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6 in-depth articles on hr & employment. Frameworks, benchmarks and playbooks for modern talent teams.
HR & Employment
EOR and PEO are not the same thing, and using the wrong model can expose your company to tax liability and worker misclassification risk. Here is the straight comparison US HR directors and CFOs actually need.
Jun 24, 2026 · 10 min
HR & Employment
Workplace investigations are challenged far more often on process grounds than on their actual conclusion — an investigator with a conflict of interest, a delayed start, undocumented credibility reasoning, or inadequate retaliation protection afterward. This guide covers how to select an investigator, run interviews that produce reliable and defensible information, assess credibility systematically, and close the investigation in a way that actually holds up if challenged later.
Aug 1, 2026 · 9 min
HR & Employment
A reduction in force creates legal and retention risk on two fronts most companies underweight: selection criteria that weren't checked for adverse impact before anyone was notified, and a complete lack of planning for how the remaining team experiences the aftermath. This guide covers how to build defensible selection criteria, what WARN Act and severance release requirements actually demand, how to run notification and communication without message drift, and why survivor support needs its own deliberate plan.
Aug 4, 2026 · 9 min
HR & Employment
Non-compete enforceability has shifted sharply toward restriction over the past several years, and a company relying on a single standard template across a multi-state workforce is very likely holding unenforceable paper in several of those states. This guide covers the current state-by-state landscape, what actually makes a non-compete reasonable where it's still enforceable, and the narrower alternatives — non-solicitation, confidentiality agreements, garden leave — that protect the same business interests with meaningfully less legal risk.
Aug 4, 2026 · 8 min
HR & Employment
An employee handbook that's written once and never revisited, or that describes policies the company doesn't actually follow in practice, creates more legal exposure than it prevents. This guide covers the legal requirements that get missed as companies expand into new states, the policies that need particular care around at-will language and progressive discipline, and the acknowledgment and update cadence that determines whether a handbook actually protects the company when it's tested.
Aug 5, 2026 · 8 min
HR & Employment
A voluntary buyout can reduce headcount without the selection-criteria legal exposure and morale cost of a layoff, but it carries its own distinct risk: the strongest performers with the best external options are often the most likely to accept, leaving a smaller but weaker workforce behind. This guide covers when a buyout is the right tool, how to manage adverse selection and concentration risk, the OWBPA and legal requirements that apply just as much to voluntary programs as to layoffs, and how to run the rollout and aftermath cleanly.
Aug 6, 2026 · 8 min
