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Can a PEO Assist with Deferred Compensation Plans?

So, you’ve decided that you’d like to provide your employees with a deferred compensation plan. Now you’re just wondering if your PEO can handle that. After all, there’s no sense in bringing in another vendor if all employee management tasks can be managed under one great umbrella of cost-effective and efficient services. Here’s the good news: […]

What is Deferred Compensation?

New to investments? Trying to arrange something that’s beneficial for both you (the employer) and your employees? You may have stumbled upon the term “deferred compensation.” A deferred compensation plan is an arrangement between an employer and an employee in which a portion of the employee’s compensation for work performed is deferred for payment to […]

The Importance of Background Checks in the Healthcare Industry

If you’re the owner of a medical practice, you probably have an occasional nightmare of compliance violations and liability lawsuits. Protecting your business is important so it’s only natural to worry about the Department of Labor (DOL) showing up to administer and enforce its 180+ federal laws. But, as far as protecting your business is concerned, patient […]

Temporary Staffing Vs. PEO: Know the Difference

You’re a business owner in need of help, and you know where and when you need help, but aren’t exactly sure who to call. In the PEO industry we get calls all of the time from business owners requesting temporary staffing solutions. And it’s vice versa in the temporary staffing industry; people call them looking for […]

What Will My Employees Think of a PEO?

The word “co-employment” occasionally scares business owners. Will I be giving up control of my own workplace? Will points of contact and communication methods change? What will my employees think of a PEO “stepping in”? These are common concerns and as a business owner you certainly have the right to be concerned! While the term […]

When is the Best Time To Switch to a PEO?

Whether you’re a company looking to engage in a PEO contract for the first time, or a company that already works with a PEO but is looking to make a switch, timing is everything! It is a common misunderstanding that PEO contracts need to begin on January 1. If companies wait for the next calendar […]

5 Reminders for Avoiding Wrongful Termination

Terminating an employee can be an awkward (and stressful) task. But, as a business owner you’ve got more important things to worry about: compliance. As if the need to terminate someone wasn’t a difficult enough situation in itself, a wrongful termination claim can quickly take things from bad to worse…a lot worse! We remind all […]