A PEO is a Professional Employer Organization which helps companies by providing human resources, worker’s compensation, employee benefits and payroll services. Companies outsource their human resources to a PEO and maintain control of their business while the PEO manages work that doesn’t generate revenue.

Business owners want to focus their time and energy on the 'business of their business' and not the ‘business of employment'. As business grows, most owners don't have the necessary human resources training, payroll and accounting skills, the knowledge of regulatory compliance or the insurance and employee benefit programs to meet the demands of being an employer.

Working with the OI Group enables companies to lower their employment costs by reducing hiring overhead. It provides critical assistance with employer compliance and helps to improve employee retention and loyalty through benefits and services offered.

Let the OI Group help manage your human resources so you can take your organization to the next level.

Through the OI Group, employees gain access to big-business employee benefits such as health, dental, vision and life insurance that they might not typically have otherwise. The OI Group implements efficiencies that lower employment costs and improve job stability. Additionally, job satisfaction and productivity increase when employees are provided with professional human resources support services, enhanced benefits and improved communications.

No, you do not require a Canadian business entity to use our services. As your PEO partner, our expertise in payroll compliance, workplace safety and employment standards will be of great value in reducing legal and financial risk for your business.

The employees are included under our government remittance numbers including Workers' Compensation, Employment Insurance, Taxation, Canada Pension Plan, Health Premiums etc.

A Staffing Company recruits and hires employees and assigns them to clients to supplement a workforce due to employee absences, temporary skill shortages or seasonal workloads. These workers are only a small portion of the company's workforce. The OI Group manages permanent workforces and provides services and benefits to both worksite employees and employers. We offer recruitment services to our clients as a value-added service.

You'll find you actually gain more control over your business when you use a PEO. You're freed from work that doesn't generate revenue to spend more time guiding your employees and directing your business toward greater productivity and profit.

• Grow 7% to 9% faster when you use a PEO
• Have 10% to 14% lower employee turnover when you use a PEO
• Be 50% less likely to go out of business when you use a PEO

*Source: North American Professional Employer Organization (NAPEO)

In Canada, 'PEO' (Professional Employer Organization) refers to a co-employment relationship whereby the PEO provider offers services such as payroll, HR and employee relations, but does not assume the full liability for the employment relationship.

An 'Employer of Record' (EOR) provides similar services to a PEO, however the EOR assumes full liability for all employees and is considered the legal employer under Canadian Labour Legislation.

The OI Group offers PEO and Employer of Record services.