Which statement about compliance responsibilities is accurate?

• A. Companies offload all compliance onto TriNet.
• B. The company retains responsibility for compliance.
• C. TriNet handles all compliance with no input from the company.
• D. Compliance is optional and not monitored.

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is that the employer always retains responsibility for compliance, even when using a professional services partner like TriNet. TriNet provides tools, processes, and support to help manage HR tasks and ensure adherence to laws, but the legal obligation to comply with employment regulations remains with the company. This includes wage and hour rules, payroll taxes, workers’ compensation, safety regulations, discrimination laws, I-9 requirements, privacy, and benefit-related obligations such as ACA reporting. Because the company must ultimately meet these legal duties and provide necessary information to TriNet, the accurate statement is that the company retains responsibility for compliance. The other options imply that TriNet handles everything without input, or that compliance isn’t required, which isn’t how accountability is structured in practice.