FAQs
We’re here to help and know you like information at your fingertips. Our frequently asked questions are a great starting point if you have any questions about our HR, payroll, insurance, and PEO solutions.
We’re here to help and know you like information at your fingertips. Our frequently asked questions are a great starting point if you have any questions about our HR, payroll, insurance, and PEO solutions.
What is a PEO?
A Professional Employer Organization is an aggregator.
How does a PEO arrangement work?
The professional employer organization (PEO) establishes a co-employment relationship with its client companies. In this legal relationship, the duties of the employer are divided between the employer of the worksite (client) and the employer of the record (PEO.) The employer of the worksite is what you usually attribute an “employer” to be; she or he is the authority over culture, brand, quality, responsibility for hiring, firing, onsite supervision and all strategic aspects of the business while INFINITI HR assumes the responsibility for the record – the source of the wage.
I must have my employees know they work for my company. How do I make certain my company is the authority over the worksite? How do I make certain I have sole control over my culture, my brand, my quality?
Why do growing businesses choose your PEO?
Businesses contract with our PEO to achieve a variety of strategic goals. Our PEO prevents the pitfalls of employer liability and the obstacles to organic growth by leveraging the economies of scale of a large enterprise into a competitive advantage for growing businesses.
Our PEO stabilizes the annual aggregate cost of labor and insulates the client’s asset from source of the wage. The following additional detail may be invaluable:
We do not win tomorrow’s war with yesterday’s army: The PEO changes that number.
Is a PEO a new solution?
PEOs have empowered employers of choice for decades. Total employment represented by the PEO industry exceeds the total number of employees in the U.S. for Walmart, Amazon, FedEx, Starbucks, AT&T, Wells Fargo, Apple, and Google combined. Research suggests businesses with PEOs grow approximately seven to nine percent faster, have employee turnover that is approximately 10-14% lower, and are approximately 50% less likely to go out of business when compared to businesses without PEOs. Some businesses may recently view it as a new solution simply because many small businesses in particular have seen obstacles to organic growth; they could not afford PEOs before INFINITI HR and/or were rejected by PEOs before INFINITI HR.
We heard INFINITI HR is the PEO for franchises®, specifically hospitality management companies, startup entrepreneurs, and emerging franchise brands. What is the value of your PEO compared to more established PEO’s or well-known payroll companies and hr software companies in the market?
What is the first question we should ask when comparing PEO vs. payroll processor/hr software?
What does it currently cost you to pay for a non-revenue generating W2 employee on pay day?
Is a PEO similar to using a payroll data processor linked to HR software?
Not even close. Payroll processing is a commoditized tactical service. Some of the data processors you know of today are payroll companies, formed at a time before the advent of the personal computer. They are expensive legacy systems – great incumbents who try to be everything to everyone and usually wind-up being mediocre at best. They like to bundle their services with marked-up white-boarded tech, insurance brokerage services, and archaic hardware (such as physical time clocks.) Their sales strategy consists of upselling the client for additional services once implemented as your payroll processor (because payroll processing is a commoditized tactical service.) They may be as useful to increasing your profitability as hiring an additional employee to sell typewriters.
How does INFINITI HR technology compare to other payroll companies and hr software in the market?
INFINITI HR technology is tasked with not just mitigating your administrative burden; it’s tasked with mitigating your employer liability, your aggregate cost of labor. We are an aggregator; throughout a diverse cohort of businesses located throughout all 50 states, the system learns to mitigate employer liability – and rightfully so. As your professional employer organization, we don’t want to incur one penny more in aggregate labor cost than you do. Our technology looks out for you just as much as it looks out for us – your PEO assuming employer of record responsibilities on your behalf.
Our PEO does not utilize a 20th century analog system in a 21st century digital world: Technology leveraged by INFINITI HR (HRIS, geofencing, & AI) will continue to disrupt SMB’s, franchises, hospitality management, large enterprise corporations, and the commercial insurance world.
INFINITI HR is powered by PrismHR and a proprietary EPM; the aggregate platform processes more than $55 billion in annual payroll.
The aggregate platform:
The aggregate platform mitigates employer liability and increases profitability for businesses with an employee count ranging from 1 to ∞.
With respect to mitigating employer liability, what strategic advantages do growing businesses gain when they decide to utilize a payroll processor, choose a valuable hr software service, and then simply hire a part or full-time employee to manage all the hr, regulatory compliance, benefits procurement, and admin work in-house?
Quantifiably speaking, nothing. Businesses of any size do not gain any strategic advantage by serving as the sole employer of record, nor do we argue it is cost effective to absorb such cost (and risk) in-house. Pay wages + employer taxes + employer insurance + payroll processor + HR Software… for non-revenue generating work in-house? What does that cost your business each fiscal year compared to outsourcing it to our PEO? It is fascinating how many businesses with the best of intentions still absorb these costs in-house and then come to us with the need to cut labor cost afterward. We recommend a conservative labor management approach through our PEO to avoid such excess.
With respect to revenue-generating work, we appreciate the argument of viewing employees as your greatest assets. Notwithstanding, with respect to non-revenue generating work, we also appreciate the argument of viewing employees as your greatest liabilities. Tell us the strategic advantage of serving as the sole employer of record, without the economies of scale of a master aggregator. What do you accomplish?
Growing businesses should:
What are the features of the PEO?
One Service | Four Pillars
What is the process of implementing your PEO?
How would you summarize the culture of your professional employer organization?
Exceptional Experiences®
Empower Businesses.
Inspire Team Members.
Change the world.
Your professional employer organization could have innate value for my company but also could be a significant change to implement in my organization. What is your answer if I have employees in my organization who may be hesitant to change?
The only true constant in business is change.
Do I have to contribute to my employee benefits?
To be competitive in your market, contributing to a particular benefit plan might be the recommendation. Our teams work directly with you to maximize your offerings while staying compliant with state and federal (ACA) regulations.
Can I offer different benefits to different employees?
As a co-employer, INFINITI HR provides all employees standardized competitive benefits. Our teams work directly with you to best structure your offerings while staying compliant.
Why should I use HR consulting?
Be prepared to handle the unexpected. HR consulting makes sure someone qualified is on-call for answers and advice as-needed for challenges related to hiring, employee relations, employee counseling, performance management, terminations, compliance (wage and hour), and unemployment, etc.
Consulting services may include but are not limited to:
What is an RPO?
An RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) is a situation where an employer transfers all or part of its recruitment processes to an external service provider. The RPO may provide their own or also has instances when they may assume your company’s staff, technology, methodologies, and reporting.
What does a typical RPO fee structure look like?
Clients will have the choice of using our ‘Classic’ or ‘Advanced’ service levels. For more information, send us an email.
Why is RPO better than a corporate or contract recruiter?
Most small businesses cannot afford to hire a full-time recruiter or contract with expensive headhunters. Our process is an affordable way to eliminate the headaches, time, and costs of placing ads, filtering candidates, and getting to the right PEOple for the job. All for a low monthly cost that can be built right into your current PEO platform. Get assistance in recruiting from industry experts whose purpose is to get you the best possible candidates, allowing you to focus on what you do best.
With our RPO, benefit from:
Difference between headhunter, recruiting agency, and rpo provider?
Recruiting agencies and headhunters are usually brought in to help with smaller search solutions. They are paid to do one thing – fill the job with their candidate. An RPO on the other hand, partners with your business to bring a total talent awareness program to address long term solutions and candidate experience.
How can I access my employer and employee payroll information? Is there a charge to do so?
Both the employer and the employee will receive a login and password. At the employer level, timesheets, reports and invoice totals can be accessed. At the employee level, paycheck, paid time off, and employee information can be viewed for personal use. This is all accessible on the INFINITI HR internet portal.
Is there a charge for direct deposit?
No, there is no cost and the employee can use an unlimited number of accounts.
When do I have to have my payroll ready for submission, and when do I receive checks / direct deposits?
Once time is collected, payroll is entered by Tuesday of that pay period, and sent via the web portal to INFINITI HR. Payroll is calculated and is available to view by Wednesday afternoon. You will receive sealed checks, direct deposit vouchers and reports by Thursday at 3 p.m.
Do I have to file and deposit my payroll taxes? If there is a mistake, or late filing do I pay the penalty? Do I have to send out W-2’s?
No, INFINITI HR will file and deposit your payroll taxes, forms and W-2’s. If there is a mistake, INFINITI HR will pay the penalty.
How do I request a workers’ comp certificate of insurance?
Please email certs@infinitihr.com.
How do I request loss runs?
Please email claims@infinitihr.com.
How do I report a workers’ compensation claim?
Please email a completed First Report of Injury form to claims@infinitihr.com.
How do I request a provider network panel for my location?
Please send a request to claims@infinitihr.com or go on the Genex website.
genexservices.com/find-a-provider
Username: Next
Password: Administrators
Do I need to provide the injured employee a list of network providers?
Yes.
What should I give the employee to take with them when they seek medical treatment?
You will need to give the employee an authorization for treatment form found under the resources tab or by emailing claims@infinitihr.com.
What does the employee needs to compete if they decline medical treatment?
The employee needs to complete a refusal of medical treatment form found under the resources tab or by emailing claims@infinitihr.com.
What should I give the employee to take with them when they fill a prescription?
You will need to give the employee a first fill card form found under the resources tab or by emailing claims@infinitihr.com.
Where do I send an unemployment claim?
Please email the claim form to services@infinitihr.com.
Where do I send a disability claim (CA, NJ, NY only)?
Please email the claim form to services@infinitihr.com.
How do I request a NJ or NY disability certificate of insurance?
Please email services@infinitihr.com.
Where can I get safety training?
To access the library, training videos and more please use:
https://lossfreerx.com
User Name: SunzSafety
Password: Safety1!
For additional support, please email risk@infinitihr.com.
Interested in possibly adding additional lines of insurance coverage?
Please email dan@infinitihr.com.
Where do I send an EPLI claim?
Please email risk@infinitihr.com.
Why use INFINITI HR?
INFINITI HR exists to better enable businesses to focus on the core operations that impact their profitability.
Most companies, regardless of size realize these benefits:
Should my company have an employee handbook in place?
Yes. Employee handbooks save you time and money. If your company ever has to prepare to defend an employment action, an employee handbook is one of your greatest assets. It establishes clear expectations and proves what the employee “should have known.”
Additional benefits include:
We offer the most customizable HR solutions in the human resources industry. Choose from full service HR outsourcing models that include PEO and ASO arrangements to individual offerings around payroll, compliance, HR, risk management, and employee benefits procurement and administration.
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