KY Legalizes Medical Cannabis ATA Employment Solutions is committed to helping its clients navigate and manage everchanging compliance and employment laws.  We can help draft a new, comprehensive policy, handbook or revise your current policies to bring them up to standard with recent changes.     You may have heard that On March 31st, KY Gov. Andy Beshear signed into law SB 47, which legalized medical cannabis. KY makes it 37 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto

Natasha Pennington sat down with Merry Brown on the Conflict Managed podcast to discuss “red flags at work” and feeling “stuck”.  Natasha shares personal stories of both toxic and wonderful work environments, and the juxtaposition of being minimized vs being invested in, supported, and cared for. She also offers advice on how to deal with difficult and sensitive problems at work, such as hygiene issues.  Conflict Managed is hosted by Merry Brown and produced by Third Party

ATA-Employment Solutions joined GROWWTH – Growing Relational and Occupational Wealth in West Tennessee Households is the result of a community partnership led by the University of Memphis upon being awarded a TN Opportunity Pilot Initiative Implementation Grant in the amount of $25,000,000 to improve outcomes for West TN low-income families.  The goal of GROWWTH is to eliminate key barriers to self-sufficiency for low-income individuals in the West TN region.   Implementation of the initiative began November

ATA Employment Solutions is proud to announce that COO Traci Tyler, sHRBP, LDSS has earned the Boomer Certified Consultant credential. The Boomer Certified Consultant Training is a workshop and project-based certification program that reflects Traci’s commitment to clients and demonstrates her expertise to deliver consulting, forecasting, and strategy services that help clients solve problems and achieve their goals. If you are interested in learning how Traci’s new credential can benefit your business, feel free to contact her via email at ttyler@ata-es.com or

 When looking at the individuals in your company, their roles will fall into one of four categories: critical, core, supporting or misaligned. Let’s look at each of these in detail to assist you in mapping out responsibilities. Click here to watch the video! Utilize this flowchart to discover where you are in the process of succession planning. This chart includes links to in-depth videos about succession planning. For more information about leadership succession, contact ATA Employment Solutions.

Although more than 30% of family-owned businesses transition successfully to the second generation, just 12% of those businesses are viable for the third generation, and a mere 3% are operating by the fourth generation, according to Family Business Review. This video series explores practical ways to think outside the box when planning the future of your business such as outsourcing employee functions and creating a strategic succession plan. Click here to watch the video! Request a

Union City, Tenn. — Accounting firm Alexander Thompson Arnold PLLC (ATA) recently announced an acquisition of Center Point Business Solutions. Center Point will become a full-service Professional Employer Organization (PEO) known as ATA Employment Solutions (ATAES), effective Jan. 1, 2021. “We are excited for Center Point to join our Family of Firms,” said ATA managing partner, John Whybrew. “This acquisition provides so many benefits for both companies and their client bases.” Center Point Business Solutions is

ATA Employment Solutions is pleased to introduce Natasha Pennington as our newest Client Manager. Natasha is a certified SHRM Professional and has a Master of Science Degree in Human Resources as well as a Graduate Certificate in Organizational Leadership & Human Resources Management. Natasha grew up in California on a 1.5 acre lot on a mini farm with chickens, turkeys, ducks, dogs, pigs, and horses. Natasha’s husband, Russell, proposed to her in Tennessee while they were

Drug testing simply put, is a part of life for millions of people and organizations.  But not all drug tests are created equally.  One of the most frequent questions we get from employers is “Do you offer instant drug testing?” It is always our intent to be transparent with our clients so while we can and will instant test if the employer insists, it is not a standard service that we actively promote.  Even realizing the

Budget cuts are a necessity for any successful business; however, when making these cuts, don’t be penny wise and pound foolish by cutting too much of your training budget.  As technologies and best practices change, employees need to be trained and sometimes refreshed on key topics.  Sometimes tenured employees are promoted to management but they fail miserably because they lack the management experience and training.  There are several key benefits of training employees: Increased productivity:  W’with