Three pillars. One partnership.
Talent, Risk and Benefits are not separate service lines with separate contacts and separate handoffs. They are one model, delivered by one team that knows your business.
Talent. Attract, engage and retain the people who move the business forward.
Your people strategy should reflect your actual business, not a pre-packaged module. When something comes up, you reach someone who already knows your history.
HR consultation
Day-to-day guidance from named HR professionals who know your account.
Employee relations
The situations that require judgment: performance issues, terminations, investigations and hard conversations.
Performance management
Systems and frameworks that give managers structure and employees clarity.
HR compliance
Policies, handbooks, job descriptions and employment law guidance that keep your practices defensible.
Training and development
Manager training, compliance training and role-specific development your team can actually use.
Hiring technology and onboarding
Guidance on hiring systems and workflows that support candidate handoffs and a smooth employee start—without outsourcing your recruiting.
Risk. Protect the business so leadership can stay focused on growth.
You cross state lines. The rules change. We track the changes so you don't have to. One team handling the complexity that compounds as you grow.
Payroll processing
Accurate, on-time payroll across every state where your people work. Direct deposit, tax withholding, garnishments and off-cycle runs.
Payroll tax compliance
Federal, state and local filings handled and reconciled, plus complete year-end processing.
Workers' compensation
Coverage placed, claims managed and experience modification rates tracked.
Employment law guidance
Staying current on federal and state employment law so your policies don't create liability. Posters, notices and required disclosures kept current.
Risk management
Identifying where exposure lives in your current practices and closing the gaps before they become claims.
Multi-state expansion
Crossing a new state line adds payroll tax and compliance requirements. We handle them as part of the same service, so growth does not stall.
Benefits. Designed around your workforce.
SIDECAR HR is a licensed insurance agency. That means multiple carriers, real plan flexibility and a benefits strategy designed around the people you actually employ, not a master plan built for the median.
When claims spike, you're stuck. Renewal comes. Rates jump. The plan is the plan.
We rebuild the plan. A different carrier, funding structure or design, whatever fits the workforce best.
Medical, dental and vision
Multiple plan tiers across multiple carriers. Your employees choose from real options, not a single take-it-or-leave-it plan.
Retirement plans
A multiple employer 401(k) plan and administration, with two-way Fidelity integration and matching structures built to aid recruiting and retention.
Life and disability
Group term life, short-term and long-term disability coverage designed to compete with larger employers.
COBRA administration
Notifications and payment tracking handled for you, so former employees get what they are owed and you stay compliant.
Open enrollment support
We run the enrollment process: employee communication, system setup, elections processed and carrier confirmations handled.
Direct employee support
Enrollment meetings help employees understand their choices and benefit-year changes. Our team remains available throughout the year for questions and claims assistance.
You stay the employer.
In a co-employment relationship with a professional employer organization (PEO), SIDECAR HR contractually shares certain employer responsibilities with your company. You keep running the business. You get comprehensive HR outsourcing across six functions, without adding a single person to headcount.
Understand co-employment and what a PEO handles.
Payroll and tax
Benefits
401(k)
Talent
HR
Risk
Technology that works. People who answer.
Employees and managers handle everyday tasks online. Your named team handles everything else.
Employees
- Current, historical and YTD pay
- Reprint W-2s
- Update W-4 and direct deposit
- Edit personal information
- Benefit elections, including FSA and 401(k)
Managers and administrators
- New hire processing
- Payroll submission
- Edit and approve employee time
- Job status and pay rate changes
- Employee data reporting
What actually happens when something comes up.
- Call the 800 number. Enter an account number.
- Explain the issue to whoever picks up.
- Get transferred to a different department. Explain it again.
- Get a ticket. Wait for a callback.
- Call your named contact directly. No account number, no queue.
- They already know your business. Nothing to re-explain.
- Get an answer on the call, or a firm time you'll have one.
- You leave with a resolution, not a ticket number.
Client retention, over 12 years
Having over 400 employees and being in business for 30+ years, I cannot recall a more attentive vendor. They have made the critical functions of payroll and HR run efficiently and more importantly, painlessly.
DON · BUILDING MAINTENANCE
Quantified before we propose. Reviewed every year after.
Every SIDECAR HR engagement starts with a financial impact analysis across talent, risk and benefits, so the decision isn't a leap of faith. Then we measure it again every twelve months to make sure the partnership keeps earning its place.
Consolidated spend
One partner across payroll, benefits and compliance. Fewer invoices and less leakage than a fragmented vendor stack.
Benefits strategy
Active plan management and carrier flexibility, instead of a plan nobody revisits until renewal.
Risk reduction
Fewer compliance gaps across every state you operate in, and fewer surprises at audit time.
Time returned
Staff hours back on the business instead of chasing vendors and reconciling systems.
Your first 10 weeks with SIDECAR HR.
Between signing and go-live, a dedicated support team runs the entire process.
Read our guide to switching PEOs, including renewal and year-end timing.
Weekly check-ins
A dedicated project lead
Real names, real numbers
No tickets. No queues.
Plan the route.
Your dedicated implementation team plans, communicates and leads the process, starting with a thorough audit of your current processes and accounts.
Team introductions · process and account audit · conversions scoped to your size and complexity
Build the system and the benefits.
System architecture, workflows and permissions are configured to your parameters. Data is converted, profiles are set up, and benefits and open enrollment are built around your workforce.
System configuration · data conversion · profile setup · benefits and open enrollment setup
First payroll. Smooth handoff.
A parallel payroll confirms accuracy before go-live. SIDECAR HR is onsite for your first two payrolls, then hands you to your account team for ongoing support: same standards, same direct lines.
Parallel payroll · onsite for your first two payrolls · account team handoff
Ready for a smoother ride?
One call gets you a real conversation with the team that would actually work your account. No gatekeeping, no runaround. And if we're not the right fit, we'll tell you.