Expansion plan — not a current service area
Restaurant HR and payroll support in New England
If you operate outside Massachusetts, say so on the call and you will get a straight answer about timing rather than a maybe.
To be unambiguous: Massachusetts is the only state BOHO serves today. Nothing on this page is an offer of service in Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, or Maine.
The corridor
Where BOHO expects to expand, and in what order
Near-term · not yet available
Connecticut
Adjacent market, distinct state wage, sick-leave, and reporting requirements to work through before serving anyone here.
Near-term · not yet available
Rhode Island
Small geography, dense restaurant market. Same requirement: state rules understood properly before any commitment.
Near-term · not yet available
New Hampshire
Different state framework again, including where the tipped wage and reporting obligations sit.
Near-term · not yet available
Vermont
Seasonal restaurant economy with its own state requirements to establish.
Near-term · not yet available
Maine
Strongly seasonal market where headcount thresholds move within a single year.
Conditions
What has to be true before a state is added
- State wage, sick-leave, and reporting requirements understood well enough to administer, not just to summarise.
- Payroll tax registration and filing workflows established for the state.
- Contract terms and service schedules reviewed for that jurisdiction.
- Enough capacity that adding a state does not degrade service to existing Massachusetts clients.
- A handbook and onboarding template that is actually state-specific, rather than a Massachusetts document with a state name changed.
The fifth point is the one that most often gets skipped in this industry. A multi-state provider running one generic handbook template across six jurisdictions is not offering state-specific support; it is offering a document with a different word at the top.
In the meantime
If you operate outside Massachusetts
Get in touch anyway. Two useful things can come of it, and neither requires pretending BOHO can serve you today.
First, you will get a straight answer about whether and when your state is realistically on the list — which is more useful than being quietly added to a pipeline. Second, much of the operational material on this site is not Massachusetts-specific at all. The payroll approval checklist, the tipped-payroll workflow, and the offboarding checklist describe process rather than state rules, and they are free to use wherever you operate.
Your restaurant remains the employer of record and approves payroll and employment decisions. BOHO is not a PEO, a staffing agency, or legal counsel.