Solutions for Business Owners- Taking care of employees
As a business owner, you’re often challenged to find ways to do something extra to retain valuable employees and attract new talent.
Special compensation arrangements for key employees
You might not want to think what would happen to your business if one of your key employees left. Here are some benefit options that can help retain your key employees:
Executive bonus plans
This offers a select group of employees necessary and important financial protection, such as income replacement, college funding, estate liquidity and supplemental retirement.
Deferred compensation plans
These plans can help your employees save income taxes now while building cash for the future.
Do you value what your employees offer?
Increasing the number of employees correlates with increased innovation, while increasing revenue does not.
– BizEquity, 2016
Benefits for employees
Many firms without benefits are unfamiliar with voluntary products and how those offerings can help retain and attract their employees.
If your employees need coverage to supplement or fill in the gaps of their current benefits package, you can offer certain products that may be able to be paid by the convenience of payroll deduction. The voluntary coverage you offer to your employees could include life insurance, disability income insurance, critical illness insurance or other products offered by the insurance company.
Retirement plans, that can help you reduce your business’ taxable income based on your employees’ contribution amounts, can also be a differentiator to recruit and retain employees.
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Building a strong foundation
Owning a business entails a lot of responsibilities. One of the first responsibilities you might want to consider is how to protect against events that may threaten the future of your business, beyond the basic property/casualty protection.
Preparing for the future
If the unexpected happens, who’s going to run your business? What if you want to retire or leave your business in 5, 10 or 20 years? By planning now, you can help make sure you and your family will receive the full value of your hard work.
A business valuation helps you know the true value of your business, which is critical to proper business planning. If you’d like a custom valuation for your business, a Mutual of Omaha agent will listen to your needs and concerns, and can provide a business valuation at no cost to you.
Business valuations can help you:
- Better understand your business and its potential
- Ensure that your business and your family are properly protected
- Plan for the future of your business
- Know the value of your largest asset to properly plan for your retirement
- Prepare for taxable events
- Prepare for selling your business
