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| 8/7/2010 | More Proftiable Than Ever Source: Architectural Record | A New York City architecture and engineering firm gets serious about cutting costs and discovers a PEO can provide cost effective solutions for reducing HR and insurance costs. We started by looking at our insurance and benefits," says Carpenter. "As a small firm, we simply didn't have enough people to get good health-insurance rates. We joined a professional employer organization (PEO). It takes care of payroll, benefits, and insurance." One of the advantages for both the firm and employees (who are technically coemployed by the Meltzer/Mandl and ADP) is that they can receive health insurance at far less cost than they could as a small group. Costs for both the employees and the firm, which pays half of the employees' health-insurance costs, have gone down by half. "Our employees are able to get much better insurance than we could offer them." The PEO also carries the firm's workers' compensation insurance, which in the past had been a major expense. |  Post the first comment about: More Proftiable Than Ever |
| 8/5/2010 | The Healing Game Source: Colorado Biz | A PEO executive warns against playing games with employees to circumvent health reform rules for companies with over 50 employees. And larger businesses are creating ways to reap the under-50 rewards, Regalado said. "People are getting very clever about it," he said, referring to talk of firing and hiring back staff. For instance: Maybe a 70-employee company will fire 25 staff members and hire the workers back through an employment staffing company or a Professional Employer Organization, he said. Between the fact that legitimate PEOs "don't play that game," and that the government is sure to rapidly respond to such ploys, Greg Hammond advises scheming businesses to reconsider. The hire-and-fire ploy has been played out before with COBRA, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, which requires companies of 20 or more to offer extended health care coverage in certain circumstances. A provision was written into the Internal Revenue Code to prevent such circumvention. "That doesn't work. Those employees are still working for you," said Hammond, the chief legal officer for TriNet, a large PEO. | Post the first comment about: The Healing Game |
| 6/21/2010 | Health Insurance Renewal Decisions - Plan "grandfathering" Complicates Things Source: StaffMarket | With the new health care rules, companies that keep their existing health plans will be exempt from some of the legal requirements, such as providing yearly physical exams and other benefits that may add up to higher costs starting in 2014. Companies forfeit "grandfathered" status if they change their health plans.
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| 5/26/2010 | Hawaii Passes PEO Legislation Source: StaffMarket | In May of 2010 the State of Hawaii passed legislation - SB1062 that impacts PEOs operating in Hawaii | Post the first comment about: Hawaii Passes PEO Legislation |
| 5/20/2010 | Health Care Law will limit job growth Source: Cape Cod Times | Massachusetts business owners and CPAs discuss impacts of state and federal health care credits and laws on their business plans. It's hard to say how these time-consuming new calculations and credits will affect job creation, with the possible exception of government workers and accountants. Fifteen years ago, the average number of employees in a small business was 17; now it's 10. But recently, a "Cape Cod Commission" effect has come into play with more businesses choosing to stay at nine employees to avoid triggering all these expenses, reporting and paperwork, and simply leasing workers if more help is needed. It's worth noting that many employee leasing companies simply choose to pay the penalty rather than try to comply with the government reporting requirements. | Post the first comment about: Health Care Law will limit job growth |
| 5/16/2010 | Employers At Risk For Discrimination Suits Source: The Oklahoman | Article discusses the changing landscape of state and federal employment laws for businesses in Oklahoma. Violation of the law's intact provisions can have dire consequences, said Sandi Ransom, director of human resources at Accord Human Resources, an Oklahoma City-based company that provides businesses nationwide with outsourced HR solutions. "You could be convicted of a felony for driving a truck (of undocumented workers) to a work site, or even driving a friend to lunch," Ransom said. | Latest Comment: - 5/25/2010 Accord PEO Read All 1 Comments about: Employers At Risk For Discrimination Suits |
| 4/18/2010 | Capitol Hill Efforts Support PEOs on Health Care Reform Act Source: StaffMarket | Questions surrounding the impact of the Health Care Reform Act on Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) and PEO clients took a positive step on March 30, 2010 when Senator Nelson of Florida discussed the value provided by PEOs to small business throughout the USA and the intent of the legislation to not penalize employers from joining a PEO and thus exposing themselves to the regulatory demands of larger employers. | Post the first comment about: Capitol Hill Efforts Support PEOs on Health Care Reform Act |
| 3/14/2010 | Wisconsin PEO Legislation Source: State of Wisconsin | The State of Wisconsin has moved to revise the regulatory requirements for Professional Employer Organizations operating in the state. After approval, the new rules allow PEOs with less than 50 worksite employees to register with the state as "small operations" and removes the requirement of the PEO to provide financial statements to the department. In addition the state will maintain and publish a list of all PEO and PEGs (2 or more PEOs). Other provisions specify that all state taxes, assessments or benefits required by the state must be paid by the PEO client. This bill provides that the employees of a PEO or PEG who are providing services for the client will also be considered the employees of the client for the purposes of determining the value of any tax credits or economic development incentives that may be provided by a local governmental unit to a client who provides employment. | Post the first comment about: Wisconsin PEO Legislation |
| 3/12/2010 | Nebraska PEO Legislation Source: StaffMarket | Nebraska moves forward with PEO legislation. | Post the first comment about: Nebraska PEO Legislation |
| 3/5/2010 | Background Checking - Burden of Proof is coming Source: WorkForce | Employers who use background check information as criteria for hiring decisions may be forced to demonstrate relevance for the job. New EEOC regulations demanding an evidence-based approach to screening may help hone more effective hiring practices and provide a safe harbor from negligent-hiring lawsuits. The criminal screening process now in place at many companies may be an expedient method for culling candidates, but employers with hiring bars may soon have to rely more on proven methods for mitigating risk: job-specific hiring policies, proper supervision and effective performance management. | Latest Comment: - 3/4/2010 Background Checks and Burden o Read All 1 Comments about: Background Checking - Burden of Proof is coming |
| 1/28/2010 | State of Ohio moves forward with PEO Legislation Source: State of Ohio | The State of Ohio has moved forward to consider legislation regarding the operation of Professional Employer Organizations operating in Ohio. Included in the bill are provisions for PEOs to be the employer of record for Unemployment Insurance and to use subaccounts for client level tracking. Also included were provisions for benefit plan sponsorships and clarification of workers' compensation classifications. (1) A professional employer organization shall not be liable for the acts, errors, and omissions of a client employer or a shared employee when those acts, errors, and omissions occur under the direction and control of the client employer. (2) A client employer shall not be liable for the acts, errors, and omissions of a professional employer organization or a shared employee when those acts, errors, and omissions occur under the direction and control of the professional employer organization. (D) Nothing in divisions (B) and (C) of this section shall be construed to limit any liability or obligation specifically agreed to in the professional employer organization agreement. | Post the first comment about: State of Ohio moves forward with PEO Legislation |
| 1/21/2010 | State of New Hampshire changes stance on PEO Sponsored Group Health Insurance Plans Source: State of New Hampshire | The State of NH insurance commissioner has changed his stance on the authorization of PEOs to offer clients in New Hampshire access to their group health plans. | Post the first comment about: State of New Hampshire changes stance on PEO Sponsored Group Health Insurance Plans |
| 1/19/2010 | State of Nebraska introduces PEO legislation Source: State of Nebraska | Some issues remain for Nebraska legislators to review prior to approval of this PEO legislation. | Post the first comment about: State of Nebraska introduces PEO legislation |
| 12/28/2009 | Florida moves to amend UI reporting for Employee Leasing Companies Source: State Of Florida | The State of Florida Senate bill S1062 will require employee leasing companies and Professional Employer Organizations to report employment related data on their clients to the Labor Market Statistics Center within the Agency for Workforce Innovation on a quarterly basis. The motivation for the collection of this information is more accurate information about the employment in various industries and a better understanding of the impacts on the state unemployment insurance compensation funding contributions. "Employee leasing company" means an employing unit that has a valid and active license under chapter 468 and that maintains the records required by s. 443.171(5) and, in addition, is responsible for producing quarterly reports concerning the clients of the employee leasing company and the internal staff of the employee leasing company. | Post the first comment about: Florida moves to amend UI reporting for Employee Leasing Companies |
| 11/18/2009 | TriNet Reports Strong Third Quarter 2009 Revenue Source: Bradenton Herald | TriNet reports that revenues doubled since the acquisition of Bradenton based Gevity in the summner of 2009. TriNet has added 350 small business clients since it acquired Gevity. Of those, 212 clients were recruited in the third quarter. TriNet’s client base is now about 8,000 small businesses, which have a combined 130,000 employees. | Latest Comment: - 11/18/2009 Why have revenues only doubled Read All 1 Comments about: TriNet Reports Strong Third Quarter 2009 Revenue |
| 11/18/2009 | Florida Employers Face Large Increase in Unemployment Taxes Source: Tampa Bay Times | Florida's high and climbing rate of claims for unemployment insurance has caused the state Department of Revenue to increase the minimum and maximum rates for employers must pay for SUTA. In addition to the rate schedule changes, the state is increasing the wage base used to calculate the tax, increasing it from $7,000 to $8,500 dollars for every Florida employee. In Florida SUTA taxes are paid wholly by the employer. Get the 2010 Florida SUTA tax rates facts sheet. Notices of businesses' individual rates will be distributed in November and December, effective for wages paid on or after Jan. 1. The increases are needed to replenish the state's trust fund used to pay unemployment insurance benefits. Under state law, if the fund falls below 4 percent of the total taxable payroll in the most recent fiscal year, it automatically triggers an adjustment in unemployment tax rates. | Latest Comment: - 11/18/2009 This is just wrong Read All 1 Comments about: Florida Employers Face Large Increase in Unemployment Taxes |
| 11/17/2009 | Frank Crum Signs Deal with Tampa Bay Lightning Source: Tampabay.com | Longtime Lightning fan Frank Crum increases sponsorship and human resources services to the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team. As part of the contract announced Tuesday, FrankCrum will provide other services to the Lightning such as employment tax expertise and unemployment claims management. It also will be the team's exclusive provider of staffing services. | Latest Comment: - 11/18/2009 Nice! Read All 1 Comments about: Frank Crum Signs Deal with Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 11/3/2009 | North Carolina Work Comp Premiums to drop 9.6% Source: Charlotte Business Journal | The State of North Carolina has negotiated a deal with the NC rate bureau that will lower overall work comp premiums for NC companies by $100 million. | Post the first comment about: North Carolina Work Comp Premiums to drop 9.6% |
| 11/2/2009 | State of Texas Proposes Updates to Staff Leasing Regulations Source: State of Texas | Texas is considering amending the law regarding employee leasing companies requirements for "net worth" of the PEO to "working capital" among other changes. Proposed rule 72.40 details the proof of net worth requirements for staff leasing services companies, which are set out in general terms in the statute and which are critical for ensuring the performance of the companies’ obligations to their clients and assigned employees. The proposed rules explain the options for demonstrating net worth that are available to staff leasing services companies. They detail the general requirements that are applicable to all options and the specific requirements that accompany each option. | Post the first comment about: State of Texas Proposes Updates to Staff Leasing Regulations |
| 10/29/2009 | Alphastaff Acquires Selective HR Solutions Source: PR Inside | Selective HR Solutions of Sarasota, Florida has been acquired by Alphastaff Inc of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Selective HR Solutions has been part of Selective Insurance with Headquarters on Branchville, New Jersey. According to the press release an estimated 20K worksite employees of Selective HR will be affected by the acquisition and the number of client companies affected was not disclosed. Selective HR has been marketed through their network of Selective insurance agents and the acquisition is being billed as a way for Alphastaff to expand their agent network as well as increase their client count. Alphastaff has committed to maintaining Selective HR's pricing with the affected clients, however the transition planning for clients to move from Selective HR's payroll and PEO platforms to Alphastaff was not disclosed. Starkman noted that a key factor in the deal was the vast potential to increase sales by offering AlphaStaff’s robust product and commission structure to Selective Insurance’s over 900 agents. AlphaStaff will be the only PEO partnering with the insurance subsidiaries of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. for workers compensation insurance pursuant to the terms of the agreement. | Post the first comment about: Alphastaff Acquires Selective HR Solutions |
| 10/2/2009 | Vetting E-Verify Source: QDR Magazine | Problems for employers are discussed when social security numbers provided by employees do not match the IRS records and what E-Verify means for employers. Also of concern for quick-service analysts are the added time, cost, and security liabilities E-Verify might bring. Elizabeth Murray is vice president of human resources and chief legal officer for professional employer organization Modern Business Associates. Several of her clients are quick-service owners seeking help in setting up E-Verify for their businesses. Murray says making E-Verify mandatory could place a technological and financial burden on many quick-service businesses that they are not prepared to handle. “A quick-service restaurant that does not have the needed equipment and space, or that does not have back-office support, could find compliance with E-Verify to be difficult and potentially costly,” Murray says. | Post the first comment about: Vetting E-Verify |
| 9/29/2009 | Colorado Amends UI Laws Regarding Employee Leasing Source: Commerce Clearing House | Brief on SUTA rules for PEO and employee leasing companies in Colorado. The Act now requires employee leasing companies to notify the Division as to whether the company elects to report and pay unemployment insurance taxes as the employing unit or whether it elects to report taxes attributable to employees under the respective accounts and rates for each work site employer. Employee leasing companies electing to report and pay unemployment insurance taxes as the employing unit under its own unemployment accounts and tax rates are permitted to change the election one time after the initial election by notifying the Division no later than the end of the current calendar quarter. An employee leasing company's election to pay unemployment taxes under the respective unemployment accounts and tax rates of the work site employer is final and may not be reversed. | Post the first comment about: Colorado Amends UI Laws Regarding Employee Leasing |
| 9/29/2009 | Employee Leasing Rules Eased in New Hampshire Source: New Hampshire Business Review | New law allows PEO Client Service Agreements to specify which party is responsbile for violations of state labor laws. New Hampshire PEO clients should check their CSA for definition of liability. The new law also allows leasing companies to get two workers' compensation carriers, which should give them more flexibility in which occupations to place their workers. The bill does require leasing companies to file audited financial statements with the state. | Post the first comment about: Employee Leasing Rules Eased in New Hampshire |
| 9/28/2009 | Employee Engagement and Transparency Key For HR Professionals Source: The Business Ledger - Chicago | Review by HR experts of the coming changes in the areas of employment laws affecting small and medium sized businesses. Also discusses a new business survey that states that over a three year period the number of businesses that used outsourcing to deal with regulatory compliance has increased from 46 percent to 70 percent. Progressive legislation has created a host of new laws that have complicated the work of HR professionals, said Ross I. Molho, partner in the Wheaton law firm of Clingen, Callow & McLean. “We have a tougher Americans with Disabilities Act and new FMLA regulations,” he said. We have proposals before congress for Paid Family Leave Act. We’ve got something called the Healthy Families Act, which provides for seven paid sick days from employers with 15 employees or more. “The Working Families Flexibility Act includes a statutory right for employees to request a change of schedule. There are various vigorous immigration and customs enforcement laws. Finally we have the Arbitration and Fairness Acts which, for those of you who draft employment contracts, might preclude you from arbitrating in employment disputes. | Post the first comment about: Employee Engagement and Transparency Key For HR Professionals |
| 9/20/2009 | Ohio Moves Forward With Legislative Clarity for PEOs Source: State of Ohio | Ohio clarifies the ability of PEO clients to retain all applicable tax credits. For purposes of determining tax credits and other economic incentives that are provided by this state or any political subdivision and based on employment, shared employees under a professional employer organization agreement shall be considered employees solely of the client employer. A client employer shall be entitled to the benefit of any tax credit, economic incentive, or similar benefit arising as the result of the client employer's employment of shared employees. If the grant or amount of any tax credit, economic incentive, or other benefit is based on number of employees, each client employer shall be treated as employing only those shared employees coemployed by the client employer. Shared employees working for other client employers of the professional employer organization shall not be counted as employees for that purpose. | Post the first comment about: Ohio Moves Forward With Legislative Clarity for PEOs |
| 8/8/2009 | PEOs: Recession Proof? Source: Bradenton Herald | Article discusses the business environment for several Florida based PEOs. “Small business leaders have learned that the best strategy to navigate a turbulent economy is to devote their finite resources to what they do best and outsource the rest,” said Burton M. Goldfield, president and chief executive officer of TriNet. “These products give them a customized HR solution that will boost their productivity and profitability.” | Latest Comment: - 8/8/2009 Recession and PEOs Read All 1 Comments about: PEOs: Recession Proof? |
| 7/21/2009 | PEOs Focus on employees so you can focus on members Source: ASAE | The CEO of the National Association of Dental Plans discusses the benefits they have gained by using a Professional Employer Organization. However, small associations often have difficulty finding and maintaining good health coverage at affordable rates. Through the coemployment relationship established with a PEO, an association's risk is pooled with other businesses to create stability in coverage and cost. NADP's 2009 rate increase for health coverage is less than two thirds the average rate increase for the Dallas area. PEOs also provide 401(k)s, flexible spending accounts, disability and life insurance, and a host of other benefits that you can tailor to suit your environment. | Post the first comment about: PEOs Focus on employees so you can focus on members |
| 7/7/2009 | North Carolina House Insurance Committee Endorses PEO Amendment Source: North Carolina Legislature | The North Carolina House Insurance Committee has endorsed an amendment that would allow PEOs to continue to sponsor self-funded insurance plans. In the wake of the demise of the Castleton Group, the North Carolina department of Insurance sought regulatory changes that require PEOs operating in NC to post a $500K bond and eliminated the ability of PEO to offer self-funded insurance plans. Efforts to change the prohibition on self funded plans is underway, however the new additional PEO bonding requirement appears to be a new requirement in North Carolina that will stand. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED - AN ACT TO AMEND THE NORTH CAROLINA PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATION ACT CONCERNING BONDING PROVISIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, AND TO CLARIFY THE APPLICATION OF TAX CREDITS AND OTHER INCENTIVES TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS. | Post the first comment about: North Carolina House Insurance Committee Endorses PEO Amendment |
| 7/2/2009 | Arizona Senate to review workers' compensation coverage options for PEOs and PEO clients. Source: State of Arizona | Already passed by the Arizona house, HB 2087 allows PEOs to offer either master policy coverage or individual policies to PEO clients. Insurers will be required to report loss experience at the client level. If a professional employer agreement does not provide for the professional employer organization to purchase workers' compensation for covered employees, the client is responsible to purchase a client based policy for all employees, including the covered employees.If the professional employer agreement provides for the professional employer organization to purchase the workers’ compensation for covered employees pursuant to section 23-562, the professional employer organization shall fulfill the responsibility through an individual policy, a master policy or multiple coordinated policies obtained from a carrier or carriers licensed to do business in this state. | Post the first comment about: Arizona Senate to review workers' compensation coverage options for PEOs and PEO clients. |
| 7/1/2009 | ICE Steps up I9 Audits Source: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement | The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is increasing the number of businesses being audited for I9 verification. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is launching a bold, new audit initiative today by issuing Notices of Inspection (NOIs) to 652 businesses nationwide - which is more than ICE issued throughout all of last fiscal year. | Post the first comment about: ICE Steps up I9 Audits |
| 6/10/2009 | Ohio legislature considers amendments to PEO laws Source: State of Ohio | The state of Ohio moves to enact legislation that establishes financial capacities and clarify the rights of PEOs and their client companies. A financial statement required under division (B)(7) of this section for initial registration shall be the most recent financial statement of the professional employer organization or professional employer organization group of which the professional employer organization is a member and shall not be older than thirteen months. For each registration renewal, the professional employer organization shall file the required financial statement within one hundred eighty days after the end of the professional employer organization's or professional employer organization group's fiscal year. A professional employer organization may apply to the administrator for an extension beyond that time if the professional employer organization provides the administrator with a letter from the professional employer organization's auditor stating the reason for delay and the anticipated completion date. | Post the first comment about: Ohio legislature considers amendments to PEO laws |
| 6/5/2009 | Florida puts new reporting requirements on Professional Employer Organizations. Source: State of Florida | Florida passes "Accurate Employment Statistics Enhancement Act" to require PEO and Employee Leasing companies to submit client level detail information to the state government for use in unemployment compensation data analysis. Known as Florida House bill HB641 and Senate bill SB1062. The bill amends the definition of “employee leasing company” in s. 443.036(18), F.S., to include a statement that requires employee leasing companies to produce quarterly reports concerning their clients and internal staff. The new definition will require employee leasing companies to “produce quarterly reports concerning the clients of the employee leasing company and the internal staff of the employee leasing company.” Quarterly reports will provide AWI with more timely and accurate labor market statistics. | Latest Comment: - 6/9/2009 What about client names? Read All 1 Comments about: Florida puts new reporting requirements on Professional Employer Organizations. |
| 6/3/2009 | State of Nevada approves PEO legislation Source: State of Nevada | The state of Nevada has approved significant enhancements to PEO legislation. New provisions ensure PEOs have flexibility for providing clients with workers' compensation insurance coverage and ensures uniform financial standards for the PEO industry. AN ACT relating to employee leasing companies; authorizing the Administrator of the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry to adopt regulations relating to a third party that may act on behalf of an employee leasing company; providing various means for an employee leasing company and its clients to provide workers’ compensation coverage; requiring employee leasing companies to pay an annual registration fee; requiring employee leasing companies to submit certain audited financial statements; providing the means by which an employee of an employee leasing company may notify a supervisor of an injury for the purposes of industrial insurance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. | Latest Comment: - 6/11/2009 PEO Legislation Read All 1 Comments about: State of Nevada approves PEO legislation |
| 5/29/2009 | State of Texas upgrades PEO legislation Source: State of Texas | The State of Texas has modified the Texas PEO statutes to include new definitions for PEO working capital requirements as well as ensure PEO clients are defined as the eligible parties for other employer based tax credits. PEOs renewing their licenses and seeking new licenses to operate in Texas will need to be compliant with the provision effective December 31, 2011. C.S.H.B. 2249 strengthens financial standards for staff leasing services companies, establishes a superior standard for determining a staff leasing services company's liquidity, creates maximum efficiencies at TDLR for the staff leasing services company licensing process, and allows a staff leasing services company to use an approved assurance organization to act on its behalf in complying with licensing requirements. The bill clarifies that nothing in a staff leasing services arrangement affects the ability of a client company to qualify for tax credits or other economic incentives. The bill requires a staff leasing services company to provide employment information required for the administration of any tax credit, grant, or economic incentive that is based on employment. | Post the first comment about: State of Texas upgrades PEO legislation |
| 5/29/2009 | Nebraska moves forward with PEO legislation Source: State of Nebraska | Nebraska moves forward with proposed PEO legislation and will consider the bill (LB570) as early as January 2010. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the professional employer organization and the client in a professional employer agreement, the client retains the exclusive right to direct and control the covered employees as is necessary to conduct the client’s business, to discharge any of the client’s fiduciary responsibilities, or to comply with any licensure requirements applicable to the client or to the covered employees. | Post the first comment about: Nebraska moves forward with PEO legislation |
| 5/7/2009 | The Coming of Zerocare Source: American Thinker | A Florida doctor discusses the ramifications of nationalized health care. Throughout this, there will be an encouragement to expand primary care while restricting access to anything sophisticated or expensive. Primary and preventative care as forms of cost savings are myths, as frankly these are of little use in an aging population. We spend one third of our budget now on individuals who are in the last three months of their life with terminal incurable illness. The government has a vested interest in having the end of life take place at an earlier date once their productive years are over and they become a negative financial entity on the books for healthcare, Social Security and nursing homes. | Post the first comment about: The Coming of Zerocare |
| 5/6/2009 | North Carolina Senate moves to amend PEO regulations Source: State of North Carolina | The North Carolina Senate has approved an amendment to the state regulations for PEOs to be licensed in the state. The act - Senate Bill S1029 stipulates that all PEOs licensed prior to October 1, 2008 must post a $100,000 surety bond. PEOs licensed after this date must post a bond equal to five percent of the prior years total sages, benefits, work comp premiums and UI contributions up to a max $500,000. | Post the first comment about: North Carolina Senate moves to amend PEO regulations |
| 4/28/2009 | PEOs Ease Human Resource Concerns for Small Business Source: Nebraska Cattleman | Nebraska feedlot owners and managers discover the advantages of using a PEO. In the case of the feedlot, the frequency and severity of workmen’s comp issues is much higher than in urban companies, as feedlot cowboys grapple with getting potloads of finished cattle into loading chutes, and ranch cowboys tangle with disagreeable cows at weaning time. Accordingly, aside from HR services, ag-related PEOs provide guidance for improving workplace safety and managing workers’ compensation claims. | Post the first comment about: PEOs Ease Human Resource Concerns for Small Business |
| 4/17/2009 | New Hampshire Employee Leasing Law May Change Source: State of New Hampshire | Audit requirements for employee leasing companies in New Hampshire may be improved if senate passed legislation is approved. An employee leasing company may meet its obligation to provide workers’ compensation insurance coverage for leased employees through 2 carriers, provided that each client company’s leased employees shall be covered by only one carrier and that such coverage shall clearly delineate such client company employees by client company name and federal identification number. | Latest Comment: - 4/20/2009 NH law Read All 1 Comments about: New Hampshire Employee Leasing Law May Change |
| 4/11/2009 | Outsourcing still effective in saving business funds
Article link expired Source: Wisconsin Post-Crescent | New Wisconsin law makes HR outsourcing with a PEO more viable. Not only do PEOs save businesses money and tackle HR matters, they can provide additional savings not accessible to all businesses. Because PEOs provide services to many companies, they can take advantage of economies of scale by combining all of their "employees" to obtain cheaper group rates for life, disability, health, unemployment or workers' compensation insurance and other benefits. | Post the first comment about: Outsourcing still effective in saving business funds |
| 4/6/2009 | Outsource human resources to make time for making money Article link expired Source: Kansas City Star | Kansas City companies confirm the operating efficiencies obtained when they hire a PEO to take over non-revenue producing tasks. "The way many small businesses survive bad economic times is to cut costs, which I refer to as saving paper clips," Milan Yager of NAPEO said. "But you can't save enough paper clips to make money. At some point, you have to increase revenues. What PEOs do is give owners their time back." The concept behind PEOs isn't new. Employers have been using outside services for payroll, insurance and other functions for years. The difference is that PEOs provide one-stop shopping for everything from payroll and risk management to employee recruitment, retention and termination. | Post the first comment about: Outsource human resources to make time for making money |
| 4/1/2009 | Avoiding Court During a Recession Source: Risk Management Magazine | Good advice for avoiding lawsuits for unfair employment termination. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), 2007 had the highest number of incoming private sector discrimination charge filings since 2002, along with the largest annual increase since the early 1990s. All this combined with the expected onslaught of age-bias lawsuits from baby boomers means that risk managers must work harder than ever to avoid employment-related lawsuits during the current recession. | Latest Comment: - 6/19/2009 Termination Read All 1 Comments about: Avoiding Court During a Recession |
| 3/17/2009 | Texas makes correct call to reject SUTA - UI strings Source: Texas Public Policy | Texas governor Rick Perry rejects federal unemployment insurance assistance because of long term burdens for Texas businesses. This article explores the rationale behind the governor's decision. The fallacy promoted by advocates of these eligibility changes is that the federal funds will "pay" for several years of the expanded benefits. In fact, those dollars will be used immediately to partially shore up the UI trust fund, and employers will foot the cost of the expanded benefits from Day One. There are better options to address the projected trust fund deficit that control the level of taxes paid by Texas employers and preserve Texas' ability to manage our unemployment system as we see fit. | Post the first comment about: Texas makes correct call to reject SUTA - UI strings |
| 3/14/2009 | Gevity - Trinet Merger Acquisition Source: StaffMarket News | General Atlantic Partners engineers taking Gevity private through Trinet merger. | Post the first comment about: Gevity - Trinet Merger Acquisition |
| 3/13/2009 | State of New Hampshire clarifies rules for PEOs with Group Health Plans. Article link expired Source: State of New Hampshire | Earlier communications from the state of New Hampshire were incorrect and were corrected in the linked memo. | Post the first comment about: State of New Hampshire clarifies rules for PEOs with Group Health Plans. |
| 3/9/2009 | Verifying Green Cards Not So Easy Source: Long Island Business News | New York company gets caught in grey area when applicants provide bogus work credentials. We’re clearly moving toward more oversight,” said Dawn Davidson Drantch, director of employee relations and counsel a professional employer organization providing human resources services. Mitchell Zwaik, an immigration attorney based in Bohemia, said, “The move is toward enforcement of the rules more than toward changing the rules. The basic principle hasn’t changed.” Employers must complete I-9 forms within three days of hiring, obtaining documents showing identification and right to work. But employers have traditionally filed and forgotten these documents. | Post the first comment about: Verifying Green Cards Not So Easy |
| 3/2/2009 | Some companies find savings in outsourced HR services Source: Jacksonville Business Journal | PEOs can offer hard and soft dollar savings for small businesses. The added pressures of a harsh economic climate that has forced many businesses to lay off workers and do more with less have provided little relief. But professional employer organizations, which are essentially outsourced human resources, are flourishing in this climate by offering small businesses the chance to outsource their headaches and save money at the same time. | Post the first comment about: Some companies find savings in outsourced HR services |
| 3/1/2009 | MetLife Releases Annual Study of Employee Benefit Trends Source: Met Life | Study demonstrates the value of employee benefit programs to their client companies. | Post the first comment about: MetLife Releases Annual Study of Employee Benefit Trends |
| 2/25/2009 | Mass Layoffs in January 2009 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics | The BLS reports on the industries reporting the highest number of mass layoffs initial claims in January 2009. Professional Employer Organizations report 11,345 initial claims for January 2009. | Post the first comment about: Mass Layoffs in January 2009 |
| 2/17/2009 | ADP TotalSource Financial Results Source: Seeking Alpha | ADP Reports 2008 fourth quarter financial results By segment, Employer Services (ES) revenue grew 6% to $1.64 billion with 3% growth in the U.S. payroll and tax filing business and 10% growth in beyond payroll revenue. Year–to-date client retention declined 0.5 percentage points. The dollar value of new business sales declined 13% for ES and Professional Employer Organization (PEO) Services due to price sensitivity and the increased number of companies going out of business. PEO Services revenue grew 14% to $285.4 million and Dealer Services revenue decreased 1% to $342.7 million. | Latest Comment: - 2/17/2009 Dollar Value? Read All 1 Comments about: ADP TotalSource Financial Results |
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