The How of Business · 2026-06-15 · 37 min
What is a Professional Employer Organization (PEO)? Learn how Professional Employer Organizations help small businesses with HR, payroll, employee benefits, compliance, and retention. Show Notes Page: Managing employees is one of the biggest challenges facing small businesses, but what if you could offload much of the HR burden while improving employee retention and compliance? That's where a PEO, a Professional Employer Organization may be the right fit for your small business. Most entrepreneurs start a business to serve customers, solve problems, and create value not to become experts in payroll administration, employee benefits, HR compliance, and workforce regulations. In this episode, Henry Lopez speaks with Casey Clark, President and CEO of NAPEO, about how Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) help small businesses offload many of these administrative responsibilities while maintaining full control over their employees and business operations. Casey explains how the PEO model works, the concept of co-employment, and how PEOs help business owners manage payroll, benefits administration, compliance, onboarding, offboarding, and employee support.
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