Smart HR Solutions That Save You Money
From payroll and HR to workers’ comp and benefits, our PEO solutions reduce costs and simplify HR.
PEO Services
Simple HR Solutions for Growing Businesses
Managing HR should not slow your business down or drain your budget. Pain in the Staff helps you simplify payroll, benefits, workers’ comp, and HR tasks through smarter, bundled PEO solutions.
A Professional Employer Organization, or PEO, bundles your most time-consuming and costly HR responsibilities into one streamlined partnership.
Instead of juggling vendors, brokers, and systems, you gain access to a single solution for your most common HR challenges.
Health Benefits Administration
Save on the Single Largest Expense for Growing Businesses
By pooling your workforce with thousands of others, a PEO can unlock better plan options and pricing that are not available to most individual employers. We help you evaluate these options and understand the true cost impact.
Best for companies struggling with benefit costs or limited plan choices.
Workers’ Compensation Support
Solutions for One of HR’s Biggest Cost Drivers
Through a PEO partnership, you gain access to stronger coverage, claims management, audit reduction, and return-to-work programs. Many businesses see immediate relief from rising premiums and ongoing claims stress.
Best for companies facing high comp costs, frequent audits, or complex claims.
Payroll & HR Outsourcing
Streamlining Payroll Is a Great Place to Start
We help you move beyond basic payroll processing by bundling payroll with HR support, compliance guidance, and documentation management. This reduces administrative work while improving accuracy and consistency.
Best for companies that want payroll to run smoothly without becoming an ongoing burden.
PEO Consulting & Placement
Find the Best Provider for Your Business
We compare multiple PEO options, explain the differences in plain English, and help you choose the solution that aligns with your goals. Our consulting is free, and our recommendations are unbiased. If it doesn’t make financial sense, we’ll tell you.
Best for companies exploring PEOs for the first time or reevaluating their current setup.
Testimonials
Why Businesses Trust Pain in the Staff
PEO Playbook
Workers’ Compensation Audits: What Employers Should Expect
Workers’ compensation audits can feel intimidating, especially for businesses in labor-intensive industries. However, understanding the process can reduce surprises. Most workers’ comp policies are estimated at the beginning of the policy period based on projected payroll and job classifications. At
Is a PEO Right for a Small Business?
Many small business owners assume Professional Employer Organizations, or PEOs, are built for large corporations. In reality, smaller businesses are often the ones who feel HR pressure the most. The question isn’t how many employees you have. It’s whether HR is starting to slow you down.
Why Health Benefits Keep Getting More Expensive — And What Employers Can Do About It
For many growing businesses, health benefits are the single largest line item in the HR budget. And year after year, the costs seem to rise without warning. So what’s driving the increase? Several factors play a role. Healthcare inflation continues to outpace