What does the relationship with a PEO look like?
A. A Professional Employer Organization is also called a co-employer, which characterizes the relationship between employers, the employee and the PEO: Co-employer means that your company’s employees are actually employed by two employers in a contractual relationship. The PEO shares your employer responsibilities and liabilities, human resource and personnel obligations of the work site employees and employer regulatory compliances. This includes employee wage reporting, employment tax reporting, workers’ compensation administration, unemployment insurance administration and employee benefits administration.
