With a growing small business, compliance is just one of many things on your to-do list, behind hiring, customer acquisition, and managing day-to-day operations. Here’s a brief checklist of some major federal laws you’ll need to tackle at different employee thresholds in your growth.

Succession planning is a process for identifying and developing internal candidates with the potential to fill key business leadership positions within the organization. It increases the availability of experienced and capable employees that are prepared to assume these roles as they become available. Thus, “replacement planning” for key roles is the core of succession planning. Proactive and effective succession planning management incorporates the development of a plan that promotes qualified...