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It’s time to review (or create) your document retention policy

BMT Office Administration

Worried that your company might not have a particular document on hand if the IRS conducted an audit? They create a document retention policy that clarifies what needs to be saved, where, and for how long. Courts and government agencies frown upon individual employees selectively keeping or tossing important documents.

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What Happens to Your Digital Life When You Die?

Success

adults have no idea what happens to their digital assets, such as email and social media accounts, or online banking data and passwords when they die. If someone passes away, you need to play document detective to try to figure out all the information,” Vaid says. * * *. Ninety percent of U.S.

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People are simply ignoring bans on AI use at work

Workplace Insight

They also use it for analysing data and brainstorming (26 percent), conducting research (25 percent), understanding legal documents (12 percent), and proofreading copy (15 percent). Close to a third use gen AI to write emails (31 percent) or use it instead of Google (30 percent).

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Artificial Intelligence at Work: How Office Professionals Can Build A.I. Skills for the Future

Eat Your Career

You can’t spend more than two minutes on social media without being inundated by self-proclaimed “experts” telling you how A.I. Additionally, all kinds of legal questions have arisen regarding the ownership of information generated by Chat GPT. Over the past few months, we’ve all watched in amazement as hundreds of new A.I.

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Should Employees be Allowed to Use Social Media?

Small Business CEO

Since social media hit the front page almost a decade ago many employers have debated allowing employees’ full social media access. Nowadays many companies even have social media policies governing the ways that an employee can access social media in the work environment and whether they can at all.

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Stay organized and secure with electronic records management

BMT Office Administration

He put Laura in charge of going through a bunch of drawers with instructions to make folders to organize papers of current worth, box up other documents that somebody might need down the line, and toss insignificant and old material. Fires, floods, and even spilled cups of coffee can render physical copies of documents unreadable.

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Essential Systems for Entrepreneurs

Jen Lawrence

There’s a lot to consider – legal concerns, tracking financials, and getting all the work done. Email, Calendar, Task Management, Document Management, Password Database. Email Marketing, Social Media, Website. The next is the key to documenting your systems for easy reference and delegation. Operational.

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