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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.

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What Is a Credit Freeze, and Should I Do It?

Success

However, knowing what a credit freeze is and taking advantage of it can help protect you and your finances. When you freeze your credit, it keeps sensitive data in your credit files from being accessed without your permission. Credit freezes restrict access to your credit report.

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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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Master Your Memory with Ron White

Success

Now imagine taking all the files out of the folders in your computer and dumping them on the desktop. Programs, documents, videos, audio files—you put thousands of stored items randomly on top of each other. If your file is the stove, catch whatever you’re filing on fire. Think of your brain in a new way.

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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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13 Ways You Should be Using Your Smartphone for Business

Tips From T. Marie

Documents on the Go. Yet another reason to ditch the file cabinet and move your files to the cloud; file access on your smartphone. If you’ve ever had someone request a document when you’ve been out of the office you are bound to appreciate a cloud storage app. Easily access and share documents on the go.

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Steps for Creating a Paperless Home Office

Productivity Bits

We’ve all been there: Keeping and storing documents that we deemed important throughout the years only to walk into the home office space one day and see a mountain of papers staring back. Another great feature of quality scanners is the ability to make documents searchable. It is helpful to have a scan, discard, and file system.