The manager of a bindery is pressed to meet a deadline with a printing job, but he is busy ironing out details of a sexual harassment complaint.
The owner of a general contracting firm would like to focus today on completing a bid for a new contract, but one of his employees was seriously injured last week, and he must spend the day dealing with workers’ compensation issues instead.
Some firms estimate that as much as 25% of their time is spent on employee-related paperwork. A PEO can take on your toughest human resource issues and handle them for you, leaving your time free to do what you do best—improve your business.
Consider the top three reasons for enrolling with a Professional Employer Organization:
- The main business concern of a PEO is personnel. PEOs are experts at human resource issues because they deal with them every day.
- A PEO can pool your employees and the employees of many other companies together in one large block and purchase medical insurance and other benefits for the entire group. This means that you might be able to provide your employees with a comprehensive benefits package for the first time! (And it is likely that it will cost less than what you are providing now).
- A PEO offers dozens of “supplementary” services, including background checks, employee handbooks, and drug testing. PEOs handle issues like workplace violence, harassment or racial discrimination complaints, and a host of other legal issues, reducing your paperwork load, and insulating your company against a variety of legal claims.
Consider the business benefits of harnessing an additional 25% of productive time with which to make your business boom! It’s an option worth serious consideration.
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