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Human resource (HR) compliance is an area many startups seem to talk about but very few seem to do well—or at all. Unfortunately, HR isn't as easily simplified or automated as other parts of your back-office stack, like payroll or accounting.

When to build HR

The way you think about process, work structure, and organizational culture from day one will set the foundation for HR at your company. Ideally, HR will be a manifestation of aspirations from your founding team.
In other words, proactivity is better than reactivity as far as HR is concerned. You don't want to start a people team because it's suggested, legal reasons, or because culture is in disarray.

What is HR compliance

HR oversees every aspect of employment. You'll need to comply with labor laws and employment standards, administer employee benefits, and organize employee files. HR also handles onboarding—offer letters, employee information for payroll, I-9 employment verification, equity paperwork, and any employment agreements like non compete, intellectual property, etc—and offboarding.
We recommend subscribing to an HR compliance tool to help you make sure you are following all of the right laws, trainings, postings, notices, regulations, etc.
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Gusto
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Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools.
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ThinkHR
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A people risk management service that offers an end-to-end approach to HR, compliance, and people risk management.
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Rippling
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If you've outgrown Gusto or are looking to combine payroll and benfits with the IT components of onboarding, then Rippling might be right for you. They make it easy to manage your team's payroll, benefits, hardware (computers, phones, etc), and apps — all in one, modern platform.
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