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Ensuring payroll compliance in 2024: What’s new?

BMT Office Administration

Maintaining payroll compliance is a must for accounting departments, but it’s often easier said than done. That’s especially true whenever new changes come about, and 2023 was a year rife with new payroll regulations, trends, and initiatives. These incentives are fully taxable and are subject to W-2 reporting.

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Sorting out taxes and reporting for a deceased employee

BMT Office Administration

While fortunately a rare circumstance, dealing with payroll for a recently deceased employee can be tricky. Are there special reporting requirements? Hopefully this isn’t an issue that comes up for your payroll department often, but it’s important to know what to do, and get it right, in the event that it does happen.

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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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How long do employers keep employee records?

BMT Office Administration

Which Files Do You Need for Your Employees? Should an unhappy applicant file a discrimination claim against your organization, having job application & interview records on hand can be a lifesaver. In general, there are three types of employee files you should keep: Personnel files. Payroll files.

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1099 vs W-2: The difference between employees and contractors

BMT Office Administration

While individuals have until April 18, 2023, to file their personal income taxes, businesses have to start thinking about tax requirements a bit sooner. If you’re not quite sure about the differences between a 1099 and a W-2, keep reading to learn which form to send and how to fill out and file them. What is a W-2? What is a 1099?

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Employee Records: End of year review & preparing for next year

BMT Office Administration

If you aren’t part of HR or are new to the department, you may not know which employment records you need to keep on file. After all, the US Department of Labor has some stringent requirements for employee files, including some federal laws. Confidential employee files. These files include: Worker’s compensation claims.

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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding

All Things Admin

Tools of the Trade Familiarize them with the essential programs and platforms used by the company (project management, file management, internal communications, virtual meeting platforms, etc.), Project Management: Procedures for managing projects, including planning, execution, tracking, and reporting.