Awards & Affiliations

When choosing to outsource a component of your business as important as Human Resources,
it’s important to choose a company that you know will provide a combination of reliable service
and innovative technology. By choosing Pay Plus Benefits, you get that and so much more!

Pay Plus Benefits has been nationally recognized for its leadership, technical innovations, and
promotion of employee well-being, which include:

Business Awards
    ● Awarded U.S. SBA South Central Washington Small Business of the Year
    ● Ranked 144 of Inc. 500 list of America’s 500 fastest growing private companies
    ● Winner of the Richland Rotary Club Entrepreneur Award


Technical Innovations
    ● 1 of 14 winners in the Inc./Cisco Growing with Technology Awards for “Innovators
    in Sales & Marketing”
    ● Ranked 28th in Washington CEO Top 100 Washington Technology Companies


Employee Satisfaction
    ● Finalist in "Washington's Best Workplaces" competition, sponsored by the Puget
    Sound Business Journal
    ● 1st place winner of Washington CEO annual competition for “Best Companies in
    Washington to Work For”
    ● Honorable mention as a “Company to Watch” in the Work and Family Progress
    Awards sponsored by the SBDC
    ● Outstanding Employer Award by the Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington State
    for Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding in the Workplace.

Pay Plus Benefits’ staff members are active in a variety of professional organizations including
the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO), the Society for
Human Resource Management (SHRM), and the American Payroll Association (APA).
Participation in these organizations keeps us current on best practices relating to laws and
regulations for our industry that add value for our clients.

Locally, we were instrumental in starting the Southeast Chapter of the Washington Technology
Industry Association and Columbia Basin College’s Innovation Institute. We support Junior
Achievement Programs, United Way, and participate in the NFIB and other State-level
committees. President John Heaton continually promotes good quality of work life by offering
on-site child care, a profit sharing program, and monthly “mental health” days for full-time
salaried employees.