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PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER SERVICES ON CALL

David White, CEO, payroll and employment support;
DRG Outsourcing mid-size companies wishing to
focus more on core activities
and not be pulled into the
he world administration of the business;
has gone and SMEs and start-up enterprises
Tthrough that wish to ensure their HR
significant responsibilities are properly
changes in recent structured and fully compliant
years, and in from the very beginning.
particular in
the past 18 Comprehensive HR service
months. These DRG’s PEO Service is compre-
changes have hensive, providing services
permanently to a wide range of local and
refocused international enterprises. This
many of our service provides enterprises with
traditional a solid labour law foundation,
business processes and norms. employee taxation guidance
We, as the business community, and administration, social
now use virtual meetings to security and employer body
conduct business in a way we have registrations and payments,
not done before. We now find it as well as implementation and
a simple task to link onto online coordination of well-structured
meetings and have meaningful employee benefit packages
and productive discussions with as DRG’s Group Allan Gray
our staff members, customers, are employed, managed, these services are also referred to I was on a virtual call with Retirement Fund, Discovery
suppliers and stakeholders, no and terminated have been as Employer of Record services an Australian business leader a Medical Aid, and various Life
matter where they may be located. implemented since the new (EoR) and include providing their short while ago. He said that in and Risk products and services.
Although technology has constitution was promulgated in clients’ staff members with the Australia there are in some sectors This comprehensive HR service
led this shift in the way we 1996. Thus, resulting in the need same employer representation more jobs available than resources. is inclusive of a fully compliant
communicate and implement for professional and reliable HR service. Although PEOs assume He said that it is possible that human resource foundation
quality assurance, best practice, administration, compliance, and all employer related responsivities, if an advert is placed seeking of payroll administration,
and helped define new efficiencies engagement service providers including representation and engagement for a specific skill, that workman’s compensation cover,
in business governance and such as DRG to service this meeting statutory employer nobody will respond – or if they do unemployment insurance
norms; other enterprise growing employment market. responsibilities, they do not under it may take eight months. South contributions, relative contracts of
functional area activities have South Africa has one of the most normal circumstances assume Africa is as we know desperate to employment, clearly defined job
also evolved to meet the times. comprehensive HR frameworks direct management control. create jobs, and the PEO industry descriptions, monthly payslips,
These activities include how we in the world today, and many Reporting generally remains has now made it possible for and annual IRP5’s. The service
now employ, manage, and engage large and corporate companies between the staff member and the international organisations to also meets legislative requirements
with our staff members. use DRG’s services to assist PEO client, but is tempered by best seek and procure resources from in employment equity reporting,
them in ensuring compliance practice and meeting existing legal South Africa. PEO’s employ staff workplace skills planning and
Helping enterprises with and risk mitigation in their employment parameters within members directly and assume annual training records, and
staffing needs employment relationships. As the country where they all employer responsibilities. where applicable, application and
an example, in South Africa, are operating. This is a wonderful service for submission of critical skills and
The PEO (Professional it is possible for enterprises to clients, who are able to engage
Employer Organisation) engage staff through permanent Support for offshore enterprises suitable resources from all over general work permits.
industry began many decades contracts, fixed-term contracts, the world, and have a professional “We”, says Youshi Naidoo PEO
ago, but only in recent times project-based contracts, as The pandemic and virtual PEO team assisting in meeting Services manager at DRG, “are a
are we beginning to see the personal services companies, engagement model has fueled the all engagement aspects related team of professionals, supporting
significance these organisations and through juristic entities. PEO industry growth in many to staff employment. PEOs the human resource function
have in helping to create effective Each of these engagement ways. Business leaders have must ensure that staff members within all size enterprises, and
staff mobility, ensuring local types have different effects on realised that it is now possible are properly appointed and are ready to provide aid as and
compliance, and attracting and legislative responsibilities and to employ staff in different are current with all related when needed. If a company joins
retaining preferred talent. locations. It is commonplace our PEO service in the morning,
reporting expectations, and are now as an example, for United employment responsibilities and
DRG has been a PEO service complicated further through Kingdom, European and legislation. This is inclusive of by the afternoon each of their
provider within the PEO industry staff earning above or below the American companies to engage providing adequate inductions, staff members will be fully
for the past 25 years and is part Basic Conditions of Employment South African staff through and where applicable facilitation onboarded and compliant in all
of global networks that help Act threshold. employment relationships to of reward and incentive design, aspects of employment related
enterprises with staffing needs DRG’s focus, as a PEO service provide functional resource performances management legislation.” 
in South Africa and Africa. provider, is South Africa and support within their offshore processes, misconduct or
These services include Human Africa, and through relationships enterprises. These enterprises incapacity hearings, staff For more information contact
Resources (HR) administration, with in-country partners (ICPs) do not want to fall foul of the law retrenchments, terminations, etc. T: +27 (0)31 767 0625
compliance, and associated we are able to ensure compliant and want to be respectful to the E: youshi@drg.co.za
reporting responsibilities. The employment solutions in virtually country in which they engage PEO customers W: www.drghumancapital.com
PEO industry has focused largely every country on the African staffing resources, and thus look PEO services, although
on providing services to end- continent. ICPs work closely to PEO services providers for experiencing growth in
clients to help them ensure their together, respecting employment support. South African staff are, supporting localised employment,
staff are compliant in employer parameters that exist in each as we are continually reminded, contribute hugely to other areas
responsibilities such as deduction country, ensuring their clients’ highly regarded across the of staffing engagement as well.
and payment of employee tax, staff are paid correctly and world for their commitment, Typically, customers using PEO
meeting social security and timeously, and are current and enthusiasm, and broad abilities. services include: NGOs without
employer body contribution compliant with receivers of With the PEO industry now well a fully-fledged HR department, SCAN
requirements, and where revenue, departments of labour, established in virtually every enterprises funded through
applicable providing immigration the various statutory employer country in the world, it is easy government and non-government QR CODE
submission support. for multinationals and even agencies as the Growth Fund, Jobs TO SEE
bodies and where applicable home
Ensuring compliance and affairs offices. small enterprises to look beyond Fund, USAID, Global Fund, Bill VIDEO
their local environments for
and Melinda Gates Foundation,
risk mitigation PEOs essentially provide clients’ staffing resources, and in many John Hopkins University and
In South Africa, many staff with the services of a full cases are looking first to engage other; larger enterprises that (Open the camera on your phone and
hover steadily for 2-3 seconds over the
new changes in the way staff HR service. In many circles South Africans. require project and unusual QR Code to see the video.)

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