When you work with SWBC PEO, our team of experts help you manage stressful and time-consuming tasks such as payroll, employment taxes, employee benefits, new hire onboarding, recruitment assistance, and compliance, allowing you to focus on what’s most important – growing your business.
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HR solutions to inspire top employee performance. And power your bottom line.
We are employment experts working for you at a fraction of the cost. Our goal is to increase your business’ profitability, raise employee productivity, decrease time spent on transactional HR activities, reduce employment-related liability and, ultimately, lower your labor costs.
A strategic hiring and retention edge in today’s ultra-competitive and fast-changing business environment.
SWBC PEO helps businesses of all sizes solve problems in the areas of human resources, workers’ compensation, risk management, employee benefits, and payroll administration. Our goal is help your company increase profitability, raise employee productivity, decrease time spent on transactional HR activities, reduce employment-related liability, and ultimately, lower your labor costs.
With our team of HR experts on your side, you can rest easy knowing that we will handle HR functions and solve problems, so you can do what you do best – manage a thriving business.
How can SWBC PEO help improve efficiency, accuracy, and profitability?
Check out the Top 7 Reasons to partner with us.
Power up your HR capabilities. Keep your costs down.
Our Services
SWBC PEO helps your business perform necessary human resources, compliance, and administrative functions, along with employee benefits administration – leaving you with more time to focus on your business’ growth and development.
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No matter what business you’re in, we’re here to balance human needs and revenue realities.
Scalability is one of our strongest abilities.
Solutions for enterprises with 5 employees. Or 5000.
SWBC PEO can provide your company with a competitive advantage through our state-of-the-art technology, HR and compliance subject matter experts, and assistance with brand awareness. When you partner with SWBC PEO, you will receive the benefit of scalability by gaining access to technology and benefits that are traditionally only offered to larger companies.
Transforming complexity into clarity.
Reducing liability can help protect your business. Make informed decisions. Gain peace of mind.
SWBC PEO can help your business navigate through the complexity of the ever- changing employment related federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Our compliance team monitors legislation that impacts your workforce and helps you develop a plan to implement any modifications or updates.
Strengthening your workforce to compete in the labor market.
Service. Knowledge. Expertise. Guidance.
There is not a one-size-fits-all solution for your business needs. No matter the size of your company or industry you’re in, our team will help engage your workforce, customize robust benefit packages to attract and retain top talent, and help you provide a happy and safe work environment.
Operational Efficiencies = Competitive Advantage
First class service and user-friendly software designed to simplify your HR programs and processes.
As your business evolves, so do your HR and employee needs. Our team of experts will advise you on complex HR issues, streamline your operations and provide you with resources to develop and nurture a rich company culture.
A Partnership built on trust, focused on growth
Named a Certified Professional Employer Organization (CPEO) by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS*) and accredited by the Employer Services Assurance Corporation (ESAC). You can trust that SWBC PEO demonstrates its adherence to best practices and financial reliability. Also, certified by the Certification Institute (CI) demonstrating that our risk management program is meeting proven insurance industry risk management best practices to reduce work-related accidents and health exposures and control WC insurance losses.
*The IRS does not endorse any particular certified professional employer organization.
From verification of employer payments, employment taxes, retirement plan contributions and many others, we are grouped among the less than five percent of organizations in the PEO industry that have achieved this level of reliability.
“SWBC PEO really helped propel my business; I could not have one person do the job that SWBC PEO does for us.”
Kasey Hanlon
FRANCHISE OWNER, SALATA RESTAURANTS
“Partnering with SWBC PEO decreased the time we spend on HR—giving us more time to devote to quality patient care.”
Laura Paradez
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS SERVICES, HILL COUNTRY PAIN ASSOCIATES
"Any organization that is in the non-profit sector, or really any business sector, can benefit from having the kind of support that SWBC PEO provides."
Blair Thompson
MANAGING DIRECTOR, THE CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a PEO?
Professional employer organizations (PEOs) provide human resource services for their small business clients—paying wages and taxes and often assisting with compliance with myriad state and federal rules and regulations. In addition, many PEOs also provide workers with access to 401(k) plans, health, dental and life insurance, dependent care, and other benefits not typically provided by small businesses. In doing so, they enable clients to cost-effectively outsource the management of human resources, employee benefits, payroll and workers' compensation. PEO clients can thus focus on their core competencies to maintain and grow their bottom line.
Who should use a PEO?
Any business can find value in a relationship with SWBC PEO. We offer our services to clients of every size from 5 worksite employees to over 6,000. Increasingly, larger businesses also are finding value in a PEO arrangement, because SWBC PEO offers robust web-based HR technologies and expertise in HR management.
Our clients include different types of businesses ranging from construction, hospitality, property management, high-tech companies, non-profits, and manufacturers.
When shopping for a PEO, what should I consider?
- Look at PEOs with a strong financial, compliance and client retention record.
- Assess how well a PEO’s capabilities can meet the unique needs of your business and the preferences of your employees.
- Examine the depth and quality of the services offered by the PEO.
- Ask for references and talk to a PEO’s existing clients, particulary those in your industry.
- Check to see if the PEO is IRS certified and accredited by Employer Services Assurance Corporation (ESAC) to ensure it meets the highest standards of excellence.
How does SWBC PEO help clients control costs and grow their bottom line?
SWBC PEO's economy of scale enables each client company to lower employment costs and increase the business's bottom line. The client can maintain a simple in-house HR infrastructure or none at all by relying on SWBC PEO's team of HR professionals. The client also can reduce hiring overhead. The professionals at SWBC PEO can provide critical assistance with employer compliance, which helps protect the client against liability. In many cases, the client can pay a small up-front cost for a significant technology and service infrastructure or platform provided by SWBC PEO. In addition, SWBC PEO provides time savings by handling routine and redundant tasks for its clients. This enables the business owner to focus on the company's core competency and grow its bottom line.
Do business owners lose control of their business when they work with SWBC PEO?
No. The SWBC PEO client/business owner retains ownership of their company and control over its operations. As co-employers, SWBC PEO and the client will contractually share or allocate employer responsibilities and liabilities per a client service agreement (CSA). SWBC PEO will generally only assume responsibilities associated with a "general" employer for purposes of administration of benefits and remittance of payroll and payroll taxes. The client will continue to have responsibility for worksite safety and compliance. SWBC PEO will be responsible for remittance of payroll and employment taxes, may maintain employee records and may retain a limited or general right to hire and fire, as delineated in the CSA. Because SWBC PEO also may be responsible for providing access to workers' compensation coverage, SWBC PEO also focuses on and provides assistance with safety and compliance. In general terms, SWBC PEO will focus on employment-related issues, and the client will be responsible for the actual business operations.
Why is it important for a PEO to have audited financial statements?
A number of state PEO licensing and registration laws require audited financial statements. In addition, the PEO industry best professional performance practices recommend audited financial statements in order to enhance internal controls and accuracy of financial information. While independent audits cannot prevent fraud or financial failure, they provide management with an independent review of and opinion that the financial statements of the entity are accurate, complete and fairly presented according to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
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