Abel HR

Abel HR is a professional employer organisation, or PEO, based in the United States. It takes over the HR side of running a business with employees, including payroll, benefits, workers' compensation and compliance, and it accepts responsibility for compliance issues on its clients' behalf. HR services are its only line of business.

What Abel HR does

• HR administration and compliance: handling employment paperwork, personnel management and employment practice rules to reduce a client's liability.
• Employee benefit management: access to benefit plans, including retirement plans, to help employers recruit and keep staff.
• Payroll and related taxes: running payroll and dealing with payroll taxes.
• Safety and workers' compensation: workers' compensation insurance and workplace safety support.
• Training and development: training programmes for employees and managers.
• ACA coordination and compliance: managing obligations under the Affordable Care Act.

Who it serves

Businesses of any kind that have employees, including family-owned firms and practices with several locations. It also partners with insurance brokers and advisers who refer clients.

Key facts

• Model: professional employer organisation
• Employee tools: online portal, time clock and FSA and commuter benefits