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

BMT Office Administration

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

BMT Office Administration

If you aren’t part of HR or are new to the department, you may not know which employment records you need to keep on file. After all, the US Department of Labor has some stringent requirements for employee files, including some federal laws. Confidential employee files. These files include: Worker’s compensation claims.

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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

Success

From the moment she opened Ditto Boutique, a luxury consignment store in Dallas, Jane DeNike outsourced the complex tasks of payroll and paying taxes to a bookkeeper and accountant. While you’re certainly capable of answering the telephone, filing and ordering supplies, why waste your time on drudgery that almost anyone could do?

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How Your Non-Profit Can Benefit From a Virtual Executive Assistant

Worxbee

The EA will then schedule interviews with the Director or CEO. Occasionally, EAs are tasked with scheduling performance reviews or even jobs related to payroll. EAs might be tasked with placing job advertisements, reviewing job descriptions and even helping with compiling short-lists of applicants. EAs are good at managing the details.

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Can you go from creative and productive in a corporate job to a mess working for yourself?

Stephanie LH Calahan

etc press releases and corresponding interviews, responses, etc.   HR department - handled all of the compensation issues, research, performance and people documentation, labor relation issues, downsizing decisions, payroll, hiring, exit interviews, outsourcing decisions, benefits planning and coordination of benefits issues, and so on.

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How long do employers keep employee records?

BMT Office Administration

Which Files Do You Need for Your Employees? Should an unhappy applicant file a discrimination claim against your organization, having job application & interview records on hand can be a lifesaver. In general, there are three types of employee files you should keep: Personnel files. Payroll files.

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