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I just signed on with Paychex to do the official Employee Handbook and to have their HR person setup an OSHA-proofed safety program. (Initial cost maybe for all $4000) They also initially moniter the program and for an additional fee (starting next year) of $325/year update the handbook on any new regulations and offer free consultation.
Seems pricey, but you know what, I don't need the headaches. Too many deadbeats and lawyers looking to make a quick buck off some overworked small businessman who's trying to wear too many hats at once. My time is limited. Do I spend hundreds of hours searching the internet for updated info and templates? Or do I leave it to the professionals, so I can concentrate on doing what I'm best at?
I don't know about anyone else but I know that if I drive down a street, I can tell who had their landscaping done by a professional design/build team or by a do-it-yourselfer. I bet that in the HR and labor law and OSHA fields they too can tell who was a do-it-yourselfer and who left it to the professionals. I don't want to find out the hard way.
(PS- I think it sucks that it's come to this. But I can no longer kid myself that I can keep up with all these rules and regulations.)
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