The Dangers of Staffing Agencies That Promise Lower Workers’ Comp Premiums

Many employers receive aggressive sales calls from employee leasing firms or their brokers telling them they can not only get rid of the administrative headache of handling payroll and compliance, but also reduce their workers’ comp costs.

These organizations — known as professional employer organizations (PEOs) — promise to assume various employer human resources responsibilities by becoming the employer on record for the client business’s workers.

Besides touting the benefit of having someone else handle your HR responsibilities, the big selling point that they push is that they can save you money on your workers’ compensation program. The Dangers of Staffing Agencies That Promise Lower Workers’ Comp Premium