Tag: Certified Professional Employer Organization

  • Employee Data Compliance Best Practices

    Employee Data Compliance Best Practices

    to Avoid Lawsuits and Fines Organizations many times need or have access to personal employee data. They also must protect that data. Many have moved away from paper data collection, easily kept in a locked file cabinet. Technology allows us to store employee data in a much more accessible way. While it’s great to have…

  • When is the Right Time to Start Working with a PEO?

    When is the Right Time to Start Working with a PEO?

    Most of the time, entrepreneurs get into business because they have a unique idea, service, or product to offer. What they don’t usually get into business to do is the inevitable Human Resource (HR) administration that comes with running a company. Sometimes, when we encounter areas outside our expertise, we don’t even know what questions…

  • One of the Midwest’s Largest Privately Held PEOs, Tandem HR, Expands to Michigan

    One of the Midwest’s Largest Privately Held PEOs, Tandem HR, Expands to Michigan

    Tandem HR, an IRS-certified human resource (HR) outsourcing company headquartered in the Chicagoland area, recently gained a presence in Michigan to add to its group of offices in Illinois, Wisconsin, and St. Louis. Tandem HR partners with small, mid-size, and enterprise businesses to provide high-touch HR solutions such as payroll processing, benefits administration, employment law…

  • A Business Owner’s Guide to Hiring Seasonal Workers

    A Business Owner’s Guide to Hiring Seasonal Workers

    How to Create a Plan for Hiring Seasonal Workers.   It’s the most wonderful time of the year… for breaking sales records. As consumers prepare for the holiday shopping season, so are retail giants. Target is projected to hire 130,000 seasonal workers for the 2019 holiday season, while UPS is looking to hire about 100,000.…

  • Ask An HR Expert: Day in the Life with a PEO

    Ask An HR Expert: Day in the Life with a PEO

    Today’s question is: “What does it look like on a daily basis to partner with a PEO?” Hello and welcome to another episode of Ask An HR Expert. My name is Katie Stewart, M.A., PHR, CLRL with Tandem HR. The question we’re answering today is “What does it look like on a daily basis to…

  • 10 Things That Business Owners Using a PEO Do NOT Do

    10 Things That Business Owners Using a PEO Do NOT Do

    You’ve heard that partnering with a PEO will boost productivity and your bottom line, but what are the benefits reaped most by business owners using a PEO? In talking to business owners and executives, here are the top 10 things they no longer do now that they use PEO services. Business owners using a PEO…

  • Questions to Ask a PEO Before Entering a Partnership

    Questions to Ask a PEO Before Entering a Partnership

    Below are 9 questions to ask a PEO that every executive should ask. Partnering with a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) for HR solutions will save you hours of human resource administration. It can also translate to better benefits and a Fortune 500-style HR infrastructure for your employees. Because you are sharing resources with other small…

  • CPEO Certification with Internal Revenue Service

    CPEO Certification with Internal Revenue Service

    It’s official! The first group of Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) has been certified under the CPEO Certification IRS program on June 1, 2017. PEOs that applied went through a rigorous vetting process and complied with numerous requirements set forth by the IRS in order to become a Certified PEO. The newly certified PEOs have proven…