1. Who We Are
Arbiter HR is a product of Slate Holdings LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company. Slate Holdings operates Arbiter HR and is the contracting party for these Terms. References to "Arbiter HR" in these Terms mean Slate Holdings LLC in its capacity as operator of the Arbiter HR product.
Mailing address: 30 N Gould St, Ste N, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA
Email: hello@arbiterhr.com
2. What You're Buying
Arbiter HR workbooks are digital reference materials for HR and payroll professionals. Each workbook covers one topic (such as Final Pay & Termination or Paid Leave) and provides state-by-state rules across all 50 states + DC, with citations to primary sources including Department of Labor guidance, state labor departments, IRS publications, and applicable statutes and regulations.
Workbooks are delivered as digital files (Excel and Google Sheets formats) that you download to your own systems. You retain access to the downloaded file indefinitely; there is no expiration date on the file you receive.
We currently refresh workbook content monthly and intend to continue that cadence. Monthly refreshes are delivered by email to the address used at purchase. We may modify the refresh cadence with reasonable notice to active purchasers. Monthly refreshes are a current operating practice, not a contractual commitment, and we do not guarantee any specific refresh frequency.
3. License Grant
Subject to your compliance with these Terms and payment of the purchase price, we grant you a perpetual, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to use the workbook you purchased for your own internal HR, payroll, and compliance work within your organization.
This license permits you to:
- Open, view, edit, and annotate the workbook on your own systems
- Reference the workbook in your work with employees, managers, contractors, and counsel within your organization
- Print and distribute copies internally within your organization for HR and payroll purposes
- Receive monthly refreshes of the workbook while your email address remains on the active update list
This license does not permit you to:
- Resell, redistribute, sublicense, syndicate, or republish the workbook or its content in any form
- Make the workbook or any substantial portion available to third parties outside your organization, whether for compensation or not
- Use the workbook, in whole or in part, as training data for any artificial intelligence model, machine learning system, or analogous technology
- Create derivative products, services, or datasets based on the workbook for distribution to third parties
- Remove, alter, or obscure any copyright notices, citations, disclaimers, or branding contained in the workbook
- Use the workbook in any jurisdiction outside the United States (see Section 5)
For licensing terms that exceed the scope of this grant — including resale, redistribution, syndication, or use in third-party products — contact hello@arbiterhr.com to discuss separate licensing arrangements.
4. Purchase, Pricing, and Payment
Workbooks are sold through Gumroad. When you purchase a workbook, you enter into a transaction governed both by these Terms and by Gumroad's own Terms of Service. Pricing is set on the Arbiter HR product pages and is subject to change for future purchases without notice. The price in effect at the time of your purchase is the price you pay.
Bundles and the Complete Catalog are sold as collections of individual workbooks at a discounted total price. The license grant in Section 3 applies separately to each workbook included in a bundle.
Payment is processed by Gumroad through their payment infrastructure. We do not store your full payment card information. Gumroad's privacy practices for transaction data are governed by Gumroad's own privacy policy.
5. Customer Geographic Eligibility
Arbiter HR products are offered to United States customers only. By purchasing a workbook, you represent that you are purchasing from the United States and that your intended use is within the United States. If you purchase from outside the United States, we will refund your purchase automatically and cancel any license grant, per our Refund Policy.
We do not provide content for jurisdictions outside the United States, and our workbooks do not address employment, payroll, or HR law of any country other than the United States.
6. Refunds
Refunds are governed by our Refund Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. In summary: workbooks are refundable within 30 days of purchase at our discretion through Gumroad's refund mechanism. The Refund Policy contains the full terms.
7. Content Disclaimer and Customer Responsibility
This section is foundational. Read it carefully.
7.1 Workbooks are reference materials, not legal advice
Arbiter HR workbooks are reference and research materials for HR and payroll professionals. They provide structured access to publicly available employment law, payroll regulation, and compliance information, organized for HR workflows.
Workbooks are not legal advice. Nothing in any workbook is intended to be, or should be relied upon as, legal advice for any specific situation, employee, or business. Workbooks do not establish an attorney-client relationship between you and Arbiter HR, Slate Holdings, or any of our staff or contributors. Slate Holdings LLC is not a law firm and is not authorized to practice law.
Workbooks are not your lawyer. Our content is developed by HR and payroll practitioners, not attorneys. We do not provide legal representation. We do not owe you a duty of legal counsel.
Workbooks are not a substitute for counsel. Employment law and payroll regulation are technical and fact-specific. The same general rule applies differently depending on jurisdiction, industry, headcount, employee classification, collective bargaining status, and many other factors. For specific situations involving real employees, claims, audits, or legal exposures, consult an attorney licensed in the relevant jurisdiction.
7.2 Customer responsibility
When you use Arbiter HR workbook content to inform a decision, you are responsible for:
- Verifying current law. Employment law changes. We refresh content monthly, but state and federal regulators issue guidance, enforcement positions, and rule changes on their own schedules. Before acting on a workbook rule, verify against the cited primary source.
- Evaluating applicability. Determining whether a particular rule applies to your specific situation, employee, or business is your responsibility as the HR or payroll professional. We provide the rule; you apply it.
- Consulting counsel where warranted. For situations involving potential litigation, regulatory investigation, complex employee relations matters, or any other circumstance where the cost of getting it wrong is material, consult an attorney before acting.
- Communicating disclaimers downstream. If you share workbook content with employees, managers, contractors, or other parties, the disclaimer travels with the content. Recipients should understand that workbook content is reference material based on cited public sources, not legal advice about any specific situation.
7.3 Currency
Each workbook reflects our research methodology as of the refresh date printed on Tab 1. Between refreshes, regulatory changes may occur that are not yet incorporated. For high-stakes decisions, verify against the cited primary source before acting.
If you discover an error in any workbook, please email hello@arbiterhr.com. We correct errors in the next monthly edition and, for material errors, will issue a correction notice to active subscribers ahead of the regular monthly cycle.
7.4 No attorney-client relationship
Use of Arbiter HR workbooks, communication with Arbiter HR or Slate Holdings staff, and receipt of any Arbiter HR content does not create an attorney-client relationship. Information you provide through correspondence with us is not protected by attorney-client privilege.
The full Content Disclaimer is available at arbiterhr.com/disclaimer and is incorporated into these Terms by reference.
8. Acceptable Use
You agree to use Arbiter HR workbooks only for lawful purposes and only in accordance with these Terms. In addition to the license restrictions in Section 3, you agree not to:
- Use workbook content to advise third parties for compensation in a manner that would constitute the unauthorized practice of law
- Use workbook content for unlawful purposes, including but not limited to facilitating employment discrimination, retaliation, or any other unlawful employment practice
- Misrepresent your relationship to Arbiter HR or Slate Holdings in any communication with third parties
- Use Arbiter HR workbooks or content in connection with any service that competes with Arbiter HR or Slate Holdings
- Circumvent or attempt to circumvent any technical restrictions on the workbook files or on the delivery mechanism
You are responsible for your use of workbook content and for any decisions made based on it. You are responsible for ensuring that any individuals within your organization who access workbook content are bound by use restrictions consistent with these Terms.
We reserve the right to refuse future purchases, terminate the update relationship, or take other appropriate action where we detect violations of this section.
9. Intellectual Property
Arbiter HR workbooks, including their selection, arrangement, organization, formatting, methodology, and original commentary, are the copyrighted work of Slate Holdings LLC. The underlying laws, regulations, and primary-source materials cited in the workbooks are not copyrighted by us; we claim no ownership of public-domain government works. Our copyright extends to the compilation and presentation of those materials.
You may not use the Arbiter HR name, the Slate Holdings name, or any related branding in connection with any product, service, or communication without our prior written permission, except as necessary to reference us as the source of content you have permission to use under Section 3.
If you believe content in any Arbiter HR workbook infringes a copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property right you hold, contact hello@arbiterhr.com with details and we will investigate.
10. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law:
Arbiter HR provides workbooks "as is" and "as available." We do not warrant that workbooks are error-free, current to a specific date beyond the refresh date printed on Tab 1, complete, suitable for any particular purpose, or applicable to your specific situation. All implied warranties — including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement — are disclaimed to the extent permitted by law.
Our liability is capped. In no event will Slate Holdings LLC, Arbiter HR, or any of our officers, directors, employees, contributors, or affiliates be liable to you for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, including but not limited to lost profits, lost business opportunities, lost data, employment claims, regulatory penalties, or other reliance damages — even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Our maximum aggregate liability to you for any claim arising out of or related to these Terms, your purchase, or your use of any Arbiter HR workbook will not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you actually paid us for the workbook giving rise to the claim, or (b) one hundred dollars ($100).
This limitation applies regardless of the legal theory on which the claim is based (contract, tort, statute, or otherwise) and regardless of whether the limited remedies fail of their essential purpose.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. To the extent such limitations are prohibited by applicable law in your jurisdiction, those limitations do not apply to you, and our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
11. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Slate Holdings LLC, Arbiter HR, and our officers, directors, employees, contributors, and affiliates from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, settlements, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to:
- Your use of Arbiter HR workbooks or content in violation of these Terms or applicable law
- Employment decisions, HR actions, or other business decisions you make with reference to Arbiter HR content, where those decisions result in claims, litigation, regulatory action, or other liabilities against you
- Your representation, distribution, or sharing of workbook content with third parties
- Your violation of any third party's intellectual property, privacy, or other rights in connection with your use of Arbiter HR content
This indemnification obligation survives termination of the license and termination of your relationship with Arbiter HR.
12. Privacy
Our handling of personal information is governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.
13. Dispute Resolution
13.1 Informal resolution first
Before filing any formal claim, you agree to contact us at hello@arbiterhr.com and attempt to resolve the dispute informally. We will work in good faith to resolve disputes raised through this informal process. If we cannot resolve a dispute within 30 days, either party may proceed to formal resolution.
13.2 Binding arbitration
Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or related to these Terms, your purchase of Arbiter HR workbooks, or your use of Arbiter HR content that is not resolved informally will be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Arbitration Rules. Arbitration will be conducted in Sheridan, Wyoming or, at the parties' agreement, by remote proceedings.
Judgment on any arbitration award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
13.3 Class action waiver
You and Arbiter HR each agree that any dispute will be resolved on an individual basis only. Neither party may bring or participate in a class action, collective action, mass arbitration, consolidated proceeding, or representative action against the other.
13.4 Carve-out
Either party may pursue claims for injunctive relief or equitable remedies in a court of competent jurisdiction for violations of intellectual property rights, violations of Section 8 (Acceptable Use), or violations of the license restrictions in Section 3. Either party may also pursue small claims for amounts within the jurisdictional limit of small claims courts.
13.5 Opt-out
You may opt out of arbitration and the class action waiver by sending written notice to hello@arbiterhr.com within 30 days of your first purchase. The notice must include your name, email address used for purchase, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out of arbitration. Opting out does not affect any other provision of these Terms.
14. Governing Law and Venue
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. To the extent any dispute is not subject to arbitration under Section 13, the parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in Sheridan County, Wyoming.
15. Changes to These Terms
We may modify these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be communicated by email to active workbook customers (those whose email remains on the active update list) at least 30 days before the changes take effect. Continued use of Arbiter HR content after the effective date of the changes constitutes acceptance of the modified Terms. The effective date at the top of these Terms reflects the most recent version.
Changes to these Terms do not apply retroactively to claims that have already arisen.
16. Termination
You may terminate your relationship with Arbiter HR at any time by ceasing to use workbook content and unsubscribing from the monthly update list. Termination does not entitle you to a refund except as provided in our Refund Policy.
We may terminate the update relationship with you if you violate these Terms. Termination of the update relationship means you stop receiving monthly refreshes, but your perpetual license to the workbook editions you previously received continues subject to the restrictions in Section 3. Material violations (resale, redistribution, AI training use, or any breach of Section 8 Acceptable Use) terminate your license entirely and may result in additional legal action.
17. Force Majeure
We are not liable for any failure or delay in performance under these Terms caused by events outside our reasonable control — including natural disasters, war, terrorism, riots, embargoes, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods, accidents, network or systems failures, denial-of-service attacks, infrastructure provider outages, or shortages of transportation, fuel, energy, labor, or materials.
18. Feedback
If you send us feedback, suggestions, or ideas about Arbiter HR, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that feedback for any purpose without compensation or attribution. We have no obligation to use any feedback you provide.
19. Assignment
You may not assign, transfer, or sublicense your rights under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a corporate transaction, including a sale of Slate Holdings or sale of substantially all of our assets, without your consent.
20. Survival
The following provisions survive termination of these Terms: Section 3 (License Grant, to the extent of restrictions on continued use), Section 7 (Content Disclaimer), Section 8 (Acceptable Use), Section 9 (Intellectual Property), Section 10 (Limitation of Liability), Section 11 (Indemnification), Section 13 (Dispute Resolution), Section 14 (Governing Law and Venue), Section 18 (Feedback), and this Section 20.
21. Severability and Waiver
If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remainder of these Terms will continue in full force and effect. Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms is not a waiver of our right to enforce that provision later.
22. Entire Agreement
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, Refund Policy, and Content Disclaimer, constitute the entire agreement between you and Arbiter HR regarding your purchase and use of Arbiter HR workbooks. They supersede any prior or contemporaneous agreements, communications, or representations.
23. Contact
Questions about these Terms — email hello@arbiterhr.com.
Slate Holdings LLC, operator of Arbiter HR
30 N Gould St, Ste N, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA