Employee Compensation

• 1Not including yourself, approximately how many total employees does your business have?
• 2Are a majority of your full-time employees salaried, hourly, commissioned or is it mixed?
• 3Are a majority of your part-time employees salaried, hourly, commissioned or is it mixed?
• 4How do you determine if a specific employee who works more than 40 hours per week should receive overtime pay?
• 5Within the last three years, have you been sued or seriously threatened with a suit for allegedly not paying overtime or enough overtime?
• 6What percent of your full-time employees are in “exempt” positions where they do not receive overtime pay no matter how many hours they work in a workweek?
• 7Do any of your employees who are in “exempt” positions, those not eligible for overtime, earn less than $50,440?
• 8Do your full-time employees receive periodic bonuses or profit-sharing based on performance of the business?
• 9Paid time off or PTO (time that can be used for any type of leave: vacation, sick, etc.)
• 10On average, about how many days of PTO do you offer employees?
• 11Are the number of days offered dependent on length of service at the business?
• 12Paid vacation.
• 13On average, about how many days of paid vacation do you offer employees?
• 14Are the number of days offered dependent on length of service at the business?
• 15Paid sick leave.
• 16On average, about many days of paid sick leave do you offer employees?
• 17Are the number of days offered dependent on length of service at the business?
• 18Are employees allowed to use sick days to take care of a child or parent?
• 19Are employees required to provide a doctor’s note after a designated number of days out sick?
• 20Disability insurance.
• 21Paid major holidays.
• 22Do major holidays count towards employees’ vacation days?
• 23Dental insurance.
• 24Paid or unpaid maternity leave.
• 25How long is generally given for maternity leave?
• 26A retirement plan.
• 27What type of a retirement plan is it?
• 28What percent of your employees participate in the plan?
• 29Job-related education reimbursement.
• 30Paid jury duty.
• 31Discounted or free goods or services from your business.
• 32About how much is this benefit worth to the typical full-time employee on an annual basis?
• 33Offer flexible working hours.
• 34Do you generally sponsor a holiday party or summer event for employees?
• 35Is the event generally held at:?
• 36Do you have a formal policy regarding employees who request time off for a serious illness in the family or the birth or adoption of a child, or do you handle such requests on a case-by-case basis?
• 37Is the time an employee spends on family leave:?
• 38Do you keep any type of records on the time employees spend out for family leave?
• 39Do you have a formal policy regarding employees who request short periods of time off for personal matters such as a doctor’s appointment, or parent-teacher conference or is it on a case-by-case basis?
• 40Are employees typically paid while out for these short periods, not paid, or take vacation or sick leave?
• 41Do you keep any type of records on the time employees spend out for these short periods?
• 42Are your part-time employees generally eligible to receive the same benefits on a pro-rata basis as your full-time employees?
• 43Who do you target for your benefit package when making decisions about the type and size of benefits you provide?

Volume 13, Issue 4, 2016
ISSN 1534-832

Holly S. Wade
NFIB Research Center

Michael J. Chow
NFIB Research Center