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Guys,

 

I would like to know the best way to offer health benefits. This is for a single employee, not a family plan. Do you guys think it's better to pay them in full as part of a total package and reap the benefit of a tax break or have the employee contribute a percentage? Just wondering what makes the most sense....

 

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Gary

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We use health insurance as a benefit for our current and future employees. I have noticed that older technicians value the health insurance much more so than younger technicians. We currently pay 100% of the health insurance costs. When competing with other repair shops, especially dealerships and chain shops, it helps differentiate us from other repair shops when trying to attract top talent. I have noticed that in our area, most dealerships pay a portion of the health insurance cost and the employee picks up the remaining balance.

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When I had the shop and had 5 full time employees I paid all the health insurance for everyone under a group plan. Then on night two the the star players went out and got drunk and had a 1 car accident in a parking lot. Police came and arrested both of them. Courts assigned alcohol school and the insurance company sent a nasty gram a few months later that my 'group' was experiencing an unusually high percentage of expenses and raised the whole groups rate by about double what we had been paying. New rules went into effect, I would write a check once a month for the old insurance rate and the employees could shop and find whatever insurance they wanted, I was only giving the amount i used to pay. Oh yea, if they decided they did not want any insurance, they got no check. I got to see the policy and the bill and made sure they were actually using the money for insurance. I had to do the same thing, cancel the original policy and go shopping for myself a new policy. No more groups for us.

 

If I was to reopen I would make the employees pay something, I want them involved and aware of the real costs to have insurance. What percentage would depend on my bottom line and how much i wanted to keep those guys.

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