Hiring your first employees in Fort Worth
The employer registrations to make before the first payday.
Food handler certificates for staff
Texas Department of State Health ServicesTexas
Every employee who works with unpackaged food, equipment or food-contact surfaces finishes an accredited food handler course within 30 days of hire. Certified food managers are exempt.
- Fee
- Varies
- Filed
- Filed online
- Takes
- Each food employee must complete an accredited food handler course within 30 days of being hired; the training provider issues the card.
- Renews
- Valid to the date on the card, or 2 years if none.
Unemployment tax account
Texas Workforce CommissionTexas
Register online once you pay wages in Texas.
- Fee
- Free
- Filed
- Filed online
- Takes
- Account number issued instantly online.
Guides for each business in Fort Worth
Agency requirements change. Check each agency's page before you file.
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Get the plan for your business in Fort Worth
This guide covers the city. Your exact address decides the county, the health district and the zoning. Placetta maps every filing for it, fills the official forms from your details, adds the deadlines and puts them up for your approval.
- The full list for your address, in filing order
- The official forms, filled line by line
- Renewal and inspection reminders