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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. 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. What pay is taxable?

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5 SOP examples for your business

BMT Office Administration

In order to produce more consistent results and streamline your internal operations, it can be beneficial to create standard operating procedures for everyone to follow. Conduct the HR orientation to orient the new employee with the timekeeping and payroll software , necessary paperwork, and internal resources. ATS user guide.

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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding

All Things Admin

Communication Introduce them to the company’s communication channels and email distribution lists. Set up a branded email for the new hire, complete with an appropriate title and auto-signature. email, instant messaging, project management tools). showcasing how each tool facilitates team collaboration.

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What does it take to be a successful HR Assistant?

Page Personnel

In addition, the HR assistant will provide assistance to senior members of the team in a range of areas, including recruitment, training, performance management, employee orientation, payroll administration, employee welfare and health and safety. An HR assistant is generally responsible for internal communication within an organisation.

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Summertime tax scams are going strong

BMT Office Administration

mail for their own nefarious purposes, the main avenues for tax scams remain email and text messaging—these methods reach many more people at a fraction of the cost of a stamp. These emails are routinely riddled with spelling errors and factual inaccuracies, like this example: “Dear Tax Payer , We hope this message finds you well.

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

BMT Office Administration

As a starting point, consider what these organizations say about some major types of records to keep and for what length of time: Per the Internal Revenue Service : The length of time you should keep a document depends on the action, expense, or event which the document records. Requirements may prove surprising.

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Stay organized and secure with electronic records management

BMT Office Administration

Internally, anyone from a manager looking for details of past dealings with a specific client to lawyers building a defense for an improper termination lawsuit benefits from the ability to quickly and easily find what they need. Others, such as emails and social media posts, are not so obvious. Payroll information. OSHA forms.