From Overwhelmed to Overachieving: How Co-Employment Can Streamline Your Payroll, HR, and Benefits

Michael Lomotan and Maria Curtsinger explore the benefits and practicalities of co-employment for dental practices. It provides insights into how Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) can streamline payroll, HR, and benefits management, allowing dental professionals to focus on their core clinical duties.

• Understand the Role of PEOs: Describe what a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) is and how it differs from traditional HR and payroll services.
• Identify Cost-Saving Opportunities: Explain how PEOs can reduce HR-related costs and health benefit premiums.
• Legal Compliance and Risk Management: Discuss the shared liability and risk management benefits provided by PEOs, including handling lawsuits and compliance with federal, state, and local laws.
• Improve Employee Management: Illustrate how PEOs can enhance employee onboarding, benefits administration, and retention.
• Evaluate the Impact of Recent Legislation: Summarize recent changes in HR-related laws and regulations, such as the FTC ruling on non-competes and California’s workplace violence prevention requirements.

The speaker declares that neither he nor any member of his family has a financial arrangement or affiliation with any corporate offering financial support of grant monies for this CE program. Although commercially available products may be discussed, no financial arrangements exist between those companies and the speaker.