PEO PRIMER
Why smart startups are turning to professional employer organizations
Being the next white hot IPO is hard enough
Startups face unique challenges on the road to maturity. As your business grows, so do the strains from employee-related services and new government regulations. Inevitably, the critical attention of your leadership is diverted away from strategic decision making. You have enough to worry about without administrative burdens slowing you down and distracting you from making the magic happen.
Pressure to scale
War for talent
Attracting and retaining the right people is critical to achieving results, yet the war for talent is feverish.
Cost of benefits
Compliance complexity
What if you could hand over key HR responsibilities to a trusted partner?
What if you could help your budding company avoid unpredictable costs and other risks?
How a PEO works for you
What is a PEO, anyway? A professional employer organization (PEO) is a firm to which an employer can outsource employee management tasks, such as benefits, payroll, workers’ compensation, onboarding, risk and safety management, and training and development. The PEO hires a client company’s employees (by accruing wages under its Federal Employer ID), thus sharing responsibility for payroll tax and insurance purposes.
A PEO lightens your load. Some of the smartest up-and-coming companies are letting a PEO handle employee management responsibilities so that they can focus on the core competency of their business. You can too.
Better employee benefits
A dedicated team of HR specialists
A PEO enables you to have the very best HR expertise in your corner, without staffing an HR department yourself. Take advantage of a proven team who are experts in everything from benefits to payroll to HR policies and compliance issues.
Worry-free payroll administration
Government compliance
The ever-changing compliance factors involved in being an employer can be intimidating and time consuming for a young company that needs to scale quickly. A PEO specializes in compliance issues and can ensure that your company meets government regulations.
Healthcare reform support
The Affordable Care Act has brought a wave of compliance obligations that are difficult to understand and costly to implement. A PEO can provide the expertise you need to make sure your employee healthcare benefits are well-managed.
Protection from risk
Don’t expose your company to unnecessary risk. A PEO makes sure you are as protected as possible from risks and litigation that could severely jeopardize your ability to execute on your vision.
Learn the lingo
Get up to speed on HR speak with human resources definitions that any human can understand.
PEO adoption by the numbers
Number of small and mid-sized companies that utilize a PEO.
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Percentage of companies on a PEO offering retirement plans to their employees
Average number of people receiving healthcare provided by a PEO
Sequoia One’s approach
Now that you know what a PEO does, find out why Sequoia One is the perfect fit for high tech startups.
Sequoia One clients are covered by a free financial assurance program from Employer Services Assurance Corporation (ESAC). Our accreditation with ESAC demonstrates our commitment to protecting our clients and promoting a high level of integrity and responsibility within the PEO industry.
Sequoia Benefits and Insurance Services, LLC and Sequoia One PEO, LLC are separate and distinct businesses. All licensed insurance services are provided exclusively by Sequoia Benefits and Insurance Services, LLC (California Insurance License No. 0D69255). All PEO services are provided exclusively by Sequoia One PEO, LLC. All registered investment advisor services are provided exclusively by Global Retirement Partners.
