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Life has become module. From our computer programs to our personal entertainment, we’ve managed to create the illusion of a fully integrated life by sectioning off every portion of our lives. Is it any wonder that we find the same separations in the business world? While it’s not a new trend, companies have been outsourcing more of their resources than ever before. Customer service, data entry, IT and payroll services are the primary departments that companies are outsourcing in modern days. While many of the customer service and IT jobs are being outsourced to other countries, payroll jobs are being moved to PEO companies that remain state side.

PEO, or professional employer organizations, have been around since the 1940’s and have left a lasting impact on the United States. For over half a century, it was possible for circumvent federal laws using a payroll outsourcing company to lease it’s employee’s and gain better rates for its benefit packages. While there have been a large number of abuses over the years, recent actions taken by state and federal legislations have limited the exploitation system to a mere fraction of what it once was. Add to this, the PEO industry has been policing its own companies since the mid-1990’s with extremely high results.

Payroll services companies also allow other companies to be at the cutting edge of technology. With direct deposit, E-Verify, and web interfaces, these companies can provide the necessary tools for small businesses to stay in the game during recessions and allow them to offer benefits they wouldn’t normally be able to afford. While it may seem that small businesses would benefit the most from outsourcing companies such as these, larger corporations are finding that they can reduce overhead and budge constraints by simply using a payroll outsourcing company.

One of the nicest benefits of a PEO isn’t to the companies it supports, but instead to the nation and its workers. Since these outsourcing companies are still in the United States, they retain American jobs in America. With the addition of E Verify, they can ensure that the employee’s are legal Americans holding valid positions. All of this helps to grant law-abiding citizens with jobs that they may otherwise not have an opportunity for, as the parent company may not have been able to afford them in the first place.

While payroll services companies have had their share of problems in the past, they are a source of hope for our future. With some further refinement of the laws and regulations that PEO’s and other outsourcing companies must abide by, the job market could become a very stable and localized situation once again. All it took was segmenting companies to their core business strategies and redefining the basics of how we view a company.

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