by David Schek | Jan 27, 2014 | Professional Employer Organization (PEO), Staffing Company, Workers Comp, Workers' Compensation Insurance
As more and more staffing companies use a PEO to reduce their soaring workers compensation insurance rates, it is important that they thoroughly review the PEO’s credentials with an experienced staffing PEO broker.
Here are some simple guidelines to follow with your staffing-PEO broker.
- Make sure the PEO is reputable and a legally insured PEO.
- Confirm the authenticity of the PEO’s certificate of insurance.
- Find out what services the PEO will offer. Meet the people who provide the services.
- Check the company’s references. Make sure they are paying payroll taxes.
- Determine if the company is a member of the National Association of
Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO.)
- How does the PEO cover ACA benefits? Is it licensed in particular states? – Are they self insured? – Who is their carrier?
- Review your liability in the service agreement.
Work Comp Staffing Solutions specializes in PEO’s that work with staffing companies. This is a rarity these days– especially PEO’s willing to underwrite light industrial codes. Work Comp Staffing Solutions vets and screens all its’ PEO partners using these guidelines. As a result, we work with very reputable and experienced PEO’s that can easily pass the strictest due diligence process. For a free quote, please feel free to contact us at davidstaffing@gmail.com and visit us at www.StaffingCompSolutions.com
All the best
David Schek
President
StaffingCompSolutions.com
American Staffing Association Member
California Staffing Association Member
Exclusive PEO Broker for the United States Staffing Association
StaffingCompSolutions.com—- Workers Compensation Specialists and Staffing Business Consultants For Over 20 Years.
by David Schek | Jan 20, 2014 | Staffing Company, Workers Comp, Workers' Compensation Insurance
Many of my staffing clients are frustrated when they tell me that THEIR clients do not feel responsible when a temporary employee gets hurt at their location. But according to very specific guidelines from OSHA, THEIR client certainly bares some of the responsibility in this situation. This is a fact that is unfortunately lost on many of their clients. As a result, some staffing client companies do not always make sure that the temporary workers perform their jobs in a safe environment.
Here is great page of information from the OSHA web site that explains your clients responsibilities when they utilize your temporary staffing service. This information may be very useful to include in your client orientation material.
https://www.osha.gov/temp_workers/
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Please feel free to contact me at davidstaffing@gmail.com or www.StaffingCompSolutions.com to talk about workers compensation solutions in all 50 States. As State Funds are regularly raising rates and private carriers are dropping coverage for staffing companies, more and more staffing companies are turning to the few specialized brokers, like Work Comp Staffing Solutions, who work exclusively with staffing firms to find them the right solution.
All the best
David Schek
President
StaffingCompSolutions.com
American Staffing Association Member
California Staffing Association Member
Exclusive PEO Broker for the United States Staffing Association
StaffingCompSolutions.com—- Workers Compensation Specialists and Staffing Business Consultants For Over 20 Years.
by David Schek | Jan 6, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, News, Professional Employer Organization (PEO), Workers Comp, Workers' Compensation Insurance
(and lower work comp rates too!)
In the most recent edition of Staffing Success from the American Staffing Association, there was an excellent article explaining the application of the new ACA laws for the staffing industry. The authors discussed the significant amount of new paperwork and administration associated with correctly applying this new law to staffing companies.
These increased administrative responsibilities (and liabilities) makes the value equation for using a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) as your back office/workers compensation solution that much more significant.
This article/link discusses the advantages of using PEO’s to deal with your new ACA responsibilities.
— http://www.hroi.com/upload/About_Us/hroiarticle.pdf
As a PEO broker exclusively working with staffing companies, I find that most staffing owners join PEO’s initially to lower their work comp rates; but stay for years because the business model and administrative services make their staffing business more efficient.
Please feel free to contact me at davidstaffing@gmail.com or www.StaffingCompSolutions.com to discuss how a PEO can help lower costs in your business as well as enable you to meet the new paperwork demands of the ACA.
All the best
David Schek
President
StaffingCompSolutions.com
American Staffing Association Member
California Staffing Association Member
Exclusive PEO Broker for the United States Staffing Association
StaffingCompSolutions.com—- Workers Compensation Specialists and Staffing Business Consultants For Over 25 Years.
by David Schek | Dec 24, 2013 | News, Workers Comp, Workers' Compensation Insurance
(Elves complain of unsafe working environment)
It was only a matter of time before the the Federal Government/OSHA got involved in Santa’s business. To be sure, Santa’s employment lawyers will probably argue that the North Pole (where the toys are manufactured) is not covered by US labor law. But of course, the recipients of the toys are largely the well behaved kids in America, hence justifying the Federal government’s/ OSHA involvement.
You can read about Santa’s woes in this article
.– http://www.workerscompinsider.com/2013/12/santas-workshop.html
While Work Comp Staffing Solutions believes in best safety practices for all employees, we do feel that Santa’s elves have a special relationship with him, and that it is best left for the elves to solve their own work place challenges.
Hopefully, Santa will work things out with OSHA (and the elves) soon, so next year’s toys will be not be further delayed.
In case you need a workers compensation quote for 2014, please feel free to contact Work Comp Staffing Solutions at www.StaffingCompSolutions.com or directly at davidstaffing@gmail.com
Have a Safe Holiday Season
David Schek
President
StaffingCompSolutions.com
American Staffing Association Member
California Staffing Association Member
Exclusive PEO Broker for the United States Staffing Association
StaffingCompSolutions.com—- Workers Compensation Specialists and Staffing Business Consultants For Over 20 Years.
by David Schek | Dec 2, 2013 | Workers Comp, Workers' Compensation Insurance
Workers Compensation State Funds
Workers Compensation State Funds have turned into a piggy bank for spend thrift politicians in many states. As tax revenues have declined over the last decade, and state expenses have increased, politicians have had to look for money any place they can find it. According to a well researched and written article by David Depaulo, a leading workers compensation expert, politicians in Kentucky and other states have been using their state workers compensation accounts to pay general state expenses for many years.
http://daviddepaolo.blogspot.com/2013/11/no-other-explanation-necessary.html?goback=%2Egde_2176700_member_5811072391232638979#%21
Staffing Business use of State Funds
This means that workers compensation costs for staffing business, who are still using their State Funds, will probably continue to experience regular rate increases. This is another reason why the workers compensation landscape has really changed over the last few years.
At Work Comp Staffing Solutions we make it our business to consult with you about your workers compensation options and identify the least expensive solution for you. Work Comp Staffing Solutions can probably find a lower cost workers compensation program for you today.
Please feel free to contact me at davidstaffing@gmail.com or visit us at www.StaffingCompSolutions.com to discuss your particular workers compensation situation.
All the best
David Schek
President
StaffingCompSolutions.com
American Staffing Association Member
California Staffing Association Member
Exclusive PEO Broker for the United States Staffing Association
by David Schek | Nov 11, 2013 | News, Staffing Company, Tips, Workers Comp, Workers' Compensation Insurance
Reducing Work Comp Rates
The Work Comp Staffing Solutions team is focused on workers compensation and back office solutions for staffing companies 7 days a week for our clients. Over the last 18 months, we have witnessed insurance companies becoming much more selective in the staffing industry with respect to who they underwrite for comp. One reason for this change is that since January, the NCCI reformed their formulas for calculating mod rates (first time in 20 years.) Now, if a staffing company is not best in class from a safety perspective, the carrier will usually not under write a policy or will only do so with VERY high deductibles.
Following Best Safety Practices
Given this difficult (and expensive) work comp environment where good safety practices are even more important. I found this article from the American Staffing Association’s Staffing Success Magazine to be very instructive for staffing company owners.
— — http://www.asa-digital.net/amstaffingassoc/september-october_2013#pg24
If you are in the process of becoming, or have become, a “best in safety class” staffing company, and are looking for lower comp rates, Work Comp Staffing Solutions can probably find a lower cost workers compensation program for you today. Please feel free to contact me at davidstaffing@gmail.com or visit us at www.StaffingCompSolutions.com to discuss your particular workers compensation situation.
All the best
David Schek
President
StaffingCompSolutions.com
American Staffing Association Member
California Staffing Association Member
Exclusive PEO Broker for the United States Staffing Association
