Item 1A. Risk Factors
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There have been no material changes in our risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in Part I and “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, except as noted below:
Bank failures or other events affecting financial institutions could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition, or have other adverse consequences.
We use a U.S.-based global systemically important bank (or G-SIB) for our PEO operations, including our cash balances associated with that portion of our business. All of our cash deposits are held by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insured banks, which amounts exceed the FDIC insurance limits. Through various overnight “sweep account” programs, we also invest a significant portion of our cash balances in U.S. Treasury-based funds, which are invested through brokerage firms affiliated with the banks at which our deposits are held. The failure of a bank or related brokerage firm that we use, or events involving limited liquidity, non-performance or other adverse conditions in the financial or credit markets impacting financial institutions at which we maintain balances, or concerns or rumors about such events, may lead to disruptions in access to our cash balances, adversely impact our liquidity, including our ability to borrow under our credit facility, or limit our ability to process transactions related to our clients. In the event of a failure of a bank or other financial institution that holds our cash deposits, there can be no assurance that our deposits in excess of the FDIC or other comparable insurance limits will be recoverable or, even if ultimately recoverable, there may be significant delays in our ability to access those funds. Furthermore, bank failures, non-performance, or other adverse developments that affect financial institutions could impair the ability of one or more of the banks participating in our credit facility from honoring their commitments. Such events could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
Similarly, our clients may be adversely affected by any bank failure or other event affecting financial institutions. For example, some of our clients had deposits with banks that were recently placed into receivership. If those clients had been unable, or if our clients in the future are unable, to meet their obligations to us as a result of a bank failure or other event affecting financial institutions, we may be exposed to potential risks that could impact our financial condition or results of operations. If we were to fail to pay the liabilities that we have assumed associated with our WSEEs, we may be subject to fines or other penalties. See “Item 1.A. Risk Factors – PEO HR Outsourcing Risks – “We assume liability for WSEE payroll, payroll taxes, benefits costs and workers’ compensation costs and are responsible for their payment regardless of the amount billed to or paid by our clients.” in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. Furthermore, a significant change in the liquidity or financial position of our clients could cause unfavorable trends in cash collections, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
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