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Emplicity Unveils "CHOICE" - "Creating Human resources Options and Insurance Choices for Employers"
Cost-Free Program Aims to Help Cut Employers' Costs, Increase Employee Benefits Options

Emplicity, a leading Professional Employer Organization (PEO) operating nationwide with clients in a wide range of industries, unveiled a new no-cost program designed to help companies lower employee management costs while identifying the many benefits packages available to them in meeting their employees' growing needs.

The new program, "CHOICE," which stands for "Creating Human resources Options and Insurance Choices for Employers," is a no-cost evaluation program that helps employers looking for lower human resources costs while increasing or maintaining quality benefits for their employees and families. With CHOICE, employers can make cost-effective human resources and insurance decisions that best fit their particular needs by understanding the many options available.

"We realize that human resources costs are a huge concern for employers every year, said Vic Tanon, President of Emplicity (formerly StaffPay). "Employers have asked us for assistance and this CHOICE program will enable businesses to find the most suitable options for their particular needs."

Employers' costs continue to rise every year in a number of areas, such as employee healthcare. According to a 2005 survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust, employer healthcare premiums have increased 73 percent since 2000. The report states that 60 percent of businesses surveyed offered health coverage to workers in 2005, down from 69 percent in 2000. Roughly 73 percent of employers that did not offer health insurance cited high premiums as "very important" in their decision. Emplicity's CHOICE program offers companies a resource to manage these rising costs.

CHOICE provides companies no-cost access to an expert human resources representative. Upon request, a CHOICE human resources professional will research and evaluate a company's options in the following areas:

Workers' compensation insurance
Payroll services
Liability insurance
Legal services
1099-Independent Contractor Analysis
Employee benefit contributions
Medical / Dental / Vision programs
401(k)
Life insurance and disability programs
Claims / Disputes
Labor law compliance programs
Sexual harassment / discrimination

"Whether companies have four employees or 400, managing a business today is more complicated than ever," added Tanon. "CHOICE is designed to educate employers about their alternatives when making human resources decisions and how to save money and ensure the best return on their investment."

Tanon also points out a report by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) that highlights companies' ability to cut human resource costs, particularly through outsourcing employee management activities that are difficult and costly to manage. According to the SHRM's July 2004 Human Resource Outsourcing Survey, "some of the most frequently named reasons for outsourcing were reducing operating costs, administration of health care benefits, pension benefits and payroll and controlling for legal risk by improving compliance. HR professionals who reported that their organizations had achieved cost savings due to outsourcing indicated that the average cost savings was 24 percent."

In today's workplace, employees want their employers to provide financial security, good health insurance, a safe working environment, and the ability to save for retirement. PEOs like Emplicity are efficiently helping companies overcome that challenge.

To contact a CHOICE representative for a no-cost evaluation of your company's human resources options, call 1-888-782-3372 or e-mail choice@emplicity.com.