Press - Tandem HR; Professional Employer Organization

Streamlining HR: Let Somebody Else Do It as seen in The Wall Street Journal on May 16, 2011
There's an option for small companies that want to ease their human-resources headaches: have their employees work for someone else. read more

Is It Time to Outsource Human Resources? as seen in Entrepreneur Magazine on January 14, 2011
Most small-business owners know the frustration of spending more time than they want or should on non-revenue-generating activities. From payroll and human resource management to benefits and compensation, entrepreneurs can spend up to 40 percent of their precious day engaged in these necessary but time-sucking tasks. read more

Best Places to Work 2010 Award Winner Strives to Create 'Best Places to Work' for Others
OAK BROOK, IL, April 7, 2011 – Chicago Crain’s Business announced the top 30 Best Places to Work 2010 this week. The screening process, led by Buck Consultants, a New York human resources consulting firm, included surveying over 5,000 employees at 200 Chicago-based businesses on topics of read more

Competing to Do Good: Over 550 winter coats gathered to help Chicagoans keep warm this winter
OAK BROOK, IL, December 23, 2010 – Three Oak Brook-based companies, Tandem HR, Benefits Solutions Group and Alliance Workplace Solutions - founded by Bruce Leon – native Chicago entrepreneur, participated in a coat drive to gathering over 550 coats for the Chicago Chesed Fund. The coats, collected in November and December by 65 employees, were delivered to the Chicago Chesed Fund office on December 23 – just in time to be put to good use by a community experiencing a frigid winter. read more watch video

Tandem HR Gives Back to Inner City School
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) September 2010 –- One of the most rewarding acts a person can do today is give a child that one gift that immediately makes him smile or become greatly appreciative of what he has just received. Now-a-days that usually means the newest video game on the market or the latest version of the IPad or IPhone. Although technology and state of the art toys are what are on the mind of most children today; Tandem HR was able to find children where the simplest gift made a world of difference in their lives. read more

Partnering with Non-Profits a Win/Win for Local Business
OAK BROOK, IL, September, 2010 – Tandem HR, an Oak Brook-based HR outsourcing company has succeeded in furthering the mission of several area nonprofits through a variety of avenues. Bruce Leon, founder of all three companies, feels strongly about giving back to the community and has incorporated this movement into policy at each of the companies. read more

Tandem HR on WBBM Radio
Bruce Leon, President, as heard on WBBM Radio 780 Jay Petrick, Senior Business Development Manager, as heard on WBBM Radio 780 Gayle Nicholas, Managing Director, as heard on WBBM Radio 780 Alan Lev of Belgravia Group, as heard on WBBM Radio 780

Tandem HR Flexes Employee Benefit Muscle by Giving Perspectives Wellness Services A Workout
Professional employer organization adds wellness coaching to its robust benefit offering. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) November 10, 2009 –- Perspectives Ltd, a workplace resources provider specializing in high-touch employee assistance program (EAP) and wellness services, has been hired by Tandem HR to provide wellness coaching services to its customers. Tandem, which already uses Perspectives' EAP services, is a professional employer organization (PEO) that serves more than 100 small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) and their 4,000 employees nationwide. read more

PEO Owner Inducted in Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame
Oak Brook, IL – January 29, 2009 – Tandem HR President, Bruce Leon, will be inducted into the Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall Of Fame on March 19th at the Chicago Hilton and Towers. This prestigious title is given to about 20 outstanding entrepreneurs each spring and is sponsored by the University of Chicago. Bruce is recognized for his remarkable entrepreneurship skills of growth, development and innovation within the community as well as the region. Smart Business article read more

Financial Assurance With Tandem HR is Doubled by ESAC
OAK BROOK, IL, October, 2008 –In today’s economic environment when financial assurance is increasingly important to small businesses and state regulators, The Employer Services Assurance Corporation (ESAC) announces a substantial increase in the amount of financial coverage backing the services of professional employer organizations (PEOs) that are ESAC-accredited. read more

*Innovative President Named Finalist for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year* Award**
Oak Brook, IL – June 9, 2008 – Tandem HR President, Bruce Leon, was named a finalist for the Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur Of The Year” in the 2008 Midwest regional program. Bruce is among thirty-six outstanding entrepreneurs selected by an independent judging panel. This award recognizes remarkable entrepreneurship skills of growth, development and innovation within the community as well as the region. read more

Chicago Crain's Fast Fifty and Largest Privately Held Companies
Tandem was named one of Chicago's Largest Privately Held Companies for 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 in Crain's Chicago Business. Tandem was also named one of Chicago's "Fast Fifty" (fifty fastest growing companies) in 2007 and 2010 by Crain's Chicago Business.

How ESAC Certification Benefits You
Employer Services Assurance Program (ESAC) has been accrediting PEOs since 1995, and Tandem HR, Inc. is proud to be one of the relatively few privately held PEOs to have achieved this status. read more

Tandem HR makes Inc. 5000 List: 2008 and 2009
OAK BROOK, IL, August 27, 2009 – Inc. ranked Tandem HR No. 3555 on its annual ranking of the 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the country. The list is the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy – America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. Taken as a whole, these companies represent the backbone of the U.S. economy. read more

Partnering With Clients to Build Strong Employee Relationships
Today’s environment leaves all of us pressed for time. Our clients have decided that they want to spend more of their time building their businesses, not working as human resource managers. Tandem HR allows you to outsource your human resource function to spend more time focused on your core business. We share liabilities and handle HR administration. Tandem HR leverages the needs of multiple clients simultaneously to optimize purchasing power. In an era of skyrocketing rates, Tandem HR brings relative rate stability to clients. Choosing Tandem HR as your PEO allows you to handle the business of business while we handle the business of human resources. By establishing a partnership with Tandem HR, you can virtually eliminate the time you spend managing the human resource function. You also greatly reduce payroll and regulatory liabilities and risks. Tandem HR gives your company all the advantages of a large corporate Human Resources department.