Employee overhead costs are hard to contain. It’s even more difficult to realize a cost reduction or savings. Between worker’s compensation, employee benefits and payroll administration, businesses large and small experience frustration as they strive to control these expenses. Most would agree that finding the right agents and carriers, employee leasing firms or PEOs requires special knowledge and negotiating power to matchmake a company, with its unique features, to the most suitable providers. Payroll Consultants Group, Inc. is a unique business-to-provider matchmaking and advisory group that charges no fees for its services. The group analyzes over $6 Million Dollars of employee-related costs everyday, and maintains a $200 Million portfolio of client payrolls. It offers a multifaceted, cost reduction and savings concept that puts negotiating power back into the hands of employers, with existing agents and leasing firms, or new sources. With a vast provider network of insurance agencies and leasing companies, a worker’s comp co-op, and a supporting network of 15 attorneys, 40 risk managers, and accounting and tax experts, the firm has saved millions of dollars for Florida businesses. Payroll Consultants Group is located at 710 Oakfield Drive, Suite 102 in Brandon, Florida. Its founder and CEO, Frank VanDeBoe recognized in 2000 that employers need assistance in two respects, if they are going to discover any reduced costs or savings. First, employers, whether large, or small, need a single source that is knowledgeable in all facets of constructing and managing employee overhead expenses. These include accounting, tax and legal matters, and expertise in understanding the insurance, PEO and employee leasing industries. This expertise enables Payroll Consultants Group to examine an employer’s entire profile of costs, and render advice or any viable changes that will drive down costs. Most employers, however, approach cost issues one plan or administrative task at a time, without considering the whole perspective. Second, most employers try to drive costs down by approaching their existing insurance agent for revised programs or rate proposals, or scouting for a new agent. In contrast, one call to Payroll Consultants Group provides an employer, even with high risk profiles, with access to many different resources, or negotiating power with the existing agent. It also equips the employer with an advisory group that is adept at finding out-of-state resources that many agents and leasing firms are unable to tap. Often, the firm’s large volume of participating employees provides the negotiating power needed to attain lower health or worker’s comp costs through an agent an employer already uses. For example, one area corporation with $5 Million in annual payroll, used Payroll Consultants Group to examine how to reduce their high-risk worker’s comp rates. VanDeBoe’s group explained to the employer that insurance agents cannot change the rate, which is calculated based on risk, and is established by the State to determine a company’s worker’s comp rate.The group explained, however, that a conversion to employee leasing, and the negotiating power of Payroll Consultants Group would drive down the cost. It did, to the tune of $200,000 in savings per year. Small businesses, whose needs are often ignored, are receiving full service from Payroll Consultant Group. “One of our small business clients is a twoperson contracting business. Today, the owner provides health insurance and direct deposit services to it’s one employee,” VanDeBoe said. The group’s concept for servicing employers has influenced a reduction in some leasing and payroll fees. It has also enabled many brokers, agents and employee leasing or PEO firms to retain their clients. A simple phone call to payroll Consultant’s Group has corrected payroll delivery problems, and produced needed documents that enable companies to gain or perform work. Payroll Consultants Group receives calls from employee leasing firms when their risk managers can’t write business. Insurance agents send them employers that their carriers can’t write. Large corporations contact the group with complex multi-state, multi-company issues. And employers call frequently in search of an objective opinion on their current or prospective employee programs. Samantha Dunn, Marketing Director explained, “Sometimes, we look at a client’s current profile and tell them to stay with their existing providers. They are doing everything right.” To request an assessment of current costs, or to utilize the firm’s resources and relationships with new or existing agents and leasing firms, contact Payroll Consultants Group at (813) 684-5684.