1. ? By Dave Lewan President/CEO Centric Consulting Group www.centricconsultinggroup.com www.thinkinghr.blogspot.com www.azsmallbiz.blogspot.com

2. ? Why Outsource HR

3. $276,711

4. The median jury award for employment cases In 2005.

5. $95,000

6. The average attorneys’ fees for cases that settle before trial.

7. $250,000+

8. The tab for cases that do make it to trial.

9. 8,650

10. The number of harassment and intimidation cases against small companies filed with the EEOC in 2006

11. Salaried employees don’t get overtime pay…Right ?

12. 246,000

13. employees were paid back wages in 2006…

14. $172,000,000

15. The amount the Labor Department collected in back wages in that same year.

16. $7,900,000

17. in penalties, were levied on employers.

18. Case study: Software Company: 120 employees

19. 18

20. employees were classified incorrectly

21. $24,000

22. in back pay, was shelled out

23. $7,000

24. was paid to a consultant to provide data to the Labor Department

25. $25,000

26. in attorneys’ fees.

27. 2 years later…

28. it happened again…

29. $6,000

30. in overtime was paid

31. $1,100

32. The fine the company received for not paying overtime fast enough.

33. ? Need more reasons

34. TEFRA COBRA ADA DDA FLSA 125 OSHA HIPAA DEFCOMP FTE HRIS HRIS EAP EFT EIC 457 403(b) ESOP SEP FIT SIT FICA SUI FUTA DOL EPLI HCM SIC EEOC FMLA LTD QDRO NQDC NQPS SDI OT OASI HRO PEO POP PTO QJSA SUTA TPA TSA UCM UL WT

35. Think about it…

36. For more information visit: or www.thinkinghr.blogspot.com www.centricconsultinggroup.com Sources: BusinessWeek, SmallBiz April/May 2007 Small Business Administration - www.sba.gov Centric