Brian Bride

Kaizen Time podcast cover art showing an office manager reviewing payroll data on a tablet and an auto repair technician holding a timesheet and invoice, with a scale balancing money and time between them, illustrating flag rate pay in auto repair shops.

Flag Rate Pay in Auto Repair Shops: The Compliance Piece

If you run an auto repair shop, there's a good chance you already pay your technicians on flag rate, also called flat rate. It's the standard pay...

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Thumbnail for the Kaizen Time podcast episode 'Notices & Handbooks 2026.' Two bearded men stand in front of screens showing a color-coded US map and a wall of labor law compliance posters, including an Employee Handbook poster and a US flag notice. One man holds a printed Employee Handbook, the other gestures toward a calendar icon labeled 'Updated' with a green checkmark. Text overlay reads 'Blood, Sweat & Business: Kaizen Time' and 'Notices & Handbooks 2026,' with the Kaizen CPAs logo in the bottom right.

Employee Handbook and Labor Law Mistakes That Cost Shops Thousands

Employee handbooks and the posters in the break room get lumped together a lot. Paperwork. Compliance stuff. Something you set up once and forget...

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Kaizen Time podcast thumbnail shpwing two men at a desk pointing at a holographic AI security graphic between them, with text reading 'Is AI Taking Over Payroll?

What AI Agents Actually Do in Payroll (And What They Still Can't)

A lot of people hear "AI" and picture something that runs on its own. In payroll, that's not what's happening, and it's not what should be happening.

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Brian Bride and host discuss unemployment taxation on the Kaizen Time podcast, surrounded by robots and aliens

How Your Unemployment Tax Rate Gets Set (And How to Keep It Low)

Unemployment tax is one of those payroll costs that quietly adds up, and most employers have no idea they have any control over it. You do. Your rate...

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Two business advisors wielding lightsabers to fight off I-9 audit notices and compliance fines, with E-Verify visible in the background. Kaizen Time episode: Hacking I-9 Compliance.

The I-9 Errors That Used to Get a Warning Now Get a Fine

Most business owners know they're supposed to collect an I-9 when they hire someone. What a lot of them don't realize is how easy it is to get it...

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Sci-fi-inspired Kaizen Time podcast artwork showing two business professionals wielding glowing energy swords to cut through flying paper time cards and payroll paperwork, symbolizing the risks, chaos, and inefficiency of manual payroll systems.

Why Your Paper Timecards are a Liability (and How to Fix It)

I am sitting here looking at a standard piece of 8.5 by 11-inch white paper. To most people, it is just a tool for notes. But in the world of...

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