The record
What you told them. What they did.
Dated, with the reasoning attached. If a client ever says nobody warned them, this is the page that says otherwise.
Open recommendations
5
Across four clients.
High exposure, unresolved
3
Wage and hour, classification, documentation.
Oldest with no reply
118d
Since you first raised it.
Acted on
2
Closed and documented.
Reclassify the 11 crew leads from exempt to non-exempt and start paying overtime.
No responseBasis Duties test. They direct work but do not hire, fire, or discipline, and salary alone does not carry the exemption.
Verdant
Advised Apr 14, 2026 · 118 days ago
Last followed up Jul 2, 2026Owner said he would talk to his accountant. No answer since.
Document the safety write-ups before the next termination, not after.
No responseBasis Two terminations in six months with no written record. That pattern is the case against you.
Arcline
Advised Jul 9, 2026 · 32 days ago
Last followed up Jul 30, 2026No response.
Stop the tip pool that includes kitchen management. Redo it with front-of-house only.
MovingBasis FLSA tip pooling rules exclude managers and supervisors.
Ostrich & Vine
Advised Jun 2, 2026 · 69 days ago
Last followed up Jul 28, 2026New pool drafted, waiting on payroll to load it.
Get the I-9 backfile audited before you bid the state contract.
MovingBasis Federal contracting raises the odds of an audit and the file has known gaps.
Verdant
Advised Jul 21, 2026 · 20 days agoMove the front desk staff off 1099 and onto W-2.
Declined in writingBasis Set schedule, practice-supplied equipment, no independent business.
Halcyon
Advised Jun 25, 2026 · 46 days ago
Last followed up Jul 15, 2026Declined for now, in writing. Wants to revisit at the start of next year.
Put the two Colorado postings back up with a salary range before you repost.
DoneBasis Colorado pay transparency applies to any role a Colorado employee could hold.
Meridian
Advised Mar 11, 2026 · 152 days agoAdd a written meal and rest break policy for the Kentucky store.
DoneBasis KY requires a paid rest period and a reasonable meal period. TN rules differ.
Bellwether
Advised May 20, 2026 · 82 days ago
How this screen works
Where the numbers come from
- Every entry is dated the day you gave the advice, and the date cannot be edited afterward. That is the whole point of the record.
- The basis line is the reasoning you gave at the time, kept in your words.
- Follow-ups stamp themselves, so the gap between raising something and chasing it is visible.
What it will not do
- It cannot make a client act. It can only make the asking undeniable.
- A declined item stays on the page permanently. Nothing here gets quietly cleared.
- This is your record of your own advice, not a legal opinion and not a substitute for counsel.