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  • Updated Child Labor Regulations: Is Your Organization Keeping Up with the Kids?
    On July 19, 2010, the Department of Labor's (DOL) Final Rule pertaining to child labor regulations became effective. The Final Rule, which is described by the DOL to include the most ambitious and far-reaching revisions to the child labor regulations in the last thirty years, is designed to protect working children from hazards in the workplace while also recognizing the value of safe work to children and their families.
  • Waiting to be Engaged or Engaged to Wait? The Fair Labor Standards Act Makes a Distinction ? Do You?
    To the uninitiated, compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) appears to demand little more than the simple task of multiplying the number of hours worked by the appropriate wage. However, those charged with ensuring compliance with the federal law that establishes the minimum wage and that governs the payment of overtime compensation know all too well that application of the FLSA?s provisions is rarely simple.
  • Diversity Training and Investigation May Save Employer From Hostile Work Environment Claims Under Title VII
    Diversity in the workplace is a good thing. When men and women of different races, religions, ethnicities, and ages work together in an environment of tolerance and respect, the possibilities are limitless. Employers that encourage expression of the different beliefs, perspectives, and attitudes that necessarily flow from a diverse workforce generally reap significant returns. However, while employers may enjoy significant benefits from maintaining a diverse workforce, those same differences may also lead to conflict.
Why Outsource

Outsourcing human resource responsibilities to PES offers many benefits to companies and their employees. Here are five great reasons to outsource:

Refocus on your core business:

If you’re like most businesses you spend up to 25% of your time handling employee-related paperwork. By enlisting the help of PES you’ll be able to spend more of your time dealing with business that will increase your profitability.

Improve compliance and reduce risk:

Constantly changing employment laws and regulations and the litigious society we live in make doing business confusing and burdensome. PES is on top of the changes in employment laws and regulations and can handle day-to-day human resource responsibilities to limit your liability and reduce your risk.

Access greater experience and expertise:

Most companies can’t afford to hire a full-service, experienced human resources staff. Outsourcing human resources to PES gives you access to over 100 years of payroll, employee benefits, risk management and other human resource-related expertise.

Technology at your fingertips:

PES offers you and your employees high-tech options that may otherwise not be available to small- to medium- sized businesses. For example, our service offerings include: 24/7 online access to payroll information, online access to view and change benefit options and access risk management and human resource tools web sites.

Improve accuracy and service quality:

Since our full-time job is providing human resource services, we have a defined system to ensure accuracy. Outsourcing to PES provides employees with consistent and efficiently administered human resource policies that foster employee satisfaction, retention and productivity.