Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the (HR) water!

Kate King, chief executive officer and president of the Napa Chamber of Commerce, on Wednesday, said It is difficult for business owners to know all the ins and outs of labor laws. After all, labor law digests fill two books 600 to 700 pages each, she said.[1]

I don’t want to be an alarmist, but if you own a business and have employees, you have been targeted!

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In 1975 Jaws was the block buster of the summer, a great white shark turned man-eater terrorizing the island waters of Amity. 

 The irony is that same decade the few human resource laws revolving around employment began gaining traction.  First designed to govern the workplace of the largest corporations with time the laws would explode in number and impact the smallest businesses.   Today almost 35 years later there are over 300 federal and state laws governing employment in these United States.  

Like the great white shark, sensing a vulnerable and abundant prey, law makers continue to create laws governing employment and agencies whose business it is to enforce the laws.   I imagine those tasked with the business of enforcing the laws saying “brother business is good” as can be seen from; 

EEOC Discrimination Charges Set Records in 2009

January 7, 2010 at 11:18 am by: HR Hero Alerts

If you’re a business owner you’re as vulnerable and as likely to be attacked as the swimmers in Amity by a predator whose sole existence is to attack you.   No less terrifying than Jaws, the agencies charged with enforcing the employment laws are not only out in the deep waters of the large employer pool they also are in the crowded shallower waters of the small employer pool.  You can find them swimming in your payroll, safety, benefits, employment practices and workers compensation programs. 

 How do you protect your business and your assets, one way is to get out of the water.   

 Always at your service,

Rick Matthews

P.S. For the past 18 years I’ve been showing business owners how to “get out of [the employment] water” and still have direction and control over the work site by deploying outsourcing strategies.  If you want to learn more visit our site at www.primaryhroutsourcing.com or email info@PBS-HR.com

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[1] Quote taken from Napa Valley Register article “Seven fined by state officials over tax, payroll issues” By KERANA TODOROV, Register Staff Writer | Posted: Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:00 am