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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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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. If so, then the document should be included in the employee’s general personnel file.”. Recruiting and screening documents. Training records. Cover letter.

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Employee Files: What to include, what to leave out, and what’s confidential

BMT Office Administration

While it’s clear that you need to keep a separate file for each employee, which documents should you include in it? After all, there are some documents that you’ll need to keep confidential , and there are some that you don’t even need to include in your personnel files.

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How Discrimination in the Workplace Impacts Black Women’s Health & Well-Being

Success

She was put on medication and had to take a few weeks off from work. For example, in a 2022 study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging , researchers noted that racial discrimination had a negative impact on human health—specifically, it had the potential to increase the risk for medical disorders.

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

BMT Office Administration

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) have also had significant impacts on employee recordkeeping and personnel files — further complicating the issue. Hiring documents. This category can also include awards, promotion records, and education/training records.

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Technology of the week: iTranslate

Practically Perfect PA

iTranslate enables travellers, students, business professionals, employers and medical staff to read, write and speak in 90 languages, anywhere in the world. No training needed. The browser extension also let’s assistants translate documents and websites really easily. What is iTranslate. What does it do?

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Can smart glasses be the key to unlocking productivity in the workplace?

Workplace Insight

Here are a few ways it can do so: Effective on-the-job training Although critical for a company to flourish, onboarding and training can be costly and laborious. Training in manufacturing traditionally relies on manual processes, which can lead to costly operational errors. Smart glasses can optimise this process.

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