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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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Top 5 Tips for Writing a Staff Handbook

The Small Business Blog

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Top 5 Tips for Writing a Staff Handbook by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 08, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Review the handbook at regular intervals to examine whether it needs updating.

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How to exorcise your demons of disorganization

Ian's Messy Desk

Manage paper effectively – Barbara Hemphill, author of The Paper Tiger, offers the FAT principle for paper burden: file it, act on it, or toss it. Reference Files: store in a convenient location close to your desk. Archive Files: store in a filing cabinet or an off-site location. Keep the office door closed.

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8 Tips to Help You Clean Off Your Desk

Ian's Messy Desk

Sort – everything into boxes/containers according to what needs to be done: file , shred, recycle , refer, toss, etc. Remove everything else - pens, stapler, toys, gadgets, phone, monitor, etc. Organizer ( paper or electronic) to enter to-dos, addresses or calendar data. Dust and polish - give your desktop a cleaning.

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High Performers Versus Low Performers - 7 Ways to Tell the Difference

Stephanie LH Calahan

Adheres to policies, procedures, and regulations in a way that positively contributes to the achievement of team, office, and organization goals 6. She trains, consults, and publishes handbooks that contain phrases for discussing performance. Click on any of theself-evaluator tools below and receive your results online immediately!

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10 Tips to Help Keep Your Desk Clean

Ian's Messy Desk

Get a single notebook and use it to record notes, phone numbers, web addresses, ideas, to-dos, etc. Create a list or binder of regularly referenced material, such as phone numbers, and keep it accessible in a desk drawer. Schedule filing time at least once per week. This is not the same as a tickler file.

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E-mail Etiquette

Laughing all the Way to Work

Your company may have a policy on how they want you to address people in external business email. Your company may have a strict policy on what they want you to include in the signature line and what it should look like, but generally you would include your name, title, company name and address, telephone and fax number.

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