Who is Merit Resources?

Our Background
Merit Resources was founded in 1989 in Urbandale, Iowa with a focus on providing a high level of customer service and assisting small to medium-sized businesses with human resources, payroll, risk and benefits management as a full service professional employer organization or PEO.

Merit Resources enables clients to cost-effectively outsource the management of human resources, workers’ compensation, employee benefits and payroll. Outsourcing these functions allows business owners to increase profitability, productivity, and time spent on the business, while reducing liability and the overall cost of ownership.

Certifications and Compliance
Merit's professional HR staff is dedicated to helping our clients and their employees make employment easy. That's why they have attained various certifications in areas such as Human Resources, Payroll, Risk Management, Benefits Management and more. Our certifications and accreditations are from the Human Resources industry's most respected institutions, including:

• ESAC (Employer Services Assurance Corporation) Accredited
• Certification Institute Accredited
• NAPEO (The National Association of Professional Employer Organizations) where our CEO sits on the Board of Directors.
• SHRM (Society for Human Resources Management)
• APA (American Payroll Association)

Corporate Office
Our corporate office in central Iowa is strategically located to serve our many clients in Iowa, and in surrounding major metropolitan areas such as Minneapolis, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis and Chicago.

Along with our additional staff in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and in Florida and Texas, Merit Resources supports businesses located in almost every state in the country.