Sarah Mitchell

Content Specialist
Short bio
Sarah Mitchell writes clear, practical content on payroll accuracy, HR operations, and SMB compliance for Payrun.

About the author

Sarah Mitchell is a content specialist dedicated to simplifying payroll and HR operations for small and mid-sized businesses. Before joining Payrun, she worked as an HR documentation writer and payroll process consultant, where she crafted compliance checklists, payroll accuracy guides, employee onboarding documents, and internal HR knowledge bases used by SMB teams across various industries.

Her passion for payroll content began when she noticed how frequently small businesses struggled with recurring compliance questions and wage calculation errors — not due to complexity, but due to unclear or inconsistent information. She set out to create content that replaces complexity with clarity and gives SMB operators confidence in their payroll processes.

At Payrun, Sarah develops educational content covering payroll accuracy, wage compliance, HR workflows, and people-first operations. Her writing emphasizes clarity, practicality, and compliance alignment, helping founders and HR teams navigate payroll with ease.

When she’s not writing, Sarah enjoys researching labor policy updates, mentoring early-career HR professionals, experimenting with documentation formats, and exploring Colorado’s mountain trails with her two dogs.

Latest blogs from the author

Payroll Compliance Checklist For Accurate And Legal Payroll

Running payroll sounds straightforward until you realize it involves federal income tax withholding, state unemployment tax filings, wage calculations, and dozens of deadlines that shift from year to year. Miss one step and the IRS or Department of Labor may come...

Best Leave Management Software For Accurate Leave Tracking

Growing teams hit a wall with spreadsheets faster than most founders expect. One day you have 15 people, and a shared Google Sheet works fine. Then you hire across two cities, add remote workers, and suddenly nobody knows who approved what. A 50-person company I spoke...