Innovative Employee Solutions (IES)
Innovative Employee Solutions (IES) provides full-service Employer of Record (EOR), Agent of Record (AOR), and contingent workforce management—handling onboarding, payroll, taxes, benefits, and compliance so companies can hire and pay talent across the U.S. and 150+ countries without setting up local entities.
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Innovative Employee Solutions (IES)About Innovative Employee Solutions (IES)
About Innovative Employee Solutions (IES)
Innovative Employee Solutions (IES) provides flexible, consultative, technology-driven solutions for engaging and managing an evolving contingent and remote workforce. The company positions itself as a full-service partner (not self-serve), taking on employer and administrative responsibilities so clients can hire, onboard, manage, and pay talent while reducing HR burden and compliance risk. IES specializes in Employer of Record (EOR) and Agent of Record (AOR) services, including independent contractor compliance, onboarding, payroll processing, tax withholdings and filings, benefits administration, risk mitigation, and compliant offboarding. The company supports engagements across the U.S. (all 50 states and D.C.) and internationally through coverage in 150+ countries. Founded in 1974 in San Diego, California, IES is a WBENC-certified woman-owned and operated business. The company emphasizes high-touch, human-first support backed by technology, including its ies.WorkSite platform for centralized workforce management, reporting, and communication (including chat and WhatsApp). IES highlights long-term credibility signals including 50+ years in business, thousands of companies served, a 57 NPS score (vs. an industry average cited as 31/36 in different pages), and strong compliance performance claims such as 99% client audit compliance rating and 0 workers misclassified / reclassified (ever).
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Agent of Record (AOR) / Independent Contractor Compliance
Independent contractor onboarding and compliance where IES serves as agent for contracting and payment, performs classification evaluation/determination, maintains audit defense files, processes invoices and payments, issues tax forms, tracks insurance expirations, and indemnifies clients if workers are reclassified.
IC classification
Indemnification
Invoice consolidation
Pricing
Back Office Support (for recruiters & staffing firms)
Turnkey back-office support and outsourced payroll services for recruiters and staffing firms, including onboarding, EOR/AOR engagement, multi-jurisdiction compliance, payroll funding, invoicing/collections, profit payments, benefits, and reporting—supporting U.S. and international placements.
Payroll funding
Invoicing collections
Back office admin
Direct Sourcing
Direct sourcing program to recruit efficiently from private pools of proven contingent talent, enabling re-engagement of known workers, reduced recruiting fees, AI-powered curation, and end-to-end lifecycle support through integrated compliance/EOR/AOR services.
Talent pools
AI curation
Talent engagement
Full-service Employer of Record (EOR)
U.S. and international EOR/payrolling services where IES becomes the legal employer to manage compliant onboarding, payroll processing, tax withholdings/filings, HR support, benefits, risk mitigation, consolidated invoicing, and compliant offboarding across all 50 U.S. states and 150+ countries.
EOR payrolling
Compliance
Benefits administration
Pricing
ies.WorkSite Workforce Management Platform
Cloud-based workforce management portal for centralized visibility and control of onboarding, assignments, time entry, reporting/KPIs, secure messaging, chat/text/WhatsApp communication, integrations for real-time compliance, and mobile/desktop access; employee portal supports 125+ available languages (also stated as 150+ languages on some pages).
Workforce dashboard
Timesheets
Messaging center
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