by Doug Patten | 2025-09-21 | Compliance, HR, Recruitment, SMBs, Talent Acquisition
The announcement hit mid-sized tech companies like a seismic shift: a one-time $100,000 fee per new H-1B petition. For businesses that have relied on international talent to fuel growth and innovation, this represents far more than a simple fee increase –...
by Doug Patten | 2025-09-07 | Compliance, Generative AI, HR, SMBs
If you’re an SMB leader, “compliance” probably feels like playing whack-a-mole with a blindfold on. Wage transparency requirements pop up in one state while I-9 re-verification deadlines loom in another, and multi-jurisdictional leave laws seem to...
by Doug Patten | 2025-09-01 | Compliance, HR, SMBs
Most teams don’t overspend by writing big checks — they overspend by death-by-a-thousand-apps. A scheduling tool here, a résumé parser there, a compliance widget somewhere else. None are individually “wrong,” but together they create a tangled web of...
by Doug Patten | 2025-08-24 | Compliance, HR, Recruitment, SMBs, Talent Acquisition
A fast-rising wave of state and local policy is reshaping how organizations use AI in people decisions, and small to medium-sized businesses need to pay attention now. California’s proposed “No Robo Bosses Act” (SB 7) would curb over-reliance on...
by Doug Patten | 2025-07-20 | Compliance, HR, SMBs, Training
At a recent concert, a tech company’s leadership team became the center of an unexpected firestorm when the CEO and Chief People Officer were caught in an intimate moment on the venue’s public camera. What should have been a fun, yet forgettable evening...
by Doug Patten | 2025-07-14 | Compliance, HR, SMBs, Talent Acquisition, Uncategorized
Picture this: It’s 3 PM on a Friday, and your HR manager is still buried under a mountain of 200 resumes for a critical marketing position. The phone keeps ringing with questions about benefits, onboarding paperwork sits unfinished on her desk, and compliance...
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