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&lt;P&gt;For your business, a PEO: &lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Provides experienced professionals in HR, benefits, payroll and risk 
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&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Assumes certain employment related liabilities. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Delivers professional assistance with compliance (payroll, OSHA, EEOC). 
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&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Provides secure Internet access to payroll, benefits and personnel data. 
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&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Provides access to professional HR guidance and materials. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Manages claims. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Supplies clear, easy-to-read and professionally written employee handbooks, 
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&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Improves cost control. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Delivers access to better benefits. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Reduces turnover. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Provides quality benefits and recruiting assistance to attract and retain 
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&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Provides you more time to focus on your bottom line. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Gives you the opportunity to grow your business faster. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIR&gt;&lt;/DIR&gt;
&lt;P&gt;For your employees, a PEO: &lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Enables employees who move from one PEO client to another to avoid loss of 
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&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Provides improved access to payroll information, benefits, personnel data, 
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&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; May offer credit union membership and banking privileges. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Frequently offers exclusive employee discounts and rates on travel, 
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&lt;P&gt;For government, a PEO: &lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Accelerates collection of taxes. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Extends access to medical benefits to more workers. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Provides access to 401(k) retirement savings opportunities to more 
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&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Improves the communication of government requirements and changes to small 
businesses and their employees. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Reduces litigation by resolving many problems before they reach court. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;middot; Allows government agencies to reach businesses through a single-employer 
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