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 Business Management
   Posted November 20, 2007                                                                                         JLZ Business Services
 
Which Benefits Are You Required to Offer?
In the state of California small employers are not required to provide:
  • retirement plans
  • health plans
  • dental plans
  • vision plans
  • life insurance plans
  • paid vacations
  • paid holidays
    • (no time and a half for working on a holiday)
  • paid sick leaves

So what do you have to do? While the benefits mentioned above are not required, you are required to:

Allow employees time off to:

  • vote
  • serve on a jury
  • perform military service

Employer's are required to:

  • comply with all requirements of workers' compensation
  • withhold for FICA and FUTA
  • contribute to state disability programs in states where such programs exist (California, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and Rhode Island).