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The Visa Gift Card. This is one of my favorite rewards to give my employees. I currently employ 13 very talented people and 11 of them have received this reward.in the past 30 days.

They are excellent rewards for those hard working individuals that deserve a little extra love from the boss. They can use them just like cash, but they aren’t as quick to use them to pay bills with them. It is kind of a forced “spoil yourself with something” tool that is a big hit. You can find these at most stores. I think even Wal-Mart has them. Put one up for a bonus to the next employee that books the most appointments, sells the most items, or makes you the most money. This isn’t for those that are employee of the month and I’ll tell you why next time.

The Master has spoken!

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Insurance or no?

The big question. Should you offer health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance to your employees? I have a couple different takes on this. I don’t believe you should have to pay for your employees insurance as a standard. I do think you should have a plan that employees can get a discount as a group, but you should have to pay for this. You might think this is wrong to do, but let me explain. Free insurance was offered as a way to keep employees healthy and able to work more. This is not the case anymore. Employees are more apt to work because they have to pay their bills. No longer do employees take an actual sick day. They usually work sick, and then call in when they want to play.(That’s the truth). So use insurance as a reward or a type of raise. I bet if you asked most employees if they would like a $1.00 raise or insurance, they would pick the raise. So in there end, I think offering a group insurance for the discount is good, but I wouldn’t pay for it.

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Hiring illegals and how this can kill your business

How does 5 years in the pokey and a $10,000 fine for each illegal you hire sound? I really should even have to write any more than this to explain how stupid it is. I’m all for helping the less fortunate, but not at the risk of going to jail and losing my business. If you want to help a certain immigration cause, don’t do it with your business. Do it outside of work. There is just to much to risk. And for those that see this as a way to get cheap labor and make a little extra money, you shouldn’t even be in business. There are plenty of people that are down on their luck or just getting out of college that could use a break. Hire them, train them, invest some effort with these and you might find a long term employee that could take your business to a different level.

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