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/admin_controller.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 class AdminController < ApplicationController
   
+  skip_before_filter :has_info
+  
   def dashboard
   end
   

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

app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 class DashboardController < ApplicationController
   
+  skip_before_filter :has_info
+  
   def home
     @user = current_user
   end

app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class SessionsController < ApplicationController
   
+  skip_before_filter :has_info
   skip_before_filter :authenticated, :only => [:new, :create]
   
   def new

app/controllers/tutorials_controller.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class TutorialsController < ApplicationController
   
+  skip_before_filter :has_info
   skip_before_filter :authenticated
   
   def index

app/controllers/users_controller.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class UsersController < ApplicationController
   
+  skip_before_filter :has_info
   skip_before_filter :authenticated, :only => [:new, :create]
   
   def new

app/views/dashboard/home.html.erb

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 
 <div class="row-fluid">
     <div class="span12"> <!--begin span12 -->
+    <% if @user.paid_time_off %>  
 		<%= render :partial => "layouts/dashboard/dashboard_stats"%>
+	<% end %>	
     </div> <!-- end span12 -->
 </div>
 </div>

app/views/users/account_settings.html.erb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 		      <div class="widget">
 		        <div class="widget-header">
 		          <div class="title">
-		            <span class="fs1" aria-hidden="true" data-icon="&#xe023;"></span> Profile Settings 
+		            <span class="fs1" aria-hidden="true" data-icon="&#xe090;"></span> Profile Settings 
 		            <span class="mini-title">
 		              Edit your account details
 		            </span>