{"id":5139,"date":"2016-09-02T15:21:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T15:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5139"},"modified":"2016-09-02T15:21:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T15:21:03","slug":"bonus-employee-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/bonus-employee-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bonus of Employee Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lane V. Erickson<\/a><\/p>\n

Many, but not all Idaho employers offer benefits of some sort to their full-time employees. This could include vacation pay, health, dental or life insurance, sick pay, paid time off for holidays, or other similar benefits. Employment benefits of these types are a fantastic addition to the wage or salary that is earned by the employee.\u00a0When most employees are looking at a job they take into consideration the entire package of pay and benefits to decide whether the job is worth taking. The key is to understand the role of benefits in an employment relationship.<\/p>\n

It’s amazing to me how often I am asked by clients whether they can force their employer to provide certain benefits to them as an employee. The reality is that no employer is required to provide any benefits to any employee. There is currently no Idaho law nor is there any federal law that requires an employer to provide any specific benefits to their employees. The only exceptions to this is that these employers almost always have to provide Workers Compensation Insurance and unemployment insurance.<\/p>\n

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By Lane V. Erickson Many, but not all Idaho employers offer benefits of some sort to their full-time employees. This could include vacation pay, health, dental or life insurance, sick pay, paid time off for holidays, or other similar benefits. Employment benefits of these types are a fantastic addition to the wage or salary that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Bonus of Employee Benefits|Racine Olson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Many, but not all Idaho employers offer benefits of some sort to their full-time employees. 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