Professional Employer Organizations

Should you not find a PEO or have questions, please contact Amber Weekes or Adrianne McLean.

39-8-401. Disclosure of information. (1) The department may not disclose to any person the records, statements, or documents received from an applicant, client, or professional employer organization or group, except: (a) information necessary for public employees in the performance of their public duties; or (b) in response to an order received by a court of competent jurisdiction upon a finding that the disclosure of the record, statement, or document is necessary because the merits of disclosure clearly exceed the demand for individual privacy.
(2) The department may publish or make available to the public reasonable statistical data or reports regarding professional employer organizations or groups if the data or reports protect the identity of an applicant, client, or professional employer organization or group.

  • Licensed PEO Company

    1 Adams Keegan Inc (Group)
      Adams Keegan-GA LLC
      AK Employer Services LLC
       
    2 Advanced Payroll Solutions DBA Employment Solutions Inc
       
    3 Group 1
      ADP TotalSource Inc 
      ADP TotalSource I Inc 
      ADP TotalSource II Inc 
      ADP TotalSource III Inc 
      ADP TotalSource DE IV Inc
    4 Group 2
      ADP TotalSource FL XI Inc
      ADP TotalSource FL XVII Inc
      ADP TotalSource FL XXIX Inc
      ADP TotalSource MI XXX Inc
      ADP TotalSource CO XXIII Inc
    5 Group 3
      ADP TotalSource MI VI LLC
      ADP TotalSource MI VII LLC
      ADP TotalSource CO XXII Inc
      ADP TotalSource FL XVI Inc 
      ADP TotalSource NH XXVIII Inc 
    6 Group 4
      ADP TotalSource FL XVIII Inc
      ADP TotalSource FL XIX Inc
      ADP TotalSource CO XXI Inc 
       
    7 AdvanStaff Inc
       
    8 Alcott HR Group LLC
       
    9 AlphaStaff Systems V Inc
       
    10 America's HR Team Inc
       
    11 Amplify HR Management LLC
       
    12 Alcott HR Group LLC
       
    13 Apex Human Resources Inc
       
    14 Aspen HR PEO LLC
       
    15 Ataraxis Nevada Inc 
       
    16 Avitus Inc 
       
    17 Axcet HR Solutions Inc
       
    18 Barrett Business Services Inc dba BBSI
       
    19 Bearing Tree Inc
       
    20 C2 Essentials Inc
       
    21 CEOHR Inc
       
    22 Choice Employer Solutions III Inc
       
    23 CoAdvantage Resources Inc (Group)
      CoAdvantage Resources IV Inc 
      CoAdvantage Resources 16 Inc 
      Strategic Staffing Services Inc
       
    24 CoAdvantage Resources 60 LLC
       
    25 Cohesive Networks 2 Inc
       
    26 Concurrent HRO LLC
       
    27 Corner Pocket Inc
       
    28 Cornerstone Underwriters LLC
       
    29 CoStaff National Services Inc
       
    30 DCXL Inc (Group)
      Alabama Staff Inc 
       
    31 DecisionHR I Inc
       
    32 Dynamic HR Services LLC
       
    33 E3 HR Inc
       
    34 EA Advantage LLC
       
    35 eEmployers Solutions Inc
       
    36 Emergent IV LLC
       
    37 Employee Resource Administration LP 
       
    38 Employer Flexible HR VI LLC
       
    39 Employers Resource Management Company dba Employers Resource
       
    40 Employer's Risk Administrators LLC
       
    41 Empower HR LLC
       
    42 Essential HR Inc dba FirstStarHR
       
    43 ESG Achievement LLC (Group)
      ESG Entities LLC
       
    44 Extensis Inc
       
    45 FrankCrum 1 Inc (Group)
      FrankCrum 6 Inc
      FrankCrum 11 Inc
       
    46 Fullstack Inc
       
    47 Fusion Employer Services LLC
       
    48 G & A Outsourcing LLC
       
    49 Genesis HR Solutions Inc
       
    50 Greenleaf HR LLC
       
    51 Group Management Services Inc
       
    52 Helpside Inc
       
    53 HR Outsourcing Associates LLC
       
    54 Human Capital Concepts LLC
       
    55 Human Resources and Payroll Inc
       
    56 Ideal Business Solutions LLC DBA Ideal HR
       
    57 Ingram & Co Inc
       
    58 Innoworks Employment Services Inc
       
    59 Insperity Inc (Administaff Companies Inc)
       
    60 Insperity PEO Services LP
       
    61 InTandem Human Resources LLC
       
    62 Integrated Employer Solutions Inc
       
    63 ISI HR Inc dba Stratus HR
       
    64 JustWorks Employment Group LLC
       
    65 Key HR LLC
       
    66 Legacy Human Resources Inc
       
    67 Lever1 LLC
       
    68 Lightsource PEO LLC
       
    69 Lyons HR LLC
       
    70 Mid Oregon Personnel Services Inc
       
    71 Modern HR Inc
       
    72 Nextep Business Solutions Inc
      Nextep Business Solutions IV Inc
       
    73 Oasis Group #1
      Oasis AHR LLC
      Oasis DEG Inc
      Oasis HR Solutions III LLC
       
    74 Oasis Group #2
      Oasis AHR HRC LLC
      Oasis Outsourcing Admin Group LLC
      Oasis Outsourcing V LLC
       
    75 OnePoint  HRO LLC
       
    76 Optimum Employer Solutions LLC (Group)
      Optimum HR II LLC
       
    77 PathGoal Employer Services LLC
       
    78 Paychex Group #1
      Paychex Business Solutions LLC
      PBS of America LLC
      PBS of Central Florida LLC
      Paychex PEO I LLC
      Paychex PEO II LLC
       
    79 Paychex Group #2
      Paychex PEO III LLC 
      Paychex PEO IV LLC
      Paychex PEO V LLC
      Paychex PEO VI LLC
      Paychex PEO VII LLC
       
    80 Paychex Group #3
      Paychex PEO VIII LLC
      Paychex PEO IX LLC
      Paychex PEO X LLC
       
    81 Payday HR Connections Inc
       
    82 Payroll Made Easy Inc DBA Continuum HR
       
    83 Payroll Plus Corporation
       
    84 PCI Staff Leasing Inc
       
    85 PeopLease LLC
       
    86 Pinnacle Mountain West LP
       
    87 Platinum-HR LLC
       
    88 Prestige Employee Administrators II LLC
       
    89 Pro Resources Corporation (Group)
      Pro Systems Corp
      Pro Workforce Inc
       
    90 Progressive Employer Management III LLC (Group)
       
    91 Propel PEO Inc
       
    92 QTI Human Resources Inc
       
    93 Quality Payroll Services Inc
       
    94 Real Benefits Group Inc DBA Aliat
       
    95 RealTime PEO II LLC
       
    96 Resource Manangement Inc 
       
    97 Resourcing Edge 1 LLC (Group)
      Resourcing Edge 3 LLC 
      Sequent Inc
      AdaptiveHR LLC
       
    98 Rippling PEO 1 Inc (Group)
      Rippling PEO 2 Inc 
      Rippling PEO 3 Inc 
       
    99 S2 HR Solutions 1D LLC DBA Engage PEO
       
    100 Sequoia One PEO LLC
       
    101 Solution Services Inc
       
    102 SourcePointe of AL LLC
       
    103 StaffPay Inc dba Emplicity
       
    104 SWBC Professional Employer Service I LLC dba SWBC PEO
       
    105 Syndeo Outsourcing LLC (Group)
      Syndeo Outsourcing II LLC
       
    106 Tandem Professional Employer Services V Inc 
       
    107 Total Human Resources Inc
       
    108 Transport Leasing/Contract Inc 
       
    109 TriNet Group #1
      TriNet HR I Inc 
      TriNet HR II Inc
      TriNet HR III Inc
      TriNet HR III-A Inc
      TriNet HR IV LLC
       
    110 TriNet Group #2
      TriNet HR II-A Inc 
      TriNet HR III-B Inc
      TriNet HR XI Inc
       
    111 Trion Solutions I Inc (Group)
      Trion Solutions II Inc 
       
    112 United Benefits Consulting Inc 
       
    113 Vensure HR Inc
       
    114 WorkCentric LLC
       
    115 Workforce Business Services Inc
       
    116 Worksite LLC
       
    117 WorkSmart Systems Inc
       
    118 Xen 1 Inc DBA Xenium Resources (Group)
      Xen 2 Inc DBA Xenium Resources
  • A Professional Employer Organization (PEO) is a business that leases employees to other businesses. A PEO manages the paperwork responsibilities associated with having employees. (PEOs) are to pay employee wages, workers' compensation premiums, payroll-related taxes, and employee benefits from their own account without regard to payments by the client. Thus, they become the employer of record. The client company in return pays the PEO employee costs plus an administrative fee. The client company is sometimes termed a coemployer.

    The primary question with employee leasing is just whose employees are they? Historically, an employer/employee relationship is identified through the right to control the work of the individual. With leasing employees, the PEO has the right to hire, fire, discipline, and reassign an employee, while the client company maintains enough control so they can run the day to day operations of their business. The rights and authority of the PEO and the client company are defined in the PEO statutes, and are to be defined in the contract between the two parties.

    Montana recognizes two options for employee leasing, one of which is a professional employer arrangement and the other is an employee leasing arrangement. The primary difference between the two options is whether the employees are sourced 100% by the PEO or whether the employees are shared between the PEO and the client.

    Is employee leasing for you? PEOs claim to be human resource specialists. They make it their business to be knowledgeable about all aspects of employing workers, keeping abreast on all federal and state requirements. PEOs can provide benefits and insurances for less money than a smaller business because of their size. Providing benefits is an advantage employers need today; it assists them in keeping good employees. Another advantage to leasing employees is that business owners and managers can spend their time focusing on their business rather than employee related tasks.

    Leasing employees may relieve a business of responsibility associated with employees, but it does not relieve the liability. The companies enter into a relationship where the liability is shared. The type of arrangement the companies enter into could affect the potential liability. Client companies are jointly and severally liable for any employee-related expense that a PEO does not make. Another liability issue a business should consider when thinking of employee leasing is that the business may or may not have exclusive remedy under the workers' compensation laws. This is an issue that would need to be decided in the court system.

    PEOs are required to be licensed through the Department of Labor & Industry. The application requests information from the PEO regarding ownership, financial stability, benefits packages provided, workers' compensation and unemployment policies, and copies of the contracts they use. PEOs that are licensed are required to provide proof that all payroll related taxes for the quarter have been paid. An independent CPA prepares this proof.

    Businesses that are considering leasing some or their entire workforce from a PEO should at the very least call the department to verify that the PEO is licensed and in good standing. The department also recommends you:

    * Check references. Ask for a client list and contact as many as possible for references.
    * Scrutinize the contract. Read the contract very carefully and be sure you understand exactly what your responsibilities and liabilities are.
    * Proof of payment. Require that the PEO send you copies of all reports it sends to government agencies and insurance companies to confirm that your leased employees are listed.
  • Instructions
    Please read these instructions before visiting the online payment link:
    • You may pay your application fees for the Professional Employer Organization (PEO) license by clicking on the link.
    • After maing an online payment, do not forget to submit your completed application electronically using an ePass Montana account or another secure platform. Send to DLIERDPEO@mt.gov.
    • If you have already submitted your application please notify ERD of your payment.

    Online Payment

  • Operations Bureau
    Amber Weekes, PEO Manager
    PO Box 8011
    Helena, MT 59604-8011
    (406) 444-7748
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