Catherine is a certified Human Resources professional currently working in the telecommunications sector. With over a decade of HR experience below her belt with a focus on Recruitment and Selection and Training and Development, her true passion is people and helping them realize their full potential.
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Glad to have come across your blog. Iam a HR professional with 7plus years of HR experience along with a Masters in HR Management (Australia, Melbourne) and a MBA (Marketing). But I also am a recent immigrant, who’s very actively searching for a job in anything to with HR. I want to write the NKE/NPPA asap but the irony is that I need to first do the academic route/requirement courses, and only then can I write the NKE. So isn’t there any other way that I write the NKE? And can I write the NPPA before I write the NKE or?
Also will appreciate if you can recommend some good job hunting sources, techniques, etc. I can even email my Resume to you if that’s ok..
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Quick question: Does it cost employers more to offer a tier in their health care benefits for “Employee + children”? The company I work for only has 3 tiers in there benefits categories, which is the first time I’ve seen a company not offer the traditional 4 tiers of: “Employee Only”, “Employee + One”, “Employee + Children” and “Employee + Family”. There is a pretty big difference in the cost to the employee between the Employee + Children and Employee + Family options.
I’ve been told my company is not going to add a tier for Emp + children but not told why. Is it a cost issue? Also, I honestly don’t like having to carry coverage for a whole family (husband included) as a single mother.
Thanks for your question Sheila. The short answer would be Yes…to establish a multi-tiered benefits systems for its workforce would have cost repercussions for an employer. This is why the most common format we see is the two tier option of either Single or Family coverage. Often employers will also require the employee to subsidize the cost by way of a monthly deduction from their pay, most often for the Family option only.
In some areas the out-of-pocket cost of maintaining benefits for your dependents are tax-deductable.