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

BMT Office Administration

Educational transcript. For instance, employers cannot include medical information in an employee’s general personnel file due to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Some of the most frequent types of these files are: Medical records for paperwork related to: Personal medical information. Payroll deduction forms.

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

BMT Office Administration

Besides that, your confidential medical records will let you know if any team members have disabilities that you need to consider when planning and assigning tasks. Confidential documents include medical files, tax documents, employee benefits , payroll records, and more. Instead, you need to keep them in a separate database.

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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. This category can also include awards, promotion records, and education/training records. Medical records.

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Counting the costs: What government funding for scientific research will cover?

The Small Business Blog

And if you’re working in scientific, technological, medical or engineering research, the government can end up giving you quite a lot of money, through a scheme called research and development tax credits. It can also include the proportion of supervisors’ and managers’ time spent overseeing work on the project.

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

BMT Office Administration

Employers covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ) are required to make, keep and preserve certain records pertaining to their obligations under the law. Each employer shall preserve for at least three years payroll records, collective bargaining agreements, sales and purchase records. Per the U.S. Department of Labor.

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Evaluating Benefits 101 – Comparing Premium Costs is Just Not Enough

Small Business CEO

Different time-off options, medical benefits, educational opportunities, and other features can be chosen from a benefits menu, and unwanted options can simply be declined. Even the simple expedient of offering separate medical, dental, and vision plans can make a difference to certain categories of applicants.

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