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The Employer Services Assurance Corporation (ESAC)

The Employer Services Assurance Corporation (ESAC) is an independent group formed in 1995 to develop stringent standards and procedures for the operation of a professional employer organization. ESAC provides services and assurances similar to the FDIC for the banking industry, and it verifies that Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) and their subsidiaries are meeting best practices and adhering to important ethical, financial, and operational industry standards.

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• Fast 24/7 online verification that your HR consulting company is financially stable, is in compliance with important state and federal employment laws, and PEO regulations for HR consulting businesses, and is owned and operated by qualified people who have a personal and business track record of meeting their obligations in an appropriate manner.
• Financial assurance for covered clients and employees through surety bonds held in trust by Regions Bank in the unlikely event of a failure of an accredited PEO. Such a failure has never occurred. ESAC guarantees up to $11-million in the unlikely event of default in payment of wages, taxes, benefits, and insurance premiums for clients of ESAC-accredited HR consulting businesses.
• Review of ESAC standards and procedures by your advisors, such as your attorney, CPA, and insurance professional, provides an additional level of confidence in the credibility of the accreditation process and in the reliability of your HR consultining business.

National Association of Professional Employer Organizations

The National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO) is the largest trade association for PEOs nationwide. NAPEO has nearly 400 PEO members operating in all 50 states, representing approximately 90 percent of the revenues of the $61-billion-a-year industry. NAPEO's members range in size from start-up PEOs to large, publicly held HR consulting companies with years of success in the industry. NAPEO provides its members with the very best educational services and business resources including conferences, seminars, a monthly magazine, online services, and marketing resources.

Certification Institute

CI was founded in 2002 as an independent non-profit corporation by Rex Eley, Rufus Wolff, and Robert Rice under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act. CI's establishment was based on two decades of experience with industry trade association certification and accreditation programs. CI's initial program to certify best practices in PEO workers' compensation risk management was developed with the financial support of the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO) and with the assistance of the Employer Services Assurance Corporation (ESAC).

This certification program provides independent professional verification that a PEO's risk-management program meets proven insurance industry risk-management best practices. Certification also provides Workers’ Compensation insurance companies with ongoing assurance that a HR consulting company is implementing industry best practices in a consistent and effective manner.