| Southwest, Florida - Administrative Concepts, a | | | | Administrative Concepts has opened a new office |
| Southwest Florida based Professional Employer | | | | in Avon Park which specializes in employee leasing |
| Organization (PEO) is pleased to announce a | | | | services for agriculture clients. Other services |
| significant expansion of its payroll and risk | | | | offered include all aspects of risk management, |
| management services with a new outreach | | | | including workers' compensation claims |
| targeted towards Florida's agriculture industry. | | | | management, workplace safety programs, OSHA |
| Administrative Concepts has formed a joint | | | | compliance, unemployment claims and drug-free |
| venture with McKenzie & Sons, Inc., a | | | | workplace programs; employment compliance |
| third-generation citrus harvester headquartered in | | | | details such as payroll taxes and personnel record |
| Frostproof, Florida, to develop the program. | | | | maintenance, and payroll administration, which |
| Owner Richard McKenzie has brought decades of | | | | encompasses calculating and providing payroll |
| experience to consult with Administrative | | | | checks, year-end tax forms, and online reports |
| Concepts and help tailor PEO services directed to | | | | and payroll processing. |
| the specific needs of all segments of the | | | | Administrative Concepts was founded by George |
| agriculture industry, from small family-owned | | | | Bushong and Sarah Peel in 1995 to assist business |
| farms to large conglomerations. | | | | owners in the details of managing their companies, |
| Agriculture is Florida's second largest industry with | | | | offering PEO services such as risk management, |
| an estimated payroll of $80 to $100 million, | | | | payroll and employee administration, government |
| making it a natural fit for Administrative Concepts' | | | | compliance, and employee benefits. Administrative |
| innovative brand of comprehensive payroll and | | | | Concepts is headquartered in Bradenton and has |
| risk management services. | | | | eight other offices throughout Florida, including |
| "The beauty of Administrative Concepts is that | | | | Avon Park, Tampa, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Mary |
| we allow our clients to focus on their core | | | | Esther, Naples, Pensacola and Port Orange. The |
| business without the distractions of paperwork | | | | company has been honored with multiple awards |
| and red tape," said co-founder George Bushong. | | | | from Florida Trend, and Sarasota-Manatee |
| "Too many business owners spend way too | | | | Business Magazine, and was listed as the 18th |
| much time worrying about administrative details | | | | largest privately owned company in the Tampa |
| and wind up getting frustrated and stressed out. | | | | region by the Tampa Bay Business Journal. |
| We relieve that burden and allow our clients, such | | | | Administrative Concepts has received additional |
| as citrus growers, to devote their energies | | | | recognition by the Tampa Bay Business Journal as |
| towards growing their business, which in this case, | | | | one of their top-ten ranked PEOs. |
| is oranges and grapefruit." | | | | |