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The wage is the smallest number in the calculation and the only one most owners run. The rest of it decides whether the hire works.
Continue reading The first hire has to pay for themselves. Working out what that actually takes
The decision is usually made weeks before the conversation happens. What separates a clean parting from a lasting problem is what is prepared beforehand.
Continue reading Six things to have ready before you let somebody go, and one to skip entirely
These three come up in nearly every conversation about business expenses, and the general answer to all of them is no, with narrow and specific exceptions.
Continue reading Commuting, lunch, and work clothes. The three costs people assume are deductible
These are the maintenance tasks with the widest gap between what they cost to do and what they cost to skip. Ranked by how fast the gap opens.
Continue reading Seven jobs that cost an hour now and four figures later, in order of urgency
Retention spending is usually decided by whichever lever is easiest to pull. The four options differ enormously in how long the effect lasts.
Worker classification is decided by how the relationship actually works, not by what either party agreed to call it. Several agencies get a vote.
Continue reading Calling someone a contractor does not make them one. Who decides, and on what