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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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5 Best Tax Practices for the Worried Virtual Assistant

Virtual Moxie

I didn’t have the credit score I needed to take out even a small loan or get a new credit card, so I decided to not pay my taxes (quarterlies, specifically), and use that money as a float to carry my burgeoning business. But throw all your receipts in a big manila envelope, note the year they’re for, and file that somewhere.

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Steps for Creating a Paperless Home Office

Productivity Bits

While many home printers have a scanner function, there are scanner options available that will send your scanned documents directly to your computer for easy filing. It is helpful to have a scan, discard, and file system. usually will fall into the file section. Many banks, utility companies, credit card companies, etc.,

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

BMT Office Administration

That led to the creation of numerous employee monitoring solutions, including computer monitoring through cloud-based software, GPS tracking, keylogging, and other methods. Not only that, but certain businesses have used employee monitoring software for many years before 2020. Time tracking and file tracking. limited period.

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

Stephanie LH Calahan

We started by asking this question: What tech tools (office machine, gadget, hardware, software or online tools) could you not live without, why and where can we find it?    You will find hardware, software and cloud (internet based) solutions mentioned in this post.  OneNote: My Filing Cabinet In The Clouds.

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10 Apps for the Entrepreneur 2011

Eco-Office Gals

Dragon Dictation: Dragon Dictation for the iPhone is a great mobile app for those who can use dictation software. The software allows you to speak into the phone and then it writes the words into a text file of some type. Fortunately, the iPhone apps cover almost any business need an entrepreneur might want handy.

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Prevent Cyber Crime: Tips To Combat Cyber Criminals At Your Company

Small Business CEO

Cyber criminals work hard to gain access to your files and personal information. Install Helpful Software. Anti-virus software like McAfee or Norton Anti-Virus can help reduce the risk of cybercrime and protect your network computers from viruses that destroy data and even crash your system. Keep All of Your Software Up to Date.