One might think that workers’ compensation is only a critical issue for firms that trade in physically-demanding work -- and that’s flat-out wrong.

Critical issues that would be guaranteed to sink a small business two generations ago can be mitigated, overcome, or even used to a business’s advantage -- provided that business has the flexibility and support that comes from a partnership with a professional employer organization.

Recruitment firms estimate that a bad hire costs a company anywhere from 1/3 to 2 full years of that person’s salary. Just think of all the hard and soft expenses involved in the process: lost productivity, lost human capital, re-hiring, re-training, disruptions to co-workers…

What’s less obvious to most business owners is how working with a PEO positions your company to convince great candidates to work with you.

PEOs not only handle many of those responsibilities, but they also allow small business owners like Jay to focus efforts on the things that drive growth.

PEOs handle tasks that weigh down your business, from taking over burdensome HR duties to initiating full-scale recruiting and hiring. It’s easy to get complacent when you’re stuck sorting through passion-killing regulations or worrying about rolling the dice on a new hire.