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Start-Up Guide: Hiring Your First Employee

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Last Updated: 02/05/2019

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Hiring your first employee is an exciting milestone for any start-up. It means your business is growing, and that you’re ready to take it to the next level.

This guide from Paychex can help your process go smoothly by describing the key tasks necessary to hire and pay employees.

Here’s What You’ll Learn About

  • Creating job postings
  • New-hire paperwork and reporting
  • Employment-at-will relationship
  • The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
  • Employee classifications
  • Compensation
  • Regular and overtime rates
  • Recordkeeping
  • Paying employees
  • Deposits, returns, and taxes

* Este contenido es solo para fines educativos, no tiene por objeto proporcionar asesoría jurídica específica y no debe utilizarse en sustitución de la asesoría jurídica de un abogado u otro profesional calificado. Es posible que la información no refleje los cambios más recientes en la legislación, la cual podrá modificarse sin previo aviso y no se garantiza que esté completa, correcta o actualizada.

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