If your business has expanded and you feel it time to delegate some of the tasks, there is no doubt that the next course of action is hiring employees that will assist in running the business. Hiring employees in a home based business has its advantages and disadvantages, just like any other business. In this article, we will look at a number of factors that you must consider when hiring.1. You must be allowed by the city or country laws to have employees working at your home. If the employment type is location based, it is beneficial to check and ensure that the city laws and bylaws allow you to have employees working from your home. If this is not allowed, you may consider outsourcing the work and let your employees work from their own homes and pay them per project completed or per hour.2. Outsource your work before considering full employment. Outsourcing is cheaper and will get the work done according to specifications, at the time you want and by workers you choose. In the long run, if you find a contractor’s work not appealing, choosing another contractor at some other time will be easy and will leave no hard feelings.3. You must be prepared to pay workers on time and have a set of conditions ready for them to read, understand and agree to prior to employment. Before choosing to hire, you must consider the effects of the hiring, how beneficial it is and whether the work you are giving out to employees is worth the pay you will be giving out.4. Since home based businesses are not as stable as location based businesses, your employees must understand that the employment is not guaranteed to last and they should not expect any benefits whatsoever in case the business collapses or you have to cut back on staff.5. Will you be comfortable having strangers working at your home? What effect does that have on your lifestyle and family? You must understand that from the point the workers are admitted at your gate, your family privacy flies out the backyard. You should also consider how each individual employee is comfortable working from your home and how that affects their productivity.6. Conduct a thorough interview and make sure that the employees you are just about to hire can actually do the work you need done, at the times that need to be done. With home based businesses, there is practically no 9 to 5 rule and most of the work is done around the clock.7. An alternative to having a group of employees working out of your study room or living room is to have rent a small office close to your home where you can set up your workstation. You can get a sizable, comfortable and sufficient suite at a reasonable price and if you compare to the sacrifices you would have to make by hosting employees at your home, it may be worth it. This way, you will follow the regulations and business outlines easily as outlined by your local council and business regulations.