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

BMT Office Administration

Knowing what to keep and the location of each document is vital to easy retrieval and to maintaining compliance with government and industry regulations. Setting up employee personnel files is an important part of the recordkeeping process. Rather, understand that general personnel files serve a distinct purpose. Cover letter.

Filing 121
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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?

Filing 52
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4 Simple Steps to Securely Send Credit Card Information

Office Organization Success

Many business owners find themselves in a situation where they are asked to send their credit card information in order to finalize a business transaction. Ask your VA/service provider if she has a Credit Card Authorization form that she can send to you, and you fax back to her. But first, a word of caution ….

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

BMT Office Administration

The history of employee monitoring’s various forms. Well, that’s a classic form of employee monitoring right there. Without a form of monitoring in place, the employee may embark down the wrong path, which can derail progress on the project and cost valuable resources to fix. Time tracking and file tracking.

Filing 52
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Snail Mail 101

Clutter Coach

This category includes bills, medical forms to file, an insurance or telephone plan to compare with what you have now, information about a product you intend to buy and a list of activities put on by a group you belong to. Be careful about filing too much. Most people’s file cabinets are neglected paper graveyards.

Medical 100
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Best Business Technology for Small Businesses & Their Owners (28 ideas from them to you!)

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Even if you are not the most technical person on your block, you probably have some form of technology in your life that you love.  OneNote: My Filing Cabinet In The Clouds. create notebooks and files just like I would with paper, but now it is all organized on my computer. Find here: steph.bz/EZBackup.

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The 'Bcc'- Friend or Foe

The Office Professionals Place

• You can Bcc yourself in an email so that you can receive a copy and file it away electronically as a follow-up on a later date or for informational purposes. Never send vital information such as account numbers, social security numbers, or credit card information in an email.

Filing 100