Recognizing National Peo Week

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Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate National PEO Week, which starts May 18 and ends May 24, 2025.

National PEO Week will celebrate the important contributions of the professional employer organization (PEO) industry, which provides payroll, employee benefits, compliance assistance and HR services to hundreds of thousands of small and mid-sized businesses that employ more than 4.5 million people.

PEOs help small businesses improve productivity and profitability, focus on their core mission and grow. Through a PEO, the employees of small businesses gain access to important employee benefits such as: 401(k) plans; health, dental, life and other insurance; dependent care; and other benefits they might not typically receive as employees of a small company.

PEOs also take over the back-office tasks that consume time, energy and resources, enabling small businesses working with a PEO to grow two times faster, have employee turnover that is 12 percent lower and a higher business survival rate.

I know the value that PEOs provide. Before coming to Congress, I worked for a PEO, and I saw firsthand the positive impact they had on small businesses in my home state of Indiana.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the PEO industry for all they do to help our nation's small businesses, and their employees prosper.

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