days?
Dental insurance.
Paid or unpaid maternity leave.
How long is generally given for maternity leave?
A retirement plan.
What type of a retirement plan is it?
What percent of your employees participate in the plan?
Job-related education reimbursement.
Paid jury duty.
Discounted or free goods or services from your business.
About how much is this benefit worth to the typical full-time employee on an annual basis?
Offer flexible working hours.
Do you generally sponsor a holiday party or summer event for employees?
Is the event generally held at:?
Do you have a formal policy regarding employees who request time off for a serious illness in the family or the birth or adoption of a child, or do you handle such requests on a case-by-case basis?
Is the time an employee spends on family leave:?
Do you keep any type of records on the time employees spend out for family leave?
Do you have a formal policy regarding employees who request short periods of time off for personal matters such as a doctor’s appointment, or parent-teacher conference or is it on a case-by-case basis?
Are employees typically paid while out for these short periods, not paid, or take vacation or sick leave?
Do you keep any type of records on the time employees spend out for these short periods?
Are your part-time employees generally eligible to receive the same benefits on a pro-rata basis as your full-time employees?
Who do you target for your benefit package when making decisions about the type and size of benefits you provide?
Volume 13, Issue 4, 2016 ISSN - ISSN - 1534-832
Holly S. Wade NFIB Research Center
Michael J. Chow NFIB Research Center