? By Dave Lewan President/CEO Centric Consulting Group www.centricconsultinggroup.com www.thinkinghr.blogspot.com www.azsmallbiz.blogspot.com

? Why Outsource HR

$276,711

The median jury award for employment cases In 2005.

$95,000

The average attorneys’ fees for cases that settle before trial.

$250,000+

The tab for cases that do make it to trial.

8,650

The number of harassment and intimidation cases against small companies filed with the EEOC in 2006

Salaried employees don’t get overtime pay…Right ?

246,000

employees were paid back wages in 2006…

$172,000,000

The amount the Labor Department collected in back wages in that same year.

$7,900,000

in penalties, were levied on employers.

Case study: Software Company: 120 employees

18

employees were classified incorrectly

$24,000

in back pay, was shelled out

$7,000

was paid to a consultant to provide data to the Labor Department

$25,000

in attorneys’ fees.

2 years later…

it happened again…

$6,000

in overtime was paid

$1,100

The fine the company received for not paying overtime fast enough.

? Need more reasons

TEFRA COBRA ADA DDA FLSA 125 OSHA HIPAA DEFCOMP FTE HRIS HRIS EAP EFT EIC 457 403(b) ESOP SEP FIT SIT FICA SUI FUTA DOL EPLI HCM SIC EEOC FMLA LTD QDRO NQDC NQPS SDI OT OASI HRO PEO POP PTO QJSA SUTA TPA TSA UCM UL WT

Think about it…

For more information visit: or www.thinkinghr.blogspot.com www.centricconsultinggroup.com Sources: BusinessWeek, SmallBiz April/May 2007 Small Business Administration - www.sba.gov Centric