Ratner's Return

The multibillion-dollar national PEO industry that got its start in Bradenton 25 years ago by catering to companies' human resources needs has head-butted into the recession.

Dwindling payrolls have blunted the need.

But the situation hasn't prevented Richard Ratner, one of the local industry's godfathers, from being pulled back in to the picture after a decade on the outside.
Indeed, Ratner, who co-founded Modern Employers, Inc. in 1984, is back with his own self-funded and self-run professional employer organization.