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What is a PEO?
A Professional Employer Organization (PEO) is a company that serves as a human resources partner for businesses that want to outsource the tasks and reduce costs. To legally administer many of the roles, the PEO becomes a joint-employer through employee leasing, meaning that they are the employer of record. This gives the PEO both the ability to manage employees and shared liability
Are you getting the best deal on your PEO?
If you're currently in a Professional Employer Organization (PEO), you've probably wondered if you should have played the field a little more. PEOs are guilty of relying on the complexity of their set-up to obscure costs and keep you from being as well-informed a customer as you might for other services like an accountant or a software vendor.
But "difficult to tell" doesn't mean unknowable. Read on to find out how to do your due diligence with any PEO.
The Future of Employee Benefits
Great news for employees who already work hard for a living and deserve to be rewarded. Children under the age of 26 can be added to their parent's health policy which provides further security to working families.
United States Health Care is a Catastrophe
The phrasing may be indelicate, but health care in the United States is screwed.
Premiums are on the rise, more Americans are working under high deductible plans, and the health insurance market is narrowing. It’s a bad time to be sick.
How Obamacare Will Affect Small Business
How Obamacare will affect Small Businesses (SMBs)