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Protect Your People and Profits: Seven Big Payroll Mistakes to Avoid

Protect Your People and Profits: Seven Big Payroll Mistakes to Avoid

Update: 2025-09-09
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Your trucks might run on gas, but your business runs on people, and payroll mistakes can grind everything to a halt. This episode, we’re joined by Inova leaders Mary Leveridge, Executive VP, and Kathey Palmer, Chief Growth Officer. They unpack the seven most common payroll and HR traps that field service companies face. From worker misclassification and time-tracking pitfalls to prevailing wage compliance and the risks of manual payroll entry, they show how to avoid costly mistakes and build a business that is stronger, more resilient, and more profitable.


Join us as we discuss: 


  • [8:04 ] Employee vs. contractor: misclassification explained

  • [23:06 ] Why onboarding defines employee retention

  • [31:49 ] Manual data entry: small errors, big consequences


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Protect Your People and Profits: Seven Big Payroll Mistakes to Avoid

Protect Your People and Profits: Seven Big Payroll Mistakes to Avoid

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