Tailor-made staffing payroll services & HR tools

Staffing & recruitment agencies have specific needs when it comes to hiring and payroll. Luckily, Gusto’s got a full suite of HR tools along with flexible payroll options, streamlined workflows, and built-in compliance from coast to coast. Find the package you need at a price you’ll love.

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Employee self-service

With self-onboarding and lifetime access to 1099s, paystubs, and W-2s, you can empower employees while reducing your admin burden.

Accurate & compliant

From new hire and termination paperwork to local, state, and federal taxes, you can rest easy knowing it’s done right.

Robust hiring tools

A full suite of powerful HR tools helps you attract, hire, and manage the talent you need to build your business.

Businesses save $470 a month on HR administration after switching to Gusto.

TechValidate,
2022

Gusto is a one-stop shop for all my HR management needs. My employees can manage their benefits through an easy to use portal. It is all automated, reliable, and convenient.

HR Manager,
MCProHosting LLC

I love that gusto makes hiring and paying employees so easy.

Owner,
The Art Terrarium, LLC

Gusto has managed to pull off an extraordinary feat; they’ve combined hiring, HR, payroll and benefits availability into one easy to use service. Without Gusto, I’d be lost.

Owner,
Southern Oregon StoneCraft LLC

Employee lifecycle management

Hire, onboard, and manage talent across all 50 states.

With AI-powered job descriptions, an integrated ATS, and new-hire compliance in all 50 states, you can unlock the talent that drives your business without driving complexity. And once they’re on the roster, the employee lifecycle is covered from onboard to exit interview. Time tracking, PTO, benefits, and wage garnishment are all built right in—and they all seamlessly sync to payroll.

Time-saving workflows

Grow your talent pool, not your to-do list.

Gusto empowers your team while taking time-consuming admin off your plate. Employees and contractors can access anything they need on their own time—from paystubs and 1099s to PTO and W-2s. Self-onboarding means collecting sensitive data is done safely and securely, and lifetime employee access, e-signing, and secure document storage mean filing, storing, and digging up paperwork is a thing of the past, no matter how big your talent pool grows.

Flexible payroll

Payroll that’s flexible, accurate, and fully compliant.

With unlimited job types, pay rates, and payroll runs, we have the flexibility and functionality you need to manage your diverse team. And you never have to worry that local, state, and federal taxes are correctly calculated, filed, and paid—no matter how many states your employees call home. Best of all, our flexible pricing means you only pay for the people you pay each month.

What’s the difference between recruiting and temporary staffing payroll services?

Both temp staffing companies and recruitment companies help their clients find the talent they need. But when a client company decides to hire a temp candidate, the staffing firm remains the employer of record and holds all responsibility for payroll, benefits, termination, and more in exchange for a percentage of the employee’s pay. For recruitment agency payroll, once a candidate is hired, they become an employee of record at the client company.

While temp staffing companies tend to need more flexible and robust payroll services, both staffing and recruitment firms need a powerful suite of HR tools to attract, hire, and manage their talent pools.

Does Gusto handle 1099s and W-2s for temp staffing payroll?

Absolutely. 1099s and W-2s come included with all of Gusto’s plans and are automatically filed each year. Current and former employees can log in anytime to access the documents they need come tax time.

How does payroll staffing agency compliance work?

Temp staffing agencies remain the employer of record for any recruits hired by a client company. This means the staffing agency is liable and responsible for compliance with all local, state, and federal labor laws including hiring and firing. Luckily, Gusto’s built-in compliance can handle most standard compliance issues, and our team of HR experts are always on hand to help with more complex compliance questions you may have.

Do you have to pay for temp employees who aren’t on assignment?

Nope. For independent contractors, you’ll only be charged in the months you pay them. To avoid being charged each pay cycle for inactive W-2 employees, you’ll need to dismiss the employee and rehire them when they start a position at a new client company. Alternatively, you can “furlough” employees, which pauses their payroll while keeping their benefits active, but you’ll still be charged the monthly fee for any employees on furlough.