Besides payroll, an HR person may have to put out small fires throughout the day not excluding contacting repair people, dealing with company taxes, hiring/firing, research and answering questions about benefits, <a onClick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href=http://www.hcscando.com/Resources/CertifiedPayroll.htm>certified payroll</a> and legal concerns.
Oftentimes Human Resource Personnel Take on Roles Not listed in the Job Description
' Official party planning committee
' Secretary/receptionist
' Counselor
' Peacemaker
' Lunch order taker and delivery person
' Office beautification
Many large companies have a human resource team, whereas smaller companies may have one person who is their HR person and then there are small companies that have a <a onClick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href=http://www.hcscando.com/Resources/ProfessionalEmployerOrganization.htm>Professional Employment Organization</a>, or PEO who takes care of payroll as well as HR services. A PEO is a payroll and human resource service that provides all the services that an in-house HR person would, remotely.
What is a PEO?
A professional employment organization becomes part owner of a company and their employees. Meaning, the PEO now takes over a business's employees as their employees. A PEO then shares claims, legal compliance and other liabilities and responsibilities including human resource and payroll solutions. Did I mention freeing up heaps of time for a business owner?
Professional Employment Organizations (PEO) Provide
' Employee benefits
' Payroll
' Certified payroll
' Human resource services
' Assistance with legal forms
Not everyone has the skills to be an effective HR person. Skills that every HR person should have include:
' Strong typing skills
' Knowledge of a variety of software, especially payroll software
' Usually a college degree or at least post-high school education
' Great people skills
' Organized
' Previous experience interviewing people
So often the company human resource person acts as a liaison between the staff and the higher ups, or acts as a spokesperson for the company in a PR role. Smaller companies can do without physical human resource personnel a lot easier than a larger company can. Smaller companies can save money by not paying for an HR person in-house, and by using a PEO they can pay less while getting most of the same human resource and payroll benefits as having an in-house HR person.
Before you hire an HR person for your small business or decide to go with a Professional Employment Organization to handle all of your human resource needs, it's smart to weigh the pros and cons of each choice. Just like each business is unique in what they offer, so are the human resource needs of each business.
About the Author:
About the author: Melissa Peterman is a web content specialist for Innuity. For more information regarding Professional Employment Organization or certified payroll, go to Human Capitol Strategies
