---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-21-013111"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HQI"
cik: "0001140102"
company_name: "HireQuest, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T01:34:09.793703+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HireQuest director Payne Brown resigns due to employer policy; board reduces to 6

## Summary
- Payne Brown resigned as director effective December 8, 2021, due to his employer's policy barring public company board service.
- Resignation was not due to any disagreement with the Company, management, or board.
- Board size reduced from seven to six directors until a replacement is found.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-21-013111
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HQI
- cik: 0001140102
- company_name: HireQuest, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000165495421013111/0001654954-21-013111-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000165495421013111/hqi_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-21-013111.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Payne Brown resigned as Director at HireQuest, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 8, 2021, Payne Brown, a member of the Board of Directors of HireQuest, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his resignation as director of the Company, effective immediately, as a result of a policy at his place of employment that does not allow him to serve as director for public companies.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000165495421013111/0001654954-21-013111-index.htm

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