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I-9 Compliance & Reverification Checklist
Compliance
Work through Section 1, Section 2, and reverification deadlines the way an auditor would, so a Form I-9 review does not turn into a fine.
Get the checklistEmployee Handbook Compliance Guide
Compliance
The policies every handbook needs to satisfy federal and state employment law, plus the language that quietly creates risk.
Get the guideFLSA Overtime Eligibility Checker
Pay & Classification
Test a role against the salary and duties tests before you classify it, and document why you landed where you did.
Get the toolCompensation Benchmarking Starter Guide
Pay & Classification
How to pick survey sources, match jobs honestly, and build pay ranges you can defend to finance and to your employees.
Get the guideNew Hire Onboarding Checklist
Hiring & Onboarding
Every task from offer acceptance through day 90, mapped to who owns it, so new hires are productive instead of waiting.
Get the checklistOSHA Workplace Safety Audit Checklist
Safety
Walk your facility against the standards OSHA actually cites, and fix the findings before an inspector writes them up.
Get the checklistThe full library
Everything Catapult publishes, in one place
Six collections, each maintained by the Catapult advisors, attorneys, and specialists who do this work for members every day.
HR Guides & Playbooks
Eighteen practitioner-written guides across compliance, hiring, pay, leave, and employee relations. Written by certified HR pros, not content mills.
Browse the guidesFree HR Tools & Templates
The full download library: checklists, policy templates, and calculators built for HR and finance teams handling real workforce decisions.
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Plain-English definitions for more than 130 HR, benefits, and employment law terms. Useful when you need to explain one to a manager today.
Search the glossaryHR Blog
What changed this month in employment law, and what employers should actually do about it. New posts as rulings and agency guidance land.
Read the blogClient Success Stories
How employers across the Southeast solved compliance crises, retention problems, and HR functions that had stopped working.
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Conversations with Catapult advisors and HR leaders on the people problems that do not fit neatly into a policy document.
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What changed for employers this month
Employment law moves faster than most handbooks do. These are the most recent rulings, agency updates, and practical takes from our team.
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