Advantages

In today’s business environment, the use of professional and technical contract staffing has become an everyday occurrence. Below are some common advantages.

  1. You Can Reduce Employment Costs. When companies follow our contractual guidelines, there are:
    • No Workers’ Compensation claims
    • No Unemployment claims.
    • No employee benefit costs, such as medical insurance, life insurance, retirement, and pension plan contributions.
    • No employee benefit administration.
    • No added expense for paid time off, such as holidays, vacations, sick time, and personal time.
    • No expense or administration associated with payroll withholdings and deductions to collect, pay, administer, and report.
    • Reduced risk of misclassifying an independent contractor (1099) or subjecting company to IRS and state audits.
    • No unnecessary overhead costs.
    • Less training and supervising costs.

  2. You Have Staffing Flexibility
    • Match your staffing levels with your workload and project requirements.
    • Short contract staffing hiring cycle vs. long direct-placement hiring cycle.
    • Ramp up your staffing levels on demand or cut back on demand.
    • Easy to terminate contract staffing assignments.

  3. You Can Try Before You Buy (Temp-to-Direct Conversions).
    • “Interview” the candidate while he or she is an employee of Top Echelon Contracting.
    • Evaluate how the candidate fits your “corporate culture.”
    • Assess the “real” skills of the prospective employee before making a direct hire commitment.
    • Acquire needed resources before direct placement budget is approved.

  4. You Get Quality Customer Service. Someone Else Deals With The Problems.
    • Human Resources support 24/7.
    • Top Echelon Contracting handles all unemployment claims processing for its employees.
    • We handle any daily problem resolution (i.e., paperwork, benefits, paycheck questions).
    • We have a qualified full-time staff of Contract Administration, Accounting, and Human Resources professionals available to solve any problems that might arise.
    • Single point of vendor contact.
    • Toll Free Support line: (888) 627-3678

  5. You Get To Deal With Someone Who Has Sufficient Insurance Coverage.

    6. Many companies are concerned and extremely cautious regarding their contract staffing provider’s insurance protection.  Top Echelon Contracting carries a comprehensive Certificate of Insurance. This package includes the following:

    • $2,000,000 – Commercial General Liability
    • $1,000,000 – Hired and Non-owned Automobile Liability
    • $4,000,000 – Excess Liability
    • $1,000,000 – Employer’s Liability
    • $1,000,000 – Professional Liability
    • $1,000,000 – Employee Dishonesty Bonding
    • $25,000 – Forgery Bonding

For more information, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions.