Which Expenses are Covered Under Commuter Benefits
If you are wondering about which expenses are covered under commuter benefits, we’ve got some answers.
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How Much are Employee Benefits Worth
We hear so much about how significant benefits are to our employment. But how much are our benefits really worth?
How to Make a Healthier Commute
Have you ever become mad at another driver or rider on your daily commute and felt your blood pressure increase?
How to Improve Employee Engagement
If your company is like many today, you’re pursuing employee engagement principles in hopes of creating a better and high performing workforce.
But a survey by G2 Crowd, the peer-to-peer, business solutions review platforms, highlights what others before it have found: more work needs to be done.
Employees Want More than Money
Do you think throwing money at your employees and job candidates is the best way to their hearts?
Think again.
Research from Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ashley V. Whillans says its money isn’t always the answer in every situation.
Companies Help Commuters Get to Work
Whether it’s financial, like offering commuter benefits, or other means, companies are making it easier for employees to commute with the help of government and nonprofits.
In Austin, Texas, the Central Texas Transportation Management Association works with businesses to help get employees to work. The association is called Movability, and it is “dedicated to working hand in hand with employers to improve the region’s economic vitality by connecting commuters with mobility options that save time and money.”
Most Expensive Commute? SF, NYC? Try D.C.
New York City, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley routinely top the lists of most expenses to live.
But if you’re a commuter, guess what? They are not the most expensive places to commute. That honor goes to Washington, D.C.
NJ commuters save on work travel
If you work in New Jersey, your commute may be getting less expensive in the next year or so.
Tax deduction for biking commuters: New bill
Do you bike to work? Wouldn’t it be nice to get reimbursed for your bike share membership, tune-ups or repairs?
A bill in Congress is looking to make a tax benefit for bike commuters a reality. It’s the “Bicycle Commuter Act of 2019.” Currently, it’s in the House of Representatives, and would reclaim benefits bicyclists lost when tax reform was passed in 2017.
Under the new bill, cyclists would receive $53 per month for commuting. Old legislation allowed cyclists to receive $20 per month as a commuter benefit.
Is Commuting the Next Health Care?
Employees and businesses focus on health care as the No. 1 benefit in any benefits package. But a new trend is making people rethink a lot of things about jobs and benefits: Longer commutes. It’s making some people wonder if commuting is the next health care in terms of how it impacts the job market.