The Importance of Legal Guidance for Small Businesses

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The Importance of Legal Guidance for Small
Businesses
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• Running a small business is filled with a variety
  of challenges, none of which are more complex
  than employer laws and regulations. With laws
  changing at both state and federal level
  frequently, and often at short notice, it can be
  hard to stay legally compliant and communicate
  whats necessary to your employees.
• With a small in-house team, compliance and
  communication often gets left by the wayside, and
  when this happens, it can spell disaster for your
  business often leading to costly financial
  penalties and lawsuits.
• For any company wanting to protect its employees
  and its business, appropriate legal guidance is
  essential, especially in light of the ongoing
  pandemic and laws related to COVID-19.

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• Legal trends that could affect your business
• Including onsite worker protections and wage and
  hour protections, to paid leave, laws related to
  COVID-19 that differ from state to state make it
  even more challenging for businesses to
  understand how they must comply with them.
• You may need to update your health, safety and
  transparency policies for those employees
  returning to work after periods of quarantine or
  sickness, and for remote employees, youll need
  to work on their schedules to avoid overwork,
  while ensuring that theyre still able to fulfil
  their role to an acceptable standard.

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• Following the global health crisis, employers may
  need to rethink how their entire workplace
  functions, while ensuring that theyre always
  complying with the law without the help of a
  robust HR and legal compliance team, this could
  prove extremely challenging.
• The effects of making legal mistakes for your
  business
• Not only can mistakes or misunderstandings
  surrounding employment law cost your companys
  finances dearly, but it could seriously
  jeopardize your relationship with your employers,
  too. When you understand the laws, or have a team
  that can understand them for you, you can avoid
  costly penalties and keep your workforce on side,
  but what is the best way to achieve this?

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• Many small businesses simply cant afford to
  employ an in-house team to handle compliance, so
  what other options are there?
• Outsourcing and how it can benefit your small
  business
• Legal support is crucial no matter the size of
  your business, but if you cant afford to hire an
  in-house team, outsourcing is an affordable and
  convenient solution, heres why
• Outsourcing can save you money retaining a
  full-time attorney can be costly outsource your
  legal guidance requirements and save a whole heap
  of cash

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• Outsourcing is scalable depending on the needs
  of your business at any given time, you can scale
  your outsourcing requirements up and down, and
  only pay for the legal services you require
• Outsourcing is ultra-efficient because youll
  have an entire team of professionals ready to
  help you out at any time, you can quickly get the
  answers you need, while allowing your employees
  to focus on other aspects of the business
• Outsourcing gives you peace of mind the ability
  to make business, employee and workplace
  decisions with confidence, can only be achieved
  with the right legal oversight, and outsourcing
  gives you this.

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• The right legal guidance can make or break a
  business, and overlooking this critical aspect of
  your company, comes at your own peril! To make
  sure youre always on the right side of the law
  as an employer, outsource your payroll and
  compliance requirements to an experienced company
  and relax as the burden is lifted from your
  shoulders.

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