What is a PEO?

Professional Employer Organization

A Professional Employer Organization, or PEO, is an organization which specializes in outsourcing human resources role.  A PEO essentially leases a companies current employees. This practice is also known as employee leasing or staff leasing.

A PEO basically hires your current employees and leases them back to you. The PEO manages the paperwork, employee records, and hires and fire whomever you want.

A large attraction to a PEO is that they assume responsibility for workers compensation insurance, all payroll obligations, health benefits, welfare and retirement benefits and other services you may opt to add.   In summary Professional Employer Organizations offer these four services: human resource compliance, risk management, benefits administration and payroll services.