How a Single HR Consultant Supports 50-State Compliance for Clients

“The SixFifty AI feature is my favorite. It’s like a Google for employment law—but better.”

The challenge

Transitioning from in-house HR to consultancy owner required modern, time-saving research tools.

When Angela Hayes set out to start her solo consultancy Senta, after 20 years managing HR and employee relations in-house for large corporations, she knew she needed help.

Building an HR services business is hard enough. But for Hayes, it also meant she would have to get back in the weeds of writing policies, updating handbooks, and preparing hiring agreements for clients—a far cry from the most recent decade of her career spent in people management-focused roles.

In a way, she was returning to her roots.

To keep up with the day-to-day grind of tracking employment law changes across 50 states for her clients and consistently provide reliable advice, a process change was in order.

“This is how I used to do it,” said Hayes, plopping down a thousand-page book of California labor laws on her desk. “I would have to look through the table of contents, and if I didn’t know the name of the law, I might miss something, or advise incorrectly. Or I’d have outdated books because these were expensive, and my previous employers didn’t buy them for us all the time.”

“Even as the internet evolved and we could do the research online, I would have to go to literally dozens, if not hundreds, of websites.”

Hayes needed a platform that could allow her to create modern policies and update handbooks with ease, while automatically ensuring clients’ compliance with the law, without relying on potentially unreliable information from Google or ChatGPT.

That’s why she turned to SixFifty.

“There are really big implications if we don’t get it right. People don’t fully understand the risk and liability that you take on as an HR practitioner.”

The solution

SixFifty’s AI-powered employment law search gave Senta an edge in serving clients with reliable information.

In particular, Hayes turned to SixFifty’s Research module and AI-powered employment law search, SixFifty AI, to bridge her knowledge gaps, so she could offer actionable advice to clients at a moment’s notice instead of spending hours on manual research.

Unlike generic search engines or forums, SixFifty AI is built specifically with HR professionals in mind. The answers come from real employment lawyers and are written in plain English—with no legalese, so there’s no confusion.

3 ways SixFifty AI supercharges Senta’s compliance offerings

SixFifty AI’s speed and accuracy—paired with SixFifty’s automatic updates—has directly allowed Hayes’ consultancy Senta to deliver valuable compliance outcomes to its clients faster than they could with generic policy templates or more manual software.

There are three key tenets of SixFifty AI that have made it a must-have tool for Hayes:

• SixFifty AI is backed by SixFifty’s industry-leading Research library: When it comes to compliance research, you shouldn’t have to cross your fingers and hope your sources are accurate, but that’s the reality with most AI tools.
  
  In contrast, SixFifty AI draws its information directly from within SixFifty’s database of human-vetted research entries instead of the open web. This helps mitigate  inaccuracies, hallucinations, and outdated info that have no business making it in front of a client.
  
  “For me—because I’ve actually tested this where I’ve asked SixFifty AI a question, then I’ve gone to a chatGPT, or Google AI Mode, and compared answers—it’s very clear that SixFifty is built off of employment law,” said Hayes.

• SixFifty AI provides source links for each chat response it gives: “Some of these laws are really lengthy,” said Hayes. “They’re really complex, they’re really nuanced, and a client sometimes has questions. And so [for SixFifty] to be able to put that into a really effective and clear summary, I found those to be really effective.”
  
  “And what I like the most is that there are actual links directly to the laws. So anything that I ask about, it links out to the EEOC, ADA, Department of Labor, and I can read the law specifically if I need to, or provide that to my client if I need to, and it’s all there at my fingertips.”

• SixFifty AI drills down to the  federal, state, and jurisdiction level with pinpoint accuracy: SixFifty doesn’t provide general compliance language, but specific requirements and action items for every area of employment law—including wage, job posting requirements, pay transparency, non-competes, separation, and more.
  
  “Even between cities like San Francisco and Berkeley, the laws are different,” said Hayes. “Google and ChatGPT don’t catch that detail, but SixFifty does.”
  
  “Some of the laws are incredibly complex. The way SixFifty breaks it down into clear summaries is so effective.”

“I can’t imagine being an HR practitioner and not using SixFifty at this point. It gives me confidence that I’m up to date, that I’m accurate, and that I’m delivering real value.”

The impact

More confidence, less risk, and countless hours saved through SixFifty’s automated compliance platform.

As Senta grows, SixFifty is helping Angela scale with confidence, giving her the legal foundation she needs to take on more clients without sacrificing quality or peace of mind.

With SixFifty in her toolkit, Hayes doesn’t just save time—she delivers higher-quality service with less stress and second-guessing.

“I’ve saved hours, which is fantastic. But for me, the real return on investment is in the risk mitigation—making sure my clients are compliant and confident, with accurate information.”

Now, instead of chasing down conflicting sources or emailing outside counsel for every question, Hayes can quickly find and act on reliable info.

And never having to pore over a dense, 40-pound volume of legal text ever again? That’s just the cherry on top.