Empowering Missouri Enterprises: The Axcet Difference
Choosing a local PEO, like Axcet, means aligning with a team of HR professionals who bring extensive big-company insights to Missouri's small and mid-sized businesses.
Since 1988, Axcet HR Solutions has emerged as a preeminent Missouri PEO, offering small to mid-sized businesses a broad range of HR services designed to streamline operations. Our full suite of PEO offerings includes payroll and payroll tax administration, HR management, employee benefits, risk management services, and workers' compensation insurance and claims management, all aimed at businesses seeking to enhance HR functions without an extensive in-house department.
As an award-winning and certified Missouri PEO, Axcet has a thorough understanding of the unique HR hurdles and compliance requirements that local, Missouri businesses face. Our team's certifications highlight our commitment to excellence, quality and security in HR practices. These extend beyond an abundance of individual, senior-level certifications in safety, payroll and HR to include being among the first 10% of PEOs nationally to earn certified PEO status from the IRS and maintaining that status ever since.
Recognized for our workplace culture and excellence in HR services, Axcet's awards include being a past nominee for the Kansas City Business Journal's Best Places to Work and winning ClearlyRated's Best of HR Services award two years back-to-back.
At Axcet, we’re not just your typical Missouri PEO service provider. We’re a local, trustworthy partner in your business’ success.
Award-Winning Missouri PEO Services
Your Business Goals, Powered by Our HR Solutions
HR Management
At Axcet HR Solutions, we stand as a leading Missouri PEO dedicated to addressing the specific requirements of local businesses. Unlike national entities, our focus remains steadfastly on Missouri, delivering personalized HR solutions finely tuned to the state's distinct dynamics.
Each client is matched with a devoted HR consultant deeply acquainted with your business, guaranteeing solutions finely attuned to both your organizational ethos and the intricacies of Missouri's regulatory framework.
With Axcet, you secure more than just a business partner – you gain a trusted ally ingrained in the local fabric, committed to propelling your success within the Missouri business community.
Employee Relations
Because workplaces are a melting pot of personalities and work styles, challenging employee situations are inevitable. As a certified, Missouri PEO, Axcet can help you successfully handle discipline, terminations, grievances, harassment allegations and employee performance issues.
Strategy and Organizational Development
Fueling your organization’s growth begins with a strategic alignment of HR practices. Axcet HR Solutions prioritizes this alignment by evaluating your internal structure and suggesting enhancements tailored specifically for your Missouri-based business.
Throughout this process, we harness advanced organizational development tools, such as employee surveys and strategic workforce planning, to optimize your team's performance. Our comprehensive services also include a thorough compensation analysis to ensure competitiveness in the Missouri market and succession planning, safeguarding the longevity of your business within the state.
Recruitment and Retention
In the recruitment and retention game, hiring and retaining top talent requires a purposeful strategy. As a local, Missouri PEO, Axcet's HR professionals are right by your side, guiding you through every step, creating tailored job descriptions and interview questions, composing compelling offer letters and facilitating seamless onboarding experiences.
With our expertise, clients can confidently secure and retain skilled professionals suited for the specific needs of their Missouri-based positions.
Training and Development
Since our founding in 1988, Axcet has encountered hundreds of employee relations challenges. Those situations inform our customizable training offerings, which make your company’s leaders better at the HR aspects of their jobs. And that, in turn, bolsters your business, reputation and protection against legal claims.
Axcet’s trusted and award-winning Missouri PEO services include training managers and supervisors to build stronger, more harmonious teams and effectively coaching, motivating and disciplining employees.
HR Compliance in Missouri
Small business owners in Missouri and across the nation often find themselves grappling with the intricate web of federal, state and local labor laws, causing undue stress and sleepless nights. Without expertise in HR, understanding and adhering to these legal requirements can be daunting.
That's where a Missouri PEO, like Axcet, comes in.
We serve as a trusted partner, ensuring compliance with constantly evolving HR regulations. From managing EEO-1 reporting to overseeing FMLA administration, ADAA and Title VII compliance and handling state and federal postings, Axcet takes care of these essential tasks, allowing Missouri small businesses to focus on what they do best—running their operations smoothly and efficiently.
Unemployment Claims
Navigating the intricacies of unemployment claims can be daunting for small and mid-sized business owners in Missouri.
Many are unaware they have just 10 days to provide eligibility information to the state when a former employee files an initial unemployment insurance claim. Failure to meet this deadline can result in automatic approval of benefits, potentially leading to increased unemployment taxes.
By partnering with Axcet, a Missouri PEO specializing in the management of workers’ comp claims, businesses alleviate the burden of these complex claims. Our experienced team handles responses promptly and efficiently, safeguarding our clients from paying illegitimate claims and mitigating the risk of higher unemployment taxes in the long run.
Let’s start a conversation about how Axcet, a premier Missouri PEO, can save you time, money, hassle and resources, so you can focus on mission-critical functions that lead to business growth.
Is a Missouri PEO right for your small to medium business?
By outsourcing tedious tasks like payroll, benefits, risk management and human resources to a PEO, small and medium-sized business owners can free up valuable time and experience many more great benefits.
Employee Benefits
At Axcet HR Solutions, we understand that a robust employee benefits package is key to attracting and retaining top talent. Our comprehensive offerings extend beyond health insurance to include:
- Fortune-500 level small business health insurance in Missouri
- Prescription coverage
- Group dental and vision plans
- Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) coverage
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for health care and dependent care
- Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- A competitive 401(k) plan with pre and post-tax options
These benefits, accessible to our clients at affordable rates, are designed to meet the diverse needs of your Missouri workforce, ensuring their well-being and financial security.
Health Insurance
Robust health insurance coverage remains a top priority for employees, now more than ever. Navigating the complexities of selecting and managing health insurance plans can be overwhelming, particularly for small businesses lacking the time, expertise or resources to navigate the process effectively.
That's where Axcet steps in.
We streamline the entire process for you, leveraging our expertise and economies of scale to provide Fortune 500-level small business health insurance in Missouri. With our deep market knowledge and industry experience, we guide you in implementing Missouri small business health insurance designed to attract and retain top-tier talent, ensuring your employees receive the coverage they need and deserve.
Benefits Administration and Compliance
Navigating the intricacies of employee benefits administration and compliance demands specialized expertise, precisely what Axcet provides to Missouri small business owners. We streamline the administration of health benefits, making the process seamless by managing plan design, employee communications and enrollment, vendor payments, claims assistance, and annual renewals.
As part of our Missouri PEO services, we also shoulder the time-consuming responsibility of ensuring our client companies comply with complex regulatory requirements. This approach allows our clients to concentrate on their core operations with confidence and peace of mind.
401(k) Plan
While 401(k) plans are considered essential components of competitive benefits packages, many small businesses struggle to offer them due to their complexity and cost.
Axcet addresses these challenges by eliminating setup costs and streamlining administrative tasks associated with 401(k) plans.
With our extensive range of investment options, you can easily provide your employees with a valuable benefit to help them prepare for a financially secure future.
Payroll Services in Missouri
Navigating the intricacies of payroll, from managing deductions and overtime to ensuring compliance with minimum wage laws and tax reporting requirements, can be daunting for small businesses. Given that payroll is a recurring responsibility, it requires constant attention.
By selecting Axcet HR Solutions, a certified, Missouri PEO, for your small business payroll services, you’ll gain the freedom to redirect your focus and resources toward growth.
Our clients benefit from the peace of mind that comes with guaranteed compliance, precise payroll calculations and the assurance of timely payments to employees every pay period.
Payroll Administration
Say goodbye to the stress of looming payroll deadlines. With Axcet, your HR staff can now stay focused on what matters most - growing your business. Our dedicated Missouri-based payroll team handles all aspects of payroll administration with precision, from tracking employee hours to ensuring accurate payments.
But we don't stop there. Axcet goes beyond the basics to manage organization-specific tasks seamlessly. This includes handling commissions and bonuses, and determining employee classifications, whether they're exempt or non-exempt according to the law.
Rest assured, our team of payroll administrators boasts professional certifications, underscoring their knowledge and expertise in the field. With Axcet, you can trust that your payroll needs are in capable hands, allowing you to concentrate on driving your business forward.
Payroll Tax Administration
Navigating the dynamic payroll tax landscape in Missouri poses a significant challenge for small business owners. With regulations often changing at federal, state and local levels, ensuring compliance without expert assistance can be daunting and may result in costly penalties.
Choose peace of mind with Axcet HR Solutions as your trusted, IRS-certified Missouri PEO payroll partner. We prioritize accuracy, meet every deadline and maintain compliance with all federal, state and local tax laws.
With Axcet by your side, you can confidently focus on leading your business and driving growth, knowing that your payroll needs are expertly managed.
Payroll Compliance
Drawing on extensive experience and expertise, underscored by professional certifications, Axcet guarantees that clients' payroll practices remain compliant with federal and Missouri employment laws. Our track record as an award-winning, certified PEO provider since 1988 speaks to our commitment to excellence in payroll services.
Whether it's managing IRS, Fair Labor Standards Act or state requirements, Axcet conducts thorough audits to detect common payroll errors, fraud and other issues, ensuring necessary adjustments to safeguard your company from potential penalties or audits by the Department of Labor.
As a certified professional employer organization (CPEO), Axcet is deeply invested in ensuring your Missouri business maintains payroll tax compliance. CPEOs must meet stringent requirements for certification by the IRS and assume sole liability for federal employment taxes on wages paid to their clients' employees.
Trust Axcet to be your reliable partner in navigating the complexities of payroll compliance in Missouri.
Risk Management
Axcet’s certification as an OSHA VPP (Voluntary Protection Program) Star Worksite is unique among Missouri PEOs and recognizes our outstanding achievement in workplace safety. In other words, we practice what we preach. Our safety consultants can do the same for you by customizing strategies, training and best practices that reduce occupational hazards and mitigate claims losses.
We help you keep your employees safe and your company compliant with OSHA regulations so your work environment supports peak performance.
Workplace Safety
Maintaining a safe workplace isn't just morally responsible; it's also crucial for smart business operations. Safety measures not only boost productivity but also minimize work accidents, reduce absenteeism and prevent penalties for non-compliance with federal and Missouri laws.
At Axcet HR Solutions, we specialize in assisting small and mid-sized businesses in establishing and maintaining secure work environments. Our comprehensive services include conducting mock OSHA audits and job-site safety inspections, identifying areas for improvement and creating tailored safety policies and procedures to address them.
In the unfortunate event of an actual OSHA inspection and citation, our risk management experts stand ready to support your business through the response process.
Workers’ Comp Insurance
Risk management starts before an injury happens. Axcet helps Missouri small businesses minimize workplace accidents and the impact of related workers’ compensation claims.
Through effective claims management, we reduce overall claim costs and help clients effectively navigate nuanced Missouri workers’ compensation laws.
You’ve Got Questions about Missouri PEOs? We’ve Got Answers.
A few frequently asked questions – and answers – for those interested in learning more about PEOs.
PEO stands for Professional Employer Organization.
A PEO provides employment management tasks including employee benefits, payroll administration, workers’ compensation, human resources, and risk and safety management, and human resources compliance guidance.
A PEO allows companies to outsource key human resource functions like payroll, benefits, training, and guidance to assist small and mid-sized companies with maintaining compliance with federal and state labor and employment laws. Working with a PEO can help business owners and their management teams focus on the business.
Axcet HR is a Certified PEO through the IRS. Learn more about why that IRS certification is important.
A professional employer organization (PEO) is a firm that provides comprehensive HR solutions for businesses. PEOs, like Axcet HR Solutions, partner with small and mid-sized businesses to handle tasks such as payroll, employee benefits administration, HR compliance and risk management.
By teaming up with a PEO, businesses can access a range of benefits, including cost-effective small business health insurance for Missouri-based companies. This partnership allows businesses to focus on their core operations while the PEO manages critical HR functions, ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations.
A Missouri business might use a PEO, like Axcet HR Solutions, for several reasons.
- HR Compliance – PEOs specialize in HR compliance, helping businesses navigate the complex landscape of employment laws and regulations to avoid costly penalties.
- Time Management – Partnering with a Missouri PEO allows businesses to save time by outsourcing time-consuming HR tasks, such as payroll processing and benefits administration, freeing up valuable resources to focus on core business functions.
- Quality Health Benefits – PEOs offer access to Fortune 500-level employee benefits, including tailored small business health insurance for Missouri companies, helping them to attract and retain top talent.
- Scalability – As a small business grows, its HR needs get more complex. It’s time for consistent and repeatable HR policies and procedures.
Business owners want to focus their time and energy on the "business of their business" and not on the "business of employment." As businesses grow, most owners do not have the necessary human resources training, payroll and accounting skills, knowledge of regulatory compliance, or backgrounds in risk management, insurance and employee benefit programs to meet the demands of being an employer. PEOs give small-group markets access to many benefits and employment amenities they would not have otherwise.
Partnering with a PEO brings significant economic advantages by leveraging economies of scale to reduce employment costs and enhance profitability.
Businesses can minimize or eliminate their in-house HR department, cutting hiring costs and overhead. PEO providers offer expert compliance assistance, reducing liability risks, and provide access to advanced technology and services.
By managing routine HR tasks, a PEO allows business owners to concentrate on their core activities, driving growth and improving the bottom line.
Here are 10 benefits of using a PEO:
- Businesses that use a PEO are 50% more likely to succeed.
- PEO clients grow 7 to 9% faster than businesses not using a PEO.
- Those who use a PEO have 10 to 14% lower employee turnover.
- Employees have access to more and better benefits including 401(k), health, dental and life insurance.
- You – and your employees - will receive HR and payroll support whenever you need it.
- An online portal for employees to access payroll and benefits information.
- Ensure compliance with all state and federal regulations related to employment law and payroll administration.
- Expert support to assist with any HR regulatory changes that impact your employees and your business.
- Get out of doing human resources administration and paperwork.
- Peace of mind – Companies that partner with a CPEO can rest easy, knowing the CPEO meets rigorous IRS requirements that illustrate organizational integrity, expertise and fiscal health
PEOs are designed specifically to help small- to mid-sized businesses. These businesses often lack the resources and expertise to handle various HR tasks efficiently.
By partnering with a PEO, SMBs can access a range of HR services, including payroll processing, benefits administration, compliance management and risk mitigation.
Of particular interest is the access to Fortune 500-level small business health insurance for Missouri companies – and at an affordable rate.
PEOs are generally the best fit for small- to mid-sized businesses with fewer than 250 employees.
When a company partners with a PEO, a “shared employment” relationship is created. “Shared employment” means both the company and the PEO have an employment relationship with the employee.
In this relationship, the PEO typically assumes responsibility and liability for the employee administration functions of payroll, benefits, human resources and risk management.
The company still maintains control over all other employment aspects, including hiring setting wages, supervision, etc.
While both are considered human resources outsourcers, they operate in different roles.
- Staffing agencies recruit, screen and place workers with companies.
- A Missouri PEO takes on the responsibility for payroll, employment taxes, benefits, human resources, unemployment claims and assisting with workers’ compensation and safety matters.
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As a full service professional employer organization (PEO), we provide comprehensive HR support and administration to help your business succeed.
The cost of a bad hire can be significant, often reaching as much as 30% of their salary. By relying on our HR experts, you can save your business thousands of dollars and avoid the costly mistakes that can come with an uninformed hiring process.
Schedule a chat with the HR experts at Axcet today.
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