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Employee personnel files — what should and shouldn’t be included

BMT Office Administration

Setting up employee personnel files is an important part of the recordkeeping process. However, sometimes people mistakenly think of these files as a catch-all for an individual’s paperwork. Rather, understand that general personnel files serve a distinct purpose. What to include in an employee’s personnel file.

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Employee Files: What to include, what to leave out, and what’s confidential

BMT Office Administration

While dealing with lots of paperwork doesn’t rank as most HR professionals’ favorite task, proper recordkeeping for employee personnel files is a must for any organization. In addition, if an employee is involuntarily let go, their employee file must be kept for one year following the termination date. Why is that?

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Could You Write a Book in a Month?

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Just six months before, I had made a major career change , leaving my position as a marketing director at a publishing company to start my own business and begin a writing career. In my case, my inner editor has company: the iconic works on the shelf that appear to mock me. By the end of Week 1, I notice a ritual beginning to form.

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4 Smart Money Moves to Plan for Financial Security

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The recommended emergency fund amount to save for is three to five months of living expenses (think rent, utilities, phone bills, and so forth) in some form of cash. If your company doesn’t offer a 401(k) for whatever reason, you can open a Roth IRA on your own and max out your contributions—as long as you’re under the IRS income limit.

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Make Time for Your Mail

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This means getting it to its final destination rather than letting it stack up on the counter or in lovely labeled file folders. For example, to consider a credit card offer, you’ll probably want to refresh your memory about what card(s) you have now.

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Make Time for Your Mail

Clutter Coach

This means getting it to its final destination rather than letting it stack up on the counter or in lovely labeled file folders. For example, to consider a credit card offer, you’ll probably want to refresh your memory about what card(s) you have now.

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Employee Monitoring: How to (and not to) track employee productivity

BMT Office Administration

Yet, the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 threw a wrench into this tried and true system for most companies. Beyond that, droves of companies that were inexperienced with remote work were creating monitoring policies for the first time. companies either already using a hybrid approach or planning to incorporate one in the future.

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