HR Checklist for Startups
Reference Burkland’s HR checklist for startups to know when you should be building and growing your people programs, policies, and procedures.
Tools for Startups / Startup Toolkits
HR Resources for Startups
Essential templates, best practices, and expert insights to help founders build and manage a strong, compliant, and scalable team.
HR Resources for Startups from Burkland
Employee Onboarding Roadmap for Startups
Essential onboarding activities should be concentrated in the first month and quarter, and gradually taper off over the next twelve months.
Payroll Taxes for Startups: What Do I Have to Pay?
Avoid payroll pitfalls—learn the essential taxes every startup must pay and how to stay compliant with IRS and state regulations.
Employee Retention Strategies for Startups
Investing in employee retention makes financial sense and builds a foundation for sustained success and growth.
Navigating HR Compliance: Recordkeeping Essentials for Startups
HR recordkeeping is one of the last things most startup founders want to think about, but non-compliance can lead to major fines, reputation damage, and due diligence pitfalls.
Avoid Fines: The Pay Transparency Checklist
Reference this handy checklist to understand pay transparency compliance requirements and avoid fines at your startup.
HR Tips for Startups
HR tips to help your growing startup optimize employee recruitment, engagement, retention, and compliance.
Pay Transparency: A Plan & Rollout Strategy Blueprint
A step-by-step guide to help your startup build bands, audit, and roll out your scalable pay transparency program.
HR Resources for Startups from Our Partners
Calculating Employee Benefits: Step-by-Step Guide
Learn how to calculate employee benefits step-by-step with Deel's comprehensive guide, covering health insurance, retirement plans, and other key components.
Compensation Benchmarking Database
Base compensation decisions about salary, equity, and variable on real-time benchmarking data from over 7,500 integrated companies—all in one place.
Take Home Pay Calculator
Help new hires know the salary they'll take home after taxes so you can make an informed, competitive global offer.
Global Employee Cost Calculator
Ready to hire in another country (or two)? Instantly aggregate employment costs based on team member locations to make the best hiring move for your business.
Talent Effectiveness Ebook
Learn how to leverage principles of talent effectiveness so you can make better hires faster, uplevel talent year-round, and get ahead of employee turnover.
State-by-State Unemployment Tax Rates
It's essential that employers understand SUI and how to calculate these unemployment insurance tax rates by state. This guide from Gusto explains it all.
Pay Transparency Laws in the US – A Definitive Guide
Multiple states have passed or plan to pass pay transparency laws. Learn what these laws are, how they impact compliance, and how to implement them in your workforce.
Compensation Philosophy: What It Is and How To Build One
This framework aids HR teams, executives, and hiring managers in understanding and articulating the reasoning behind their compensation strategies.
Everything You Want To Know About Merit Cycles (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Some of the most frequently asked questions about merit cycles, along with answers and related resources.
1099 vs. W2: Differences & Which Your Workers Need
Understand the differences between 1099 vs W2 workers and determine which classification best fits your employees with this detailed guide from Deel.
Misclassification Quiz
This tool combines AI with award-winning research into employment court cases to help businesses classify workers and mitigate compliance risks.
Why Startup Founders Should Pay Themselves
Explore the reasons why startup founders should pay themselves and how to determine a fair salary.
How Your Business Can Apply For the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)
Confused about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit? Find out more about the program and whether your company qualifies for WOTC.
How Do You Find the Perfect-Fit HR tech?
Discover what questions to ask (and answers to look for) potential providers in this guide from Rippling.