SHARP HR LLC

SHARP HR LLC Sharp HR provides expert HR consulting for small businesses in Northeast Ohio, helping them navigate the complexities of employee relations and labor law.

We partner with businesses to build robust frameworks for legal compliance, process documentation,

Labor Day weekend, and I keep thinking about the small business owners I know who will work straight through it.The rest...
09/04/2026

Labor Day weekend, and I keep thinking about the small business owners I know who will work straight through it.

The restaurant owner covering a shift because someone called off. The shop owner doing payroll at the kitchen table on Sunday night. The contractor answering the phone at 7 a.m. Monday.

Labor Day is about workers. Owners of two person and twenty person businesses are workers too, and most of them are the hardest working people I know.

If that is you this weekend, I hope you get at least a few hours that belong to you.

Who is the hardest working small business owner you know? Tag them below.

If you are planning to bring on seasonal help for Q4, September is when to start. Not November.Three things to get right...
09/02/2026

If you are planning to bring on seasonal help for Q4, September is when to start. Not November.

Three things to get right before their first day:
1. Classification. A seasonal worker is still an employee in almost every case. Temporary does not mean contractor.
2. Overtime. Seasonal staff earn overtime the same as everyone else, and holiday weeks are exactly when that gets expensive.
3. Onboarding. I-9, Ohio new hire reporting, and workers' comp coverage all apply on day one, even for a six week hire.

Getting this right in September costs you an afternoon. Getting it wrong in December costs considerably more.

Planning seasonal hires this year? Send me a message and I will walk you through it.

August wrap-up: if you hired anyone this summer (or plan to this fall), take 10 minutes and run them through my free New...
08/28/2026

August wrap-up: if you hired anyone this summer (or plan to this fall), take 10 minutes and run them through my free New Hire Checklist - it covers every federal and Ohio requirement plus the onboarding steps that keep new employees from quitting in month two.

Questions about anything on it? Comments and messages are always open.

https://243430939.hs-sites-na2.com/en/new-hire-checklist

Why HR consulting? Because I watched too many good small business owners lose sleep , and sometimes real money, over peo...
08/26/2026

Why HR consulting? Because I watched too many good small business owners lose sleep , and sometimes real money, over people problems they never saw coming.

You're experts at your business. I'm the expert at the employer part, so you don't have to be.

That's Sharp HR in one sentence. What's your business's one-sentence “why”? Share it below. I'd love to read them.

New hire's first day checklist, the short version: I-9 completed within 3 business days. W-4 and Ohio IT-4 collected. Re...
08/24/2026

New hire's first day checklist, the short version: I-9 completed within 3 business days. W-4 and Ohio IT-4 collected. Reported to the Ohio New Hire Reporting Center within 20 days. Required posters up. Handbook signed.

That's the compliance floor. The full checklist (including the onboarding steps that make people actually stay) is free here: https://243430939.hs-sites-na2.com/en/new-hire-checklist

One of my favorite things about BNI: I always know a great local answer to “do you know anyone who…?” Need a bookkeeper,...
08/21/2026

One of my favorite things about BNI: I always know a great local answer to “do you know anyone who…?”

Need a bookkeeper, an insurance agent, an attorney in Northeast Ohio?

Ask me — my chapter is full of people I trust with my own business.

Quick poll for the business owners: how do you handle HR today?A) I do it myself and hope for the best B) My office ma...
08/19/2026

Quick poll for the business owners: how do you handle HR today?
A) I do it myself and hope for the best
B) My office manager “inherited” it
C) I have outside help
D) What's HR? 😅

No wrong answers — but if you picked A, B, or D, my New Hire Checklist is a great free place to start: https://243430939.hs-sites-na2.com/en/new-hire-checklist

Your employee handbook is a legal document, whether you meant it to be or not. Three things I check first in every handb...
08/17/2026

Your employee handbook is a legal document, whether you meant it to be or not.

Three things I check first in every handbook review: (1) an at-will disclaimer, (2) an up-to-date anti-harassment policy with a reporting path, (3) no promises you don't actually keep.

When did yours last get a professional review? If the answer is “never” or “what handbook?” — let's talk.

“I didn't realize how much I was winging it until Miranda rebuilt our onboarding.” Hearing this from a client this week ...
08/14/2026

“I didn't realize how much I was winging it until Miranda rebuilt our onboarding.”

Hearing this from a client this week made my day. Small businesses don't need a big HR department - they need the right pieces in place.

If Sharp HR has helped your business, I'd be so grateful for a recommendation on this page. It's the #1 way other local owners find me.

HR myth: “I have fewer than 15 employees, so employment laws don't apply to me.”Fact: Some federal laws kick in at 15 or...
08/12/2026

HR myth: “I have fewer than 15 employees, so employment laws don't apply to me.”

Fact: Some federal laws kick in at 15 or 20 employees — but wage and hour rules, workers' comp, new hire reporting, and Ohio civil rights laws (which apply at just 4 employees) affect you much sooner than you'd think.

Follow this page for a small-business HR myth busted every month.

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4807 Rockside Road , Suite #400, PMB #700 Independence, OH 44131
Cleveland, OH
44114

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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