Employer Cost Management

Hiring has never been cheap. But for many organizations today, it has quietly become far more expensive than traditional recruiting metrics suggest. Most companies track time-to-fill and cost-per-hire. These metrics are familiar, easy to report, and widely benchmarked. What they don’t capture is the full organizational cost of an open or recently filled role — and how benefit perception, retention, and productivity are deeply tied to that number. When recruiting effort, productivity loss, onboarding time, and early turnover risk are fully considered, the true cost of hiring for professional roles often reaches $80,000 to $90,000 per hire. For many HR and finance leaders, that figure is surprising. The reality is that most hiring models are incomplete by design.

January 18, 2026

This article explains the rules and requirements for small businesses to deduct health insurance premiums as a business expense on their tax returns. The article also provides information on the tax benefits and limitations of deducting health insurance premiums for small business owners.

February 22, 2021