Your Club's Benefits — A Vital Key to Retaining and Recruiting Employees
 According to the MetLife study of benefit trends focusing on small business, one of the key strategic areas that drive employee retention and loyalty is your employee benefits program. In challenging economic times, these benefits – and the security and protection they help provide – may become even more valuable.
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Seven Steps to Making a Hardship Distribution
 In these challenging economic times, participants may seek hardship distributions from their retirement plan. Before making hardship distributions, review the steps below to make sure you follow both the legal requirements and your plan’s requirements.
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Notices and Rulings to Promote Retirement Plan Savings
 As part of the Retirement & Savings Initiatives, the IRS and Treasury issued notices and revenue rulings to promote retirement plan savings. The notices provide sample amendments to add an automatic enrollment feature (also known as an automatic contribution arrangement) to 401(k) and SIMPLE IRA plans...
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Creating Your Club's Employee Handbook
 We highly recommend that employers use a well-crafted employee handbook to provide clear communication to employees regarding the club policies and practices, rules and regulations, and employee benefits. It is a guide to life at your workplace. Of course, every club has its own unique culture.
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Revised Equal Employment Opportunity Poster Available
 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has revised its "Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law" poster. This new version includes current federal employment discrimination law (including the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008).
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Hiring New Employees — the Selection Process
 Your selection process can be your key to finding employees who are just the right fit for your club. And when you come right down to it, one of the most important factors that contribute to the success of your business is the effectiveness of your employee selection process.
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OSHA Program to Focus on Employer Recordkeeping
 The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is initiating a national emphasis program (NEP) on recordkeeping to assess the accuracy of injury and illness data recorded by employers.
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