Professional Employer Organizations

Should you not find a PEO or have questions, please contact Jazmyn Smith - jazmyn.smith@mt.gov or Jay Unsworth - jay.unsworth@mt.gov.

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 ABS Four Inc (Applied Business Solutions)
       
    2 Adams Keegan Inc (Group)
      Adams Keegan-GA LLC
      AK Employer Services LLC
       
    3 Advanced Payroll Solutions DBA Employment Solutions Inc
       
    4 Group 1
      ADP TotalSource Inc 
      ADP TotalSource I Inc 
      ADP TotalSource II Inc 
      ADP TotalSource III Inc 
      ADP TotalSource DE IV Inc
    5 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
    6 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 
    7 Group 4
      ADP TotalSource FL XVIII Inc
      ADP TotalSource FL XIX Inc
      ADP TotalSource CO XXI Inc 
       
    8 AdvanStaff Inc
       
    9 Alcott HR Group LLC
       
    10 AlphaStaff Systems V Inc
       
    11 America's HR Team Inc
       
    12 Amplify HR Management LLC
       
    13 Alcott HR Group LLC
       
    14 APEO LLC (Aspen Dental PSC 3)
       
    15 Apex Human Resources Inc
       
    16 Aspen HR PEO LLC
       
    17 Ataraxis Nevada Inc 
       
    18 Avitus Inc 
       
    19 Axcet HR Solutions Inc
       
    20 Barrett Business Services Inc dba BBSI
       
    21 BCN Resources Inc
       
    22 Bearing Tree Inc
       
    23 C2 Essentials Inc
       
    24 CEOHR Inc
       
      Choice Employer Solutions III Inc
       
    25 CoAdvantage Resources Inc (Group)
      CoAdvantage Resources IV Inc 
      CoAdvantage Resources 16 Inc 
      Strategic Staffing Services Inc
       
      CoAdvantage Resources 60 LLC
       
    26 Cohesive Networks 2 Inc
       
    27 Concurrent HRO LLC
       
    28 Corner Pocket Inc
       
    29 Cornerstone Underwriters LLC
       
    30 CoStaff National Services Inc
       
    31 Covenant Strategies Inc dba Covenant Services
       
    32 DCXL Inc (Group)
      Alabama Staff Inc 
       
    33 DecisionHR I Inc
       
    34 Deel PEO US LLC
       
      Dynamic HR Services LLC
       
    35 E3 HR Inc
       
    36 EA Advantage LLC
       
    37 eEmployers Solutions Inc
       
    38 Emergent IV LLC
       
    39 Employee Resource Administration LP 
       
    40 Employer Flexible HR VI LLC
       
    41 Employers Resource Management Company dba Employers Resource
       
    42 Employer's Risk Administrators LLC
       
    43 Empower HR LLC
       
    44 Essential HR Inc dba FirstStarHR
       
    45 ESG Achievement LLC (Group)
      ESG Entities LLC
       
      Extensis Inc
       
    46 FrankCrum 1 Inc (Group)
      FrankCrum 6 Inc
      FrankCrum 11 Inc
       
    47 Fullstack Inc
       
    48 Fusion Employer Services LLC
       
    49 G & A Outsourcing LLC
       
    50 Genesis HR Solutions Inc
       
    51 Greenleaf HR LLC
       
    52 Group Management Services Inc
       
    53 Helpside Inc
       
    54 HR Outsourcing Associates LLC
       
    55 HR Resourcing LLC (Group)
      OnePoint  HRO LLC
       
    56 Human Capital Concepts LLC
       
    57 Human Resources and Payroll Inc
       
    58 Ideal Business Solutions LLC DBA Ideal HR
       
    59 Ingram & Co Inc
       
    60 Innoworks Employment Services Inc
       
    61 Insperity Inc (Administaff Companies Inc)
       
    62 Insperity PEO Services LP
       
    63 InTandem Human Resources LLC
       
    64 Integrated Employer Solutions Inc
       
    65 ISI HR Inc dba Stratus HR
       
    66 JustWorks Employment Group LLC (Group)
      JustWorks Employment Group II LLC
      JustWorks Employment Group III LLC
       
    67 Key HR LLC
       
    68 LBMC Employment Partners LLC
       
    69 Legacy Human Resources Inc
       
    70 Lever1 LLC
       
    71 Lightsource PEO LLC
       
    72 Lyons HR LLC
       
    73 Mid Oregon Personnel Services Inc
       
    74 Modern HR Inc
       
    75 Nextep Business Solutions Inc
      Nextep Business Solutions IV Inc
       
    76 Oasis Group #1
      Oasis AHR LLC
      Oasis DEG Inc
      Oasis HR Solutions III LLC
       
    77 Oasis Group #2
      Oasis AHR HRC LLC
      Oasis Outsourcing Admin Group LLC
      Oasis Outsourcing V LLC
       
    78 Offsite HR II LLC
       
      OnePoint  HRO LLC
       
    79 Optimum Employer Solutions LLC (Group)
      Optimum HR II LLC
       
    80 PathGoal Employer Services LLC
       
    81 Paychex Group #1
      Paychex Business Solutions LLC
      PBS of America LLC
      PBS of Central Florida LLC
      Paychex PEO I LLC
      Paychex PEO II LLC
       
    82 Paychex Group #2
      Paychex PEO III LLC 
      Paychex PEO IV LLC
      Paychex PEO V LLC
      Paychex PEO VI LLC
      Paychex PEO VII LLC
       
    83 Paychex Group #3
      Paychex PEO VIII LLC
      Paychex PEO IX LLC
      Paychex PEO X LLC
       
    84 Payday HR Connections Inc
       
    85 Payroll Made Easy Inc DBA Continuum HR
       
    86 Payroll Plus Corporation
       
      PCI Staff Leasing Inc
       
    87 PeopLease LLC
       
    88 Pinnacle Mountain West LP
       
    89 Platinum-HR LLC
       
    90 Prestige Employee Administrators II LLC
       
    91 Pro Resources Corporation (Group)
      Pro Systems Corp
      Pro Workforce Inc
       
    92 Progressive Employer Management III LLC (Group)
       
    93 Propel PEO Inc
       
    94 QTI Human Resources Inc
       
      Quality Payroll Services Inc
       
    95 Real Benefits Group Inc DBA Aliat
       
    96 RealTime PEO II LLC
       
    97 Regis HR Group 4 Inc
       
    98 Resource Manangement Inc 
       
    99 Resourcing Edge 1 LLC (Group)
      Resourcing Edge 3 LLC 
      Resourcing Edge 4 LLC 
      Sequent Inc
      AdaptiveHR LLC
       
    100 Rippling PEO 1 Inc (Group)
      Rippling PEO 2 Inc 
      Rippling PEO 3 Inc 
       
    101 S2 HR Solutions 1D LLC DBA Engage PEO
       
    102 Sequoia One PEO LLC
       
    103 Solution Services Inc
       
    104 SourcePointe of AL LLC
       
    105 StaffPay Inc dba Emplicity
       
    106 SWBC Professional Employer Service I LLC dba SWBC PEO
       
    107 Syndeo Outsourcing LLC (Group)
      Syndeo Outsourcing II LLC
       
      Tandem Professional Employer Services V Inc 
       
    108 Tandem Professional Employer Services LLC
      Tandem Professional Employer Services II LLC
      Tandem Professional Employer Services V LLC
       
    109 Tilson HR Inc
       
    110 Total Human Resources Inc
       
    111 Transport Leasing/Contract Inc 
       
    112 TriNet Group #1
      TriNet HR I Inc 
      TriNet HR II Inc
      TriNet HR III Inc
      TriNet HR III-A Inc
      TriNet HR IV LLC
       
    113 TriNet Group #2
      TriNet HR II-A Inc 
      TriNet HR III-B Inc
      Trinet X Inc
      TriNet HR XI Inc
       
    114 Trion Solutions I Inc (Group)
      Trion Solutions II Inc 
       
    115 United Benefits Consulting Inc 
       
    116 Vensure HR Inc
       
    117 WorkCentric LLC
       
    118 Workforce Business Services Inc
       
    119 Worksite LLC
       
    120 WorkSmart Systems Inc
       
    121 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:
    • Due to added security measures, you will now be required to register an OKTA account in order to pay online.
    • You may pay your application fees for the Professional Employer Organization (PEO) license by clicking on the link. 
    • After paying 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.

    OKTA Registration Guide

    Online Payment

  • PEO Licensing
    DLIERDPEOResource@mt.gov
    PO Box 8011
    Helena, MT 59604-8011

    Jay Unsworth 406-841-2352
    jay.unsworth@mt.gov