Richard "Rick" Morrison, Executive Director
Division of Professions
Board of Employee Leasing Companies
1940 North Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0783
Phone: 850.487.1395
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Board of Employee Leasing Companies
This page provides helpful information and examples about the types of services that must be performed by a DBPR-licensed individual or business
What services require a State of Florida license?
Employee Leasing Company or Controlling Person
An Employee Leasing Company is a business entity that enters a contract with a client business to assign its employees to the client. The Employee Leasing Company and client share the direction of, and control over, the leased employees. A Controlling Person is a person who manages the Employee Leasing Company.
Employee Leasing Companies are different from temporary agencies. Temporary agencies assign workers to supplement an employer’s workforce on a temporary or seasonal basis. The temporary agency has direct control over the employees and pays them directly. Temporary employees are basically freelance workers. An employee leasing company employee may work for a client employer indefinitely.
These items are offered as examples of services you do need to hire a person with a Florida license and services you do not need to hire a person with a Florida license. The list is not all inclusive. If you have specific questions, please contact the department at 850.487.1395 or review the rules for the profession at www.myfloridalicense.com. You should also check with your county or city to learn whether or not a local business tax receipt or certificate of competency is required for services that do not require a state license. Please visit our Unlicensed Activity page to learn more about how you can help us combat Unlicensed Activity.
Needs a license |
Does not need a License |
To advertise to the public as an employee leasing company or to use titles such as “professional employer,” “professional employer organization,” or “controlling person.” |
To operate a temporary agency. |
To manage employee payroll, workers’ compensation insurance, withholding tax and other personnel matters as part of a contractual agreement with a client company. |
To operate a home health agency. A home health agency is an organization that provides home health services, including staffing services, to health care facilities, schools, or other entities on a temporary or school-year basis pursuant to contract. |
To operate a payroll management company (strictly limited to payroll). |
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To operate as an employment broker. An employment broker is a person that markets job seekers for potential employment. |