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Benefits of PEO Services

For your business, a PEO:
  • Provides experienced professionals in HR, benefits, payroll and risk management.
  • Assumes certain employment related liabilities.
  • Delivers professional assistance with compliance (payroll, OSHA, EEOC).
  • Provides secure Internet access to payroll, benefits and personnel data.
  • Provides access to professional HR guidance and materials.
  • Manages claims.
  • Supplies clear, easy-to-read and professionally written employee handbooks, policies, procedures and practices.
  • Improves cost control.
  • Delivers access to better benefits.
  • Reduces turnover.
  • Provides quality benefits and recruiting assistance to attract and retain the best employees.
  • Provides you more time to focus on your bottom line.
  • Gives you the opportunity to grow your business faster.
For your employees, a PEO:
  • Provides access to comprehensive benefits often previously unavailable - 401(k), Section 125 plan, comprehensive insurance benefits, Flexible Spending Plan.
  • Delivers on-time and accurate payroll.
  • Provides professional assistance with employment-related issues.
  • Supplies easy-to-read employee handbooks, policies, procedures and practices.
  • Enables more employees to receive statutory protection.
  • Improves communication among and between employees.
  • Offers up-to-date information on labor regulations, workers' rights and worksite safety.
  • Processes claims efficiently and responsively.
  • Enables employees who move from one PEO client to another to avoid loss of eligibility for benefits.
  • Provides improved access to payroll information, benefits, personnel data, vacation and sick time accrual, and specialized reports.
  • May offer credit union membership and banking privileges.
  • Frequently offers exclusive employee discounts and rates on travel, entertainment and services.
For government, a PEO:
  • Consolidates several companies' employment tax filings into one.
  • Provides more professional preparation and reporting.
  • Accelerates collection of taxes.
  • Extends access to medical benefits to more workers.
  • Provides access to 401(k) retirement savings opportunities to more employees.
  • Improves the communication of government requirements and changes to small businesses and their employees.
  • Reduces litigation by resolving many problems before they reach court.
  • Allows government agencies to reach businesses through a single-employer entity.