More than 1,000 small employers in Ohio were left in the lurch for workers compensation and health care coverage when Team America Inc., a Professional Employer Organization (PEO), filed bankruptcy last week. Employers take note: engaging a PEO does not release you from your responsibility to cover workers by a valid workers’ compensation policy.

Check these useful tips from the California Department of Industrial Relations that will help in determining the legitimacy of your workers comp coverage under a PEO.