Employee Hiring 101

*This will be a live online workshop via Zoom* 

The workshop will cover the steps needed to be taken before you hire your first employee and what to do after you have hired the employee.  It will cover compliance with Federal and Texas law and how to protect your business. 

Things we will cover in this workshop:

• Classifying workers
• Interview Questions to avoid
• Forms that are needed for hiring
• Payroll and payroll taxes
• Benefits
• Employee Contracts and policies
• Protecting your business from Employee issues

Workshop Fee $10

Presented by Amber Cohoon

Attorney Amber K. Cohoon is the President and Managing Attorney of Cohoon Legal. Since its formation in 2017, she has grown the firm from helping individuals begin their new business to handling all the business and real estate matters for multi-million dollar companies. During the thirteen years following graduation from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies, Amber built a solid business foundation. Her experiences range from a Fortune 500 company, start-up companies, small businesses, and an established nonprofit organization with distribution around the globe. She learned how to make organizations thrive. Amber has a genuine heart for people and a devotion to details. Due to her unique combination of passion for business and a desire to serve others, Amber decided to pursue a degree in law, where she could incorporate both of those into one. Today, she’s a licensed Texas attorney with a J.D. from Texas A&M University School of Law. Amber has been married to her husband for seventeen years, has five children, and two dogs. She has lived in the Dallas/Fort Worth area since her childhood and currently lives in North Fort Worth. She enjoys spending time at home with her family, reading and writing fiction, enjoying movies, and binge-watching TV shows.

Cancellation Policy: 

If you need to cancel you must notify us via email 7 days prior to the workshop date. A confirmation of your cancellation will be sent once it is received. Calling the SCORE Fort Worth office is not acceptable for a cancellation notice. All no-shows or cancellations after 7 days will lose their paid workshop fees. 

All workshop fees must be paid in advance prior to workshop date. For security purposes we will not be able to accept payment for workshops at the door unless workshop is being held at James E. Guinn complex in Fort Worth, TX.  

CANCELLATION NOTICES MUST BE IN WRITING AND EMAILED TO: Jenny Day at ch.admin0120@scorevolunteer.org. Any other means of cancellation will not be accepted.  

SCORE is a resource partner with the SBA 

SCORE is a 501(c)(3) non-profit association dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship. We have been doing this for over fifty years. Because our work is supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and thanks to our network of 10,000 volunteers, we are able to deliver our services at no charge or at very low cost. 

Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.  All opinions, and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA.