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NAPEO PAC, alongside Nextep, Inc. CEO Brian Fayak, hosted an event for House Appropriations Committee Chairman Congressman Tom Cole in Norman, Oklahoma, this week. It was great to spend time with a champion for small businesses, including the 1,550 SMBs in OK who partner with a PEO.

The June/July issue of PEO Insider is here!

Be sure to check out the cover story, which features Tracy Culicerto of AscendHR, a determined entrepreneur who launched a PEO built on vision, resilience and exceptional client service. From taking the leap into entrepreneurship to building a culture-driven organization, her journey highlights the power of trusting your instincts, embracing calculated risks and staying committed to your purpose.

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BETTING ON HERSELF: TRACY CULICERTO’S JOURNEY TO BUILDING ASCENDHR - NAPEO PEO Insider When Tracy Culicerto talks about building AscendHR, she doesn’t start with growth metrics or expansion plans. She starts with people. She talks about her parents using retirement savings earned through decades in the coal mining industry to help fund her dream. She talks about bringing her infant ...

It was great to see NAPEO President & CEO Casey Clark connect with Congressman Richard Neal in Massachusetts this weekend. Rep. Neal has been a steadfast champion for the policies that matter most to small businesses and the workers PEOs serve, from retirement savings to IRS modernization. Sustained engagement with policymakers is essential to the future of our industry.

NAPEO is bringing all of the PEO industry's operations professionals together in one place! Join us July 14-15 in Madison, Wisconsin, for our 2026 Operations Workshop.

Sessions will cover the operational backbone of PEO businesses: accounting and finance, risk management, cybersecurity, payroll and more. Whether you're a CFO, risk manager, payroll professional or PEO owner, you'll walk away with practical strategies to strengthen your organization's infrastructure.

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NAPEO's Operations Workshop The Operations Workshop is the convergence of two previously separate and highly lauded events - the Risk Management Workshop and the CFO & Payroll Seminar.

Network with industry leaders and peers at NAPEO's 2026 Oregon, Washington and Alaska Leadership Council Forum! Join us Thursday, June 18 in Salem, Oregon, for an afternoon of discussion on the issues shaping the PEO industry, followed by a networking dinner.

Register today: https://napeo.org/events/events-calendar/napeos-2026-or-wa-ak-leadership-council-forum/

Join us Friday, June 5 for our First Friday webinar.

Today's clients expect the flexibility to hire talent wherever it's found — and that's reshaping what PEOs need to deliver. Oyster HR's experts will explore how international hiring is transforming client expectations and what it means for the future of PEO services, all without expanding infrastructure or stepping outside the traditional PEO model.

Register here: https://napeo.org/events/events-calendar/first-friday-series-webinar-the-global-talent-shift-turning-global-expansion-into-growth-presented-by-oysterhr/

First Friday Series Webinar - The Global Talent Shift: Turning Global Expansion into Growth, presented by Oyster HR Today’s clients expect the flexibility to hire talent wherever it’s found. For PEOs, this creates both a challenge and an opportunity: how to support global hiring needs without expanding infrastructure, increasing risk, or stepping outside the traditional PEO model. Join us on Friday, June 5th,...

NAPEO Director of State Government Affairs Olivia Plemmons graduated from the Capitol Policy Leadership Institute, a comprehensive, year-long leadership and public policy development program with a decades-long history of shaping many of Georgia’s most influential business, government and public policy leaders.

Throughout the program, Olivia engaged with state leaders, policymakers and industry experts while deepening her understanding of the key issues shaping Georgia’s business environment.

Are you ready to make your voice heard?

Join us tomorrow at 2pm ET for a walkthrough of our new Advocacy Toolkit — a self-service resource designed to help you effectively advocate for PEOs at the federal and state levels.

During this webinar, you'll get an overview of the toolkit's resources and practical guidance on how to leverage these materials with policymakers, local leaders and the media. Whether you're new to advocacy or looking to strengthen your current efforts, this session will leave you with ready-to-use tools to amplify the PEO industry's voice.

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Advocacy Toolkit Overview Webinar Join NAPEO for a walkthrough of our new Advocacy Toolkit, a self-service resource designed to help you effectively advocate for the PEO industry at the federal and state levels. During this webinar, we will provide an overview of the toolkit’s resources and discuss how you can leverage these mater...

Last week, the PEO industry gathered in Washington, D.C. for the 2026 . It was an incredible few days of advocacy, expert sessions and meaningful connections.

Thank you to everyone who joined us. Until next year!

A new litigation trend is emerging and PEOs should pay attention.

Pro se employment lawsuit filings increased 49% last year, driven in large part by AI tools like ChatGPT that allow unrepresented plaintiffs to draft professional pleadings, research case law and pursue appeals with unprecedented speed and sophistication. For PEOs, co-employment means this exposure spans an entire client portfolio at once — and the HR documentation your team helps create becomes the evidentiary record these plaintiffs are learning to scrutinize.

In the latest issue of PEO Insider, John Polson, Evan Shenkman and David Walton outline what PEOs should be doing now, from revisiting litigation budget assumptions to strengthening documentation practices and getting ahead of this trend with clients.

➡️ Read the full article: https://peoinsider.org/articles/the-chatgpt-plaintiff-is-becoming-a-peo-problem/

THE CHATGPT PLAINTIFF IS BECOMING A PEO PROBLEM - NAPEO PEO Insider The practical consequences for employers are significant: inflated settlement demands, warped litigation budgets, and cases that simply don’t resolve the way they used to.