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

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Setting up employee personnel files is an important part of the recordkeeping process. However, sometimes people mistakenly think of these files as a catch-all for an individual’s paperwork. Rather, understand that general personnel files serve a distinct purpose. What to include in an employee’s personnel file.

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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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Bad Credit 101: The Small Mistakes That Are Killing Your Score

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You just applied for a credit card, or maybe it was a new apartment or a loan, and you got denied. You were under the impression that your credit was solid. It just sucker punched you in the face, so now you’re wondering what’s causing your bad credit score. This article originally appeared on NerdWallet.

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Make Time for Your Mail

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This means getting it to its final destination rather than letting it stack up on the counter or in lovely labeled file folders. For example, to consider a credit card offer, you’ll probably want to refresh your memory about what card(s) you have now. Originally posted 2013-06-08 14:49:30.

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Make Time for Your Mail

Clutter Coach

This means getting it to its final destination rather than letting it stack up on the counter or in lovely labeled file folders. For example, to consider a credit card offer, you’ll probably want to refresh your memory about what card(s) you have now. Originally posted 2013-06-08 14:49:30.

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Make Time for Your Mail

Clutter Coach

Republished by Blog Post Promoter Last week, I wrote about setting up a way to sort your incoming mail. This means getting it to its final destination rather than letting it stack up on the counter or in lovely labeled file folders. That’s step one of handling the mail.

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Snail Mail 101

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Republished by Blog Post Promoter Ah, the plague of the daily mail. 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.

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