we are going to fix this by automatically generating data for ppl that register HOWEVER, just in case that fails for some reason, I have applied a filter that ensures if some data is not associated with a person they cannot navigate to all aspects of the application. This is a preventive measure

app/controllers/application_controller.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
 
-  before_filter :authenticated
+  before_filter :authenticated, :has_info
   helper_method :current_user, :is_admin?
   
   # Our security guy keep talking about sea-surfing, cool story bro.
@@ -27,4 +27,18 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
    end
   end
   
+  def has_info
+    redirect = false
+    if current_user
+      begin 
+      if !(current_user.retirement || current_user.paid_time_off.schedule || current_user.paid_time_off || current_user.work_info || current_user.performance)
+        redirect = true
+      end
+      rescue
+         redirect = true
+      end
+    end
+    redirect_to home_dashboard_index_path if redirect
+  end
+  
 end