Small Employer Toolkit
Small employers, those with less than 50 employees, are an essential component to American opportunity and economic growth. Running a small business is difficult enough, let alone absorbing all that a business owner must learn about being a compliant employer.
MRA’s Small Employer Toolkit has been developed to help you, the small employer, navigate the employment issues you face, comply with the laws impacting you, and handle the HR functions that are critical to your day-to-day business operations.
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Employment Laws
Employment Laws
- Employers’ Practical Guide to Reasonable Accommodation Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (Job Accommodation Network)
- Small Employers and Reasonable Accommodation (EEOC FAQs)
- Small Business Resource Center (EEOC)
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Selection Process
Selection Process
- Preparing Effective Interview Questions
- Office Assistant Sample Job Description
- Office Manager Sample Job Description
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- Best Practices for Job Description Writing
- Creating a New Job Description
- Creative Recruiting and Retention Strategies
- Sample Employment Application
- Candidate Selection Process Guide
- Interview Questions by Competency
- Interview Template
- Types of Drug and Alcohol Testing
- Reference Checking Guidelines and Forms
- Sample Offer Letters
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Onboarding
Onboarding
- Employee Handbook Checklist
- I-9 Form (USCIS)
- I-9 Handbook (USCIS)
- How to Complete an I-9 Form
- Small Employer New Hire Paperwork (IRS)
- W-4 Withholding Form (IRS)
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Wage & Hour
Wage & Hour
- Breaks and Meal Periods (DOL)
- Hours Worked Fact Sheet (including travel time) (DOL)
- Minimum Wage Information (DOL)
- Employing Interns Fact Sheet (DOL)
- Employing Minors Fact Sheet (DOL)
- Information on Independent Contractors (IRS)
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Benefits, Health and Safety
Benefits, Health and Safety
- OSHA Small Business Handbook (OSHA)
- Hazard Communications (OSHA)
- OSHA Recordkeeping Advisor (DOL)
- OSHA Guidelines for Safety and Health Programs (OSHA)
- Reporting and Disclosure Guide for Employee Benefit Plans (IRS)
- Health Reform in a Nutshell: What Small Businesses Need to Know Now (Small Business Council of America)
- Tool for Small Business to Find Health Plans (USA.gov)
- Small Business Resources on Health and Other Employee Benefit Plans and Fiduciary Responsibilities (DOL)
- How the Affordable Care Act Affects Small Businesses (Healthcare.gov)
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- Performance Management
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Exit Process
Exit Process
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Recordkeeping
Recordkeeping
