Hiring Your First Employee

Start here: Hiring Your First Employee in California: The Checklist From EIN to First Payroll

• California New-Hire Paperwork: Every Form, Notice and Pamphlet an Employer Must Provide, With the Agency Page for EachThe forms and notices a California employer completes or hands over at hire: I-9, W-4, DE 4, DE 34, the 2810.5 notice and the…
• What an Employee Really Costs a California Employer in 2026: Every Payroll Tax, With a Worked ExampleA $20-an-hour employee costs a new California employer about $3,469 in 2026 payroll taxes on top of $41,600 in wages. Every rate, with its…
• Hiring Your First Employee in California: The Checklist From EIN to First PayrollA first California hire in order: EIN, EDD account and workers' compensation before day one, the DE 34 within 20 days, then payroll, with…