People First

Worried that your next hire’s gonna leave you on the hook? So I had a client who said to me, “I don’t need to do background checks. You never get the right information anyway.” Well, I got news for them and I told them, you can still get in trouble because there’s what’s called negligent...

That skeleton in the closet can cost you. Listen in. I have someone who is now hiring employees who are going to be going to clients’ homes. That’s very important to make sure that that employee is not gonna do anything that can cause you headaches down the road because of something they may have...

Employee mistakes costing you a fortune? Yikes! So I had a client who called me and said that their, one of their employees had used stock images that they did not buy the license for, which caused my client’s client to get in serious trouble. We had proof of that and as long as you...

Steal my heart? Fine. Steal my inventory? No way! So I got a call the other day from a client who has an employee who was stealing from my client’s client. That client suspected the person of stealing and set them up. They now have proof that that person was stealing from them. And came...

I am putting you on notice. Stop using the word probation. So I got a call the other day from a client who used the word probation during the first 90 days of their employee’s employment. And I said, that’s a word we don’t use anymore because probation implies that you go through that period...

Employee discipline problems bumming you out. Listen in. I got a call from a client the other day. He said, “My employees missed 25% of their time since the first of the year. I wanna fire them.” And I said, “Have you talked to them about it? Have you documented any of their time off?”...

It is 2025. Get your onboarding straight. I have a new client who is just starting their business and they are novices. They have no idea what to do when it comes to hiring employees. The first question they asked was, “I guess the first thing I need to do is get their driver’s license...

There’s a good reason I tell my clients to hire slow and fire fast. Listen in. Have I got news for you, I got a call the other day from a client, been with me a very long time. We’ve been celebrating our 25th anniversary. So this client’s we’re pretty long term and they called...

Before your employee is expecting that bundle of joy, listen to this. So I got a call from a client the other day who advised me that one of their employees was advised them that they were pregnant. And so they wanted to know what is this FMLA? What is maternity leave? What do I...

Proud Papas expecting a bundle of joy. Listen to me. So this is a case where I got a call from an employee who was concerned because he had put in for paternity leave. He wanted to let his wife be home for 12 weeks first, and then he would be home the second 12...