human resources
July 31, 2026 blogger Business, Financial strategies, human resources, Medicial Marijuana, payroll, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
Compared to licensing, compliance, and supply chains, payroll rarely receives the same level of scrutiny from operators because it’s perceived as a back-office function rather than a risk surface. As long as people are getting paid, it’s assumed to be “working,” even when the underlying systems are brittle, inconsistent, or misaligned with how the business […]
Business, Financial strategies, human resources, payroll
June 4, 2026 blogger Business, compliance, Green Leaf Business Solutions, human resources, Industry Analysis, Medicial Marijuana, Operations, Policy, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
Every conversation about cannabis risk follows the same script: Regulatory uncertainty, 280E, capital access, and maybe interstate commerce, depending on the room. None of that is wrong, and operators dealing with those pressures daily don’t need me to tell them they’re real. But after more than a decade working inside this industry, watching companies scale, […]
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January 8, 2026 blogger compliance, hiring, HR, human resources, Industry Analysis, Medicial Marijuana, Operations, payroll, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
When a new cannabis business starts hiring, the focus is usually on speed. You need people to pack, label, deliver, and sell. Payroll and HR often come later—until a compliance notice, tax penalty, or angry employee forces attention. By that point, “later” has turned into a crisis. I’ve watched that scene play out too many […]
compliance, hiring, HR, human resources, Industry Analysis, Operations, payroll
November 14, 2025 blogger cannabis payroll, HR, human resources, Medicial Marijuana, outsourcing, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
Most cannabis operators I meet are juggling a lot more than they expected. One day they’re handling payroll, the next they’re sorting out compliance, and somehow still trying to grow the business. HR usually gets squeezed somewhere in between. It’s not that owners don’t care about it; it’s that the list of urgent problems never […]
cannabis payroll, HR, human resources, outsourcing
October 21, 2025 blogger compliance, human resources, Medicial Marijuana, Operations, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
Most cannabis dispensaries are small businesses. That often means they operate on tight margins and require employees to take on roles outside their typical job descriptions. It’s common for owners or general managers to handle HR and payroll functions themselves. What begins as an understandable cost-saving measure, however, can quickly become disastrous. As federal rescheduling draws near, […]
compliance, human resources, Operations
June 29, 2023 blogger 280e, account development, acquisitions, Act, administration, administrative, analysis, analytics, background, Banking, Business, Business Analysis, cannabis, compliance, compliant, Cultivation, dispensary, employee, employer, extraction, Federal, filing, government, Growing, Health, HR, HR tasks, human, human resources, industry, insurance, labor, Law, Legal, legalization, Legalize, legislation, liabilities, license, Local, managed, management, market, marketing, Medicial Marijuana, MSP, Murer, Nicholas, Nick, onboarding, Operations, pay transparency, payment, payroll administration, project management, provider, regulation, Regulations, regulatory, reporting, resources, Retail, safe, sales, screening, service, Sponsored Content, state, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, Tax, taxes, tracking, unemployment, verification, WECO, weed, withdrawal
As the cannabis industry grows, companies are faced with more labor related compliance and regulatory issues, which require time and expertise. Rather than hire internal staff to manage human resources (HR) and compliance, many companies choose to outsource nearly 85% of HR functions. These functions include payroll administration, HR tasks and other employment liabilities, like […]
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