Corporate Giving

We recently sent out a newsletter to our clients, prospects and friends letting them know that the president of our company, Allen Noll, was participating in Light the Night, a walk benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and asking that those who could donate to this cause. Allen’s brother in law was effected and continues to fight against Leukemia and this has been a story and a person who...

What to expect with your health care if you have lost your job.

If you have recently lost your job there are many things to worry about. A primary concern for most people is what happens to their health care coverage. There are several posts on The Payroll Factory® blog about continued health care coverage. But while you are concerned about how to pay your mortgage and whether or not you will have the funds to pay for your children’s school clothes...

How do you know if you qualify for continued health coverage?

If you lose your health insurance how do you know if you qualify to get continuing coverage? There are certain things called “qualifying events” that help you determine if you can get continuing coverage under a COBRA plan. If you are an employee of a company than the following would qualify you for continuing coverage:  Voluntary or involuntary termination of an employee’s employment for any reason other than gross misconduct....

How do you get continued health care coverage when you lose your job?

There has been a lot of talk in the news about health care coverage and health care coverage reform. But for those without a job and in need of an insurance plan any type of reform that may come from our government doesn’t address the issue of what to do about insurance right now, today. If you have recently lost your job, and by recent this has been qualified...

What exactly is COBRA?

I hear a lot of talk on the news about COBRA. What it means to small businesses and the new COBRA act. But I venture to guess that if you are not a business owner, a benefits administrator or someone who has lost their job you have very little idea as to what COBRA is.

Do you get what you pay for?

I have been asking myself lately, “Do you get what you pay for?”. So let me ask you, when is something a good deal and when is it just too good to be true? I recently needed to have a tree stump removed from my front lawn. So, I opened Superpages and looked for landscaping companies that would do the task. I called several with varying results. The first...

Where did customer care go?

Does it feel to you sometimes that as a customer you are always wrong?  That you call somewhere to get help with a question or problem and that you are wrong from the word go? In today’s economic clime, it seems that more and more companies are missing the point of customer care. I cannot tell you how many times I have gone to a retail store or market...

Why we stay with bad services.

Ok, I freely admit it. I am on the band wagon! I love a winning team and last year my local team, The Philadelphia Phillies, won the World Series. So you know, this year I am basically watching every game! Now the truth is, I followed the Phillies for a long time. And then, well they were bad and I stopped. So part of the reason I am following...