Payroll Companies & Payroll Services in Jerome, ID

Personnel Plus, Inc. is a locally owned staffing company in Idaho. For employers in southern and southwestern Idaho, it combines recruiting with the payroll and employer administration that come with a temporary workforce. It is not a standalone payroll bureau. Clients get workers along with the back-office work that normally goes with putting people on a payroll. Its customers include private businesses of many sizes and government agencies across the Magic Valley and the Treasure Valley.

Payroll and Administrative Services

When the firm places workers, it acts as their employer and takes on the tax and recordkeeping work that would otherwise fall to the client. Its published list of these duties includes:

• Federal and state income tax withholding
• FICA, FUTA, SUTA and unemployment tax handling
• Year-end W-2s and employee Form 1095 reporting
• Wage garnishments and child support orders
• Time card collection and processing
• New-hire paperwork such as I-9 and W-4 filings

Workers on its payroll can also choose a range of benefits funded through automatic payroll deductions. Options include dental, vision, life and disability coverage, Section 125 cafeteria plans, annuities and 401(k) options. The company says it provides workers' compensation, ACA health coverage and unemployment insurance for its employees, and it describes itself as licensed and bonded.

Technology and Client Tools

Clients manage their work with the firm through its own Vendor Management System, which is available on the web and as a mobile app for Apple and Android devices. In the system, employers can enter, review, verify and approve temporary staff hours as they happen. That supports accurate payroll runs.

Clients can also view invoices, pay bills online and prepay for services to help with budgeting. The company offers a custom timekeeping system with physical time clocks. Workers can use the same platform to upload time cards, check their pay history and download tax forms.

Industries and Staffing Options

Placements can be temporary, temp-to-hire, direct hire, part-time, seasonal or full-time. The firm lists experience in sectors such as:

• Manufacturing, warehouse and industrial work
• Food processing and agricultural production
• Construction and general labor
• Retail, food service and medical settings
• Office, clerical, customer service and administrative roles
• Technical and professional positions

Before placement, candidates go through interviews, skills testing, drug screening, OSHA safety training and a job orientation. The firm promises a replacement at no charge for the original worker if a client reports a performance problem within four hours.

Background and Locations

Founder Tony Mayer, a former vice president at two large North American corporations, started the business in Twin Falls in 1990 from an incubator unit at the College of Southern Idaho. The firm first ran as a franchise of a national staffing brand.

It opened a Burley branch in 1993 and a Boise branch in 1994, then became independent and incorporated as Personnel Plus, Inc. in 1996. It has since added offices in Nampa and Fruitland and satellite locations in Jerome and Pocatello. The company reports about 30 full-time internal staff who support more than 3,200 temporary workers. Mayer is still its president.