From a team that has handled payroll, HR, and workers' comp since 1998.
Take this 3-min, 10 question assessment about how you handle payroll, your people, and your benefits, and we'll tell you which kind of support fits where your business is now.
- Support with your payroll
- Targeted help on the HR side
- Day-to-day administrative support
- A fuller setup that covers payroll, HR, and benefits together
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Different federal rules switch on as you grow: COBRA generally applies at 20 employees, and the ACA coverage requirement and many FMLA rules begin around 50.
Source: IRS; U.S. Department of Labor.
Where employees work changes the rules. The federal minimum wage is $7.25, but 30 states and D.C. require more, and overtime and final-paycheck laws vary by state too.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor.
The IRS decides employee versus contractor status by who controls how the work gets done, not by what the contract says, and getting it wrong can leave the business owing back employment taxes.
Source: IRS.
Payroll taxes withheld from employees are held in trust for the government, and if they aren't paid the IRS can hold a responsible person personally liable for the full amount.
Source: IRS, Internal Revenue Code section 6672.
A growing number of states now require employers without a retirement plan to enroll workers in a state-run program, and the list keeps expanding.
Source: state treasury program materials (Oregon, California).
Staying compliant isn't one checklist. It spans wages, recordkeeping, required workplace posters, and notices at the federal level, before any state rules get added.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor.
When minimum wage or overtime is underpaid, the FLSA lets an employee recover the unpaid amount and an equal amount again on top, so a shortfall can roughly double before fees.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor.
Every state except Texas requires workers' comp once a business has employees, and going without it can mean fines and personal liability.
Source: National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Choosing what to handle in-house is an operational call, not just a compliance one. Many owners separate what they want to keep control of from what they'd rather hand off.
Source: U.S. Small Business Administration.
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