HR in a Box for Small Business: Everything you need to hire, onboard, pay, manage, and protect your team, without an HR department.

When you run a small business, HR lands on your desk along with everything else. A few preventable mistakes, like misclassifying a worker or skipping a required form, can cost far more than getting the basics right. Written by a CHRO in plain English for businesses with 5 to 50 employees.

Inside:

• A 20-question Small Business HR Health Check

• Employee count thresholds that change your legal obligations

• Hiring guidance: job descriptions, contractor vs. employee, exempt vs. non-exempt, legal interview questions, and an offer letter template

• New-hire paperwork checklist and first-week onboarding plan

• Pay, time, and overtime essentials

• Handbook must-haves, progressive discipline, and a pre-termination checklist

• An annual compliance calendar and record-keeping guide

• 12 AI prompts that act like an HR assistant, plus a 30-day quick start

Contains 25 pages of checklists, AI prompts, common federal requirements, job description information, and all of the HR basics for a small business owner.

*Created in part with the help of AI*