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What Is a Professional Employer Organization?

Ella Baker
Learn more about Sheakley's Professional Employer Organization
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Published on Apr 30
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A Professional Employer Organization lets you focus on what you do best – running your business.

You’ve spent years honing your craft and building your business. A Professional Employer Organization helps protect your investment by providing outsourced human resources and administrative solutions that keep you compliant and help you better manage risk. From comprehensive programs to light support, Sheakley’s PEO service allows you to focus on your core business while handling all of your HR management, employee benefits and regulatory compliance needs.

What is a PEO?

Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) partner with small and mid-size businesses to provide outsourced HR management, including employee benefits administration, risk management, compliance with regulatory issues, and training. PEOs work through a co-employment arrangement with a client company, meaning that the PEO shares the costs and risks of employment with the company. Through this arrangement, PEOs are able to provide:

• HR Management
• Benefits Administration
• Payroll Processing
• Time and Labor Management
• Tax Administration
• Better rates on Worker’s Compensation
• Safety and Risk Management
• Employee Relations Support
• Ensure ACA Compliance
• Ensure Labor Law Compliance

Accredited by Employer Services Assurance Corporation (ESAC), Certification Institute, and backed by a $3 million Employment Practices Liability Insurance policy, Sheakley’s 120 years of combined PEO experience and expertise are unrivaled in the industry. As your company continues to grow and become subject to more stringent labor laws, Sheakley’s PEO services allow you to remain compliant and focused on the daily demands of your business.

How does a PEO benefit my business?

Your mid-size business is growing, but the stresses of managing the human resources process is becoming more and more of a distraction. Working with a Professional Employer Organization is an investment in your business’ future, ensuring that you are able to provide your employees with the benefits they deserve while providing valuable you with time-saving and liability-reducing services.

Sheakley’s PEO solutions deliver top notch human resources services without the necessity of an HR manager on your team. The technology tools offered by Sheakley allow for easier management of your employees PTO, vacation, check stubs and W-2s. The training and on-going education opportunities Sheakley offers to your supervisory staff will ensure that the day-to-day management of your business remains compliant. The PEO team can help you avoid common HR mistakes that could prove costly to your business.

Sheakley keeps your company and your employees compliant and protected. Utilizing its large pool of clients, Sheakley is able to negotiate affordable rates on Fortune 500 worthy benefits packages for your employees and reduced rates on worker’s compensation insurance for your company. Whether an employee takes a spill on the job or at the park, they’ll be covered.

You remain in charge.

The co-employment arrangement between your company and Sheakley leaves you in charge of your staff. While our pre-employment services help you to navigate talent acquisition and management, you maintain control of your staff, their assignments, and pay rates.

Ensuring effective daily management of your employees allows you to keep your most talented employees. Sheakley provides practical information on HR practices and policies, legal compliance and employment regulations. Meanwhile, the post-employment solutions offered by the Sheakley PEO team provide termination compliance and saves your business money by combatting unemployment.

You’re in good company.

The National Association of Professional Employer Organization’s latest PEO Pulse Survey reports growth in the industry in 2017 and predicts continued growth throughout the next year. According to NAPEO President and CEO Pat Cleary, “It’s clear that more and more small and mid-sized businesses have realized that using a PEO is good for their business and their employees. PEOs deliver enormous value to businesses by providing HR services and solutions that they would otherwise be unable to afford.”

Providing services to approximately 180,000 businesses and 3.4 million employees, the PEO industry has enjoyed significant growth. Adding approximately 100,000 employees and 6,000 clients per year, the PEO industry currently serves a workforce of nearly the same size as the federal government.

Stay compliant and focused.

With the excitement of running your own business comes the demands of managing a staff to help you run it. As your business grows, the regulatory requirements of human resources will begin to take a greater part of your time. Sheakley’s PEO services remove the daily worries of HR and risk management, allowing you to focus on the continued growth of your business.

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