HR Companies & HR Consultants in Saint Clair Shores, MI

The Intelligent Companies, Inc. is an outsourced HR and payroll provider based in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. It works mainly with small and mid-sized Michigan employers that want to move administrative personnel work out of the office. The firm has operated since 1992. It acts as a single outside partner for payroll, tax handling, human resources, employee benefits and risk management, so owners can spend their time running the business rather than handling paperwork and regulatory deadlines.

Service Areas

The company groups its work into several connected disciplines that clients can use together:

• Payroll processing and payroll tax management
• Human resource management, including compliance, onboarding and performance management
• Employee benefits and benefits administration
• Workers compensation
• SUTA (state unemployment tax) and immigration compliance
• Labor and time management
• Sick leave management, a recent addition to its lineup

Payroll in Detail

Payroll is the most fully described part of the offering. The firm runs payroll electronically and produces paychecks along with payroll journals and summary reports. It makes federal and state tax deposits covering FICA, FUTA and state withholding.

It also prepares quarterly filings such as Form 941 and MESA reports, and handles year-end documents including W-2, W-3 and Form 940 returns. Beyond these core filings, staff help clients through government payroll audits and with new-hire reporting. They also support scheduling and reports that track absenteeism and tardiness.

The company states that it guarantees payroll will be correct and delivered on schedule. It also says it can often supply this range of payroll work for less than a business currently spends.

How Clients Work With the Firm

The firm describes its approach as turnkey. Clients hand over complex HR functions and rely on the team to keep up with changing employment rules. New relationships typically begin with a scheduled call to discuss the employer's situation.

Ongoing clients get a set of branded online tools: TIC Time Clock for tracking hours, TIC HR, a TIC Benefits Card, TIC FSA and HSA stores for flexible and health savings account spending, TIC Recruiting for hiring, and TIC Retirement for retirement plan access. A separate employee and employer area of the site serves both business owners and their staff.

One client, the owner of a medium-sized business, credits the company with simplifying payroll and making benefits easier for employees to use.

Background and Differentiators

With more than three decades in the field, the company points to a team of experienced HR practitioners whose work spans benefits administration and regulatory compliance. It highlights cost savings, risk reduction and benefit packages tailored to each employer, and it also stresses employee retention. It backs its service with a stated satisfaction guarantee.

The firm lists one office, on Harper Avenue in St. Clair Shores, which is open on weekdays during standard business hours. Buyers looking for a Michigan-focused provider that combines payroll, compliance and benefits under one roof may find its breadth of services useful.