This is no joke. When I hired my business's first employee here in Kentucky, the crush of fees, rules and paperwork that came along with her were jaw-dropping. All of a sudden, the government - especially the school board and local agencies - were mailing us with their hands out. Having that first employee triggered things like sales tax forms, quarterly filing requirements, payroll questionnaires, etc. I began to feel that that employee I hired (an office manager) spent 50% of her time trying to make sense of all the new requirements we had because she was hired.

That business eventually went south and now I know better. I will never hire anyone again until the money is flowing in the door at a speed I simply can't keep up with.