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It’s because of laws. PEO handles some things but states being what they are have exceptions.

It’s unfortunate because this system encourages hiring remote offshore contractors.

Yeah, I was surprised when I found out this is how it works. When I first signed up with a PEO I assumed it was all taken care of. But then they handed me a big list of states I needed to register with and all the very antiquated processes each of them uses.

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