Payroll Solutions: Your People on the Job, Their Payroll Off Your Plate
When you’ve already found the right person, you still have to put them to work. Someone has to run payroll, match the taxes, carry workers’ comp and unemployment, and keep up with rules that change every year.
For a lot of smaller and family-owned businesses, that someone is you. Unless you work with Hughes Recruiting and Consulting.
With Hughes Payroll Solutions, the individual becomes a Hughes employee. We take on the administrative work, the expense, and the legal employer relationship, so you can focus on the work your business does best. You manage their day-to-day, and we’ll handle their payroll.
One Partner, One Invoice
Some firms run payroll and pay taxes on your behalf while the worker stays on your books. Hughes works differently. The worker becomes our employee, which means the liability sits with us.
What Hughes Takes Care Of
Payroll Solutions gives you the back office of an employer without building one. As the legal employer of record, Hughes handles:
- Payroll processing: accurate, on-time pay every cycle, with online time reporting that makes tracking hours simple.
- Payroll taxes: calculated, matched, filed, and reported weekly, quarterly, and at year end.
- Workers’ compensation: carried under Hughes.
- Unemployment: the liability and administration sit with us as the employer.
- Onboarding: we get your worker set up in our system and make sure they know how to report their hours.
- Screening when you need it: background checks, drug screening, and other pre-employment screening are available on request.
You stay responsible for the things only you can do, including worksite supervision, safety, and managing the hours your people work. We partner with you on everything else, including attendance and policy matters, since keeping those consistent protects everyone.
Why Businesses Choose Hughes Payroll Solutions
Saving time on payroll is only the start. You can confidently hand off the risk and responsibility to the Hughes team because we do this every day, across three states.
We Take On
the Liability
Running payroll means knowing local, state, and federal law and keeping up with it. As the legal employer, Hughes carries the compliance burden and the liability that comes with it, so a missed rule stays off your plate.
Built for the Midwest, Ready for the
Long Haul
We work across Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota every day. Whether it’s a handful of part-time hours or 20-plus people over several years, the arrangement scales to fit how your business actually runs.
One Invoice for Hours Worked
Many clients would prefer to keep workers off their own payroll entirely. You get one invoice for hours worked. We handle the weekly payroll runs, the quarterly filings, and the year-end tax documents.
Let's See If Our Small-Business Payroll Solutions Fit
You can get good people working without taking on the role of employer. Tell us about the person or team you want to payroll, and we’ll walk you through what it would look like.
Let's See If Our Small-Business
Payroll Solutions Fit
You can get good people working without taking on the role of employer. Tell us about the person or team you want to payroll, and we’ll walk you through what it would look like.
Payroll Solutions FAQs
How do payroll solutions for small companies work?
With Hughes Payroll Solutions, Hughes becomes the legal employer of a worker you’ve already identified. The person joins our payroll as a Hughes employee, and we handle payroll, taxes, workers’ comp, and unemployment while you manage their day-to-day work. Each week, you report their hours, and we send you a single invoice for hours worked. That setup makes it a simple fit for smaller and family-owned businesses that would prefer to keep payroll off their own desks.
Can Hughes also find the employee for me?
Yes. Most payrolling arrangements start after you’ve already found the person, so recruiting usually isn’t part of the setup. If you’d like help sourcing talent, we’re happy to start a separate staffing conversation.
Who is the legal employer under Hughes payroll solutions?
Hughes is. The worker becomes a Hughes employee, so the administrative work, the expense, and the employer liabilities sit with us. That legal employer relationship is the core of the service.
Is a recruiting company with payroll services the same as a PEO?
They work differently. In a PEO arrangement, you remain a legal employer alongside the provider. With a recruiting company with payroll services like Hughes, we serve as the legal employer for the workers on the arrangement, while you stay responsible for worksite supervision and safety.
What’s included in Midwest payroll solutions, and what costs extra?
Standard service covers wages, matching taxes, workers’ comp, and unemployment. Some items are handled case by case, including background, credit, and motor vehicle screening, along with administering benefits like insurance and 401(k). We’ll walk through exactly what’s included for your situation before anything is signed.
How do temporary staffing payroll services fit a seasonal or part-time team?
They fit well. Payroll Solutions works for seasonal, part-time, and few-hour roles, and it scales up for larger teams too. We’ve run arrangements covering 20-plus full-time roles. Any business that would prefer to keep workers off its own payroll is a good candidate.
What does getting started with a recruiting company with payroll services look like?
It starts with a short consultation to make sure the partnership fits both sides. From there, a contract spells out terms and responsibilities, our back-office team collects what’s needed, and the local branch onboards your worker. You send us hours each week, and we handle payroll and send you an invoice.
What areas does Hughes serve for payroll solutions?
Hughes works with employers across Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
