What exactly do you get when you hire a professional employer organization (PEO) to work alongside your business?
It’s a common question, and one we’d love to clear up! PEO services generally fall under the following categories:
- HR
- Benefits
- Payroll
- Compliance
- Technology
But these general categories only scratch the surface of what employers actually receive when they enter into a co-employment relationship with a PEO. So let’s break it down. (Note that we’re sharing what GenesisHR offers. We can’t guarantee what other PEOs offer or how they serve their clients.)
HR PEO Services
GenesisHR puts the emphasis on human when it comes to human resource services—we focus on you, your team, and our relationships with you. We don’t think a PEO should focus on the tech aspect alone, because, at its core, HR is relational. You can expect our team of experts to know you, and your company, by name, in addition to providing:
- Employee handbook guidance and creation
- HR support
- Expert guidance in employment relationships
- Custom employee onboarding experiences
- HR compliance audits and corrective action plans
- Job descriptions and resources
- Customized management training programs
- Salary benchmarking
- Employee engagement tools and training
- HR strategy guidance in the form of a certified human resource business partner (HRBP)
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Benefits-Related PEO Services
To attract the best talent, you need the best benefits. Your PEO should find, select, negotiate with and manage vendors for you, so your company can offer benefits that put you in the ring with your larger competitors. At GenesisHR, we act as behind-the-scenes experts, taking care of every aspect of employee benefits, from plan selection to annual open enrollment, and advising you on strategies that fit your budget and meet your goals. Our team handles:
- Benefits plan administration
- Health, dental, and vision plans
- Life and disability plans
- Tax-preferred plans; FSA Health, DCAP, Commuter, HSA, HRA
- 401k plan adoption
- Employee eligibility compliance
- HR technology and employee self-service
- Reporting
- Working Advantage Discount Program
- COBRA administration
- ACA reporting
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Payroll PEO Services
At GenesisHR, we’ve been doing payroll the right way since 1991. Our experts can spot anomalies because we know your business and know what to expect. And of course, every single payroll is processed on time and accurately, to uphold your reputation as a stellar employer. As part of our payroll services, we handle:
- Payroll processing (multi-state)
- Payroll tax filings
- W-2 processing
- Direct deposit
- HR technology and employee self-service
- Reporting
- HR & payroll customer support
- Dedicated HR & payroll support team
- Business expense reimbursement
- PTO management and workflow
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Compliance
Your PEO should be your first line of defense in navigating the rocky and confusing landscape of federal, state, and local laws and regulations. The GenesisHR team tackles the issues that keep you up at night, so you can be confident your business complies with regulations. Your business is protected across the board, from the most basic do’s and don’ts to the “What do we do now?” situations employers fear most. We take care of:
- Payroll tax filings
- Workers’ compensation administration
- Unemployment administration
- Employer practices liability insurance (EPLI)
- Basic employee handbook
- Labor law posting by state
- Custom employee handbooks
- COBRA administration
- Annual OSHA logs
- Form 5500 filings
- MA HIRD filings
- ACA reporting
 Carla Savchuk |
Technology
In a world without borders, you need the technology, tools, and expert advisors to help you confidently manage your far-flung employee base. GenesisHR’s technology offers our PEO clients and their employees seamless experiences when it comes to hiring and employee management. Some of our tech tools you’ll use every day, and some you may only use once or twice—no matter what, our aim is to eliminate complexity and make it easy to do all the things you want (or need) to do for your business. We have technology solutions to help with:
- Payroll tax management for remote, multi-state, multi-location, and international employees
- Compliance management for remote, multi-state, multi-location, and international employees
- Multi-state payroll processing
- Workers’ compensation administration
- HR technology and employee self-service
- Custom employee on-boarding experience
- National benefit products
- HR reporting
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Which PEO services are right for you?
While we provide all the PEO services above, your company may not need them all in order for a partnership with GenesisHR to be worthwhile. Not all organizations use these PEO services to the same extent, and many organizations use different offerings as they grow and scale. That’s how a PEO partnership should work!
When you partner with GenesisHR, the first thing we’ll do is get to know your company and see where our PEO services can be immediately useful; where we can help you in the short-term; and where we can help you reach your long-term goals.
Give us a call or contact us today, and let’s start a conversation.
