Employer’s Handbook

Similar to PEO but often includes administrative-only support without the full co-employment structure typically associated with a PEO.

A contractor is a self-employed individual or business hired to perform specific services for a company. Contractors are not employees, are responsible for their own taxes and benefits, and generally have greater control over how and when they perform their work.

An exempt employee is not eligible for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). These employees are typically paid a fixed salary and work in executive, administrative, professional, or certain specialized roles.

In simple terms:

• Exempt = Not eligible for overtime pay
• Non-Exempt = Eligible for overtime pay

A professional who works for a company on a part-time, shared, or limited-capacity basis rather than as a full-time dedicated employee.

It generally refers to the technology behind HR and Payroll (that’s us!), Employee Administration or Human Resources Management (HRM). Using the term HCM, usually means it’s wrapped up into one application with multiple modules. Some companies may refer to it in other ways, such as Workforce Management (usually referring to timekeeping and scheduling), People Management (HR), Talent Management (Hiring, Retention, Learning & Development), People Ops (Employee Engagement and Enablement). The list goes on.

Let’s break it down like this:

Software that acts as a centralized database for managing employee data, payroll, benefits, and compliance. It automates HR administrative tasks, such as hiring, onboarding, and time tracking, while offering self-service portals for employees to manage their own information.

A non-exempt employee is eligible for overtime pay under the FLSA. These employees are generally paid hourly, although some may receive a salary, and must be paid overtime (typically 1.5 times their regular rate) for hours worked over 40 in a workweek.

In simple terms:

• Exempt = Not eligible for overtime pay
• Non-Exempt = Eligible for overtime pay

Short for “People Operations”, is a modern approach to managing employees that emphasizes the employee experience, business outcomes, and organizational culture rather than just traditional HR administration.

Refers to a type of workforce outsourcing model where a company partners with another organization to manage HR, payroll, benefits, compliance, and employee administration. Businesses often use a PEO to access better benefits rates, reduce HR administrative burden, improve compliance support, and scale faster without building internal HR infrastructure

Bringing in external professionals to work alongside your internal team on a temporary or flexible basis. This is different than outsourcing. Staff augmentation is adding temporary recruiters to your HR team. Outsourcing is hiring an external firm to run recruiting entirely.

The simple definition is the people who carry out the work of a business. Workforce refers to the collective group of people who perform work for an organization. It includes all employees and, depending on context, may also include full-time (FT) employees, part-time (PT) employees, contractors, temporary workers (temps), seasonal staff, remote workers, and field or hourly workers.