The Moving Planner Blog

I looked around to see what are moving companies doing for their employees and if you can consider it as a career. 

Atlas Essential Benefits are: “For employees, a relocation benefit can be as important as considerations for retirement and insurance. Atlas brings the experience to help you get the most for your transportation dollar…such as an understanding of the significant tax advantages that may be available to your company and employees.”

This is what FlatRate movers offering on their career section: “Exciting opportunities, Personal and career growth, Friendly and supportive work environment, Stability, A workplace focused on ethics and obeying the law, and Great Benefits”.

Their requiements are: If you are an ambitious, high-energy person who enjoys a fast-paced team environment laced with challenges and opportunities, you’ve come to the right place. Our successful employees are service-oriented people with integrity and commitment toward a common goal – excellence in every area of their personal and business lives. Read on to discover how to pursue employment opportunities with us. FlatRate offers great jobs, great pay, great benefits and a great place to work!

Texas Moving Company wrote full HR Benefits on their site: A great place to work.  We continually strive to make this one of the best places to work for all of our employees.  Many employees describe Texas Moving as their second family; it’s this sense of shared camaraderie that makes Texas Moving Company such a unique and enjoyable place to work.

Great compensation! We know that a paycheck is certainly an important part of the overall work experience.  Texas Moving Company consistently offers one of the highest compensation packages in the industry.  Whether you are a driver, a mover, or part of the office personnel, you will find that Texas Moving provides exceptional remuneration.

Excellent benefits! The ever increasing cost of health care has caused many companies in the moving industry to cutback or even eliminate employee benefit programs.  However, Texas Moving is not one of these companies; we continue to cover a large percent of the health care costs for our employees.  Our benefits program includes first rate medical and dental coverage.  We also provide our employees with a very lucrative profit sharing program.

Let’s learn some HR terms.

COBRA Benefits

How does an employee become eligible for COBRA benefits? There are three basic requirements that must be met in order for you to be entitled to COBRA benefits. Your group health plan must be covered by COBRA; a qualifying event must occur; and you must be a qualified beneficiary for that event. More COBRA Benefits >>

HIPAA

What is HIPAA (not HIPPA)? HIPAA is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Many people are already familiar with HIPAA, as it relates to COBRA, (the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985). Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs. More HIPAA >>

FMLA

The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) generally applies to employers that have 50 or more employees is intended to provide a means for employees to balance their work and family responsibilities by taking unpaid leave. If you are an “eligible” employee, you are entitled to 12 weeks of FMLA leave for certain family and medical reasons during a 12-month period. More FMLA >>