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Considerations For Social Media Use In The Workplace

Small Business CEO

Social media has become so commonplace that many employees engage in its use at work on a daily basis. Unfortunately, many employees demonstrate poor judgment while using social media by assuming that their posts are private and sharing confidential information they would not share in other formats. Protect trade secrets.

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

BMT Office Administration

When constructing your policy, examine legal and regulatory guidelines. Never dispose of a current employee’s Form I-9; you must keep it for as long as the employee works for you, and for a certain amount of time after they stop working for you. Always research rather than assume. Requirements may prove surprising. Per the U.S.

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6 Communication Tips for Executives and their Virtual Executive Assistants

Worxbee

This is common across all forms of communication - just look at the mess that social media comments sections can quickly turn into! Having the right tools is a great start, but you should also have guidelines for when and how to use those tools. Use plain language Most people have misconstrued or misinterpreted messages.

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1099 vs W-2: The difference between employees and contractors

BMT Office Administration

Forms such as IRS Form W-2 and IRS Form 1099 need to be sent out by the end of January. Both forms provide end-of-year compensation information that employees and contractors need for tax purposes. A W-2 is a tax form that businesses send to their employees as well as the government. What is a W-2? What is a 1099?

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Smart technology needs to start with people if it wants to get smarter

Workplace Insight

It involves the reconstruction of a physical asset in digital form, generated using real-time data from an extensive network of sensors in an actual building or estate. More widely, the battle is on to recreate our whole lives digitally in the form of the metaverse, the subject of an article in a recent issue of IN Magazine.

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Stay organized and secure with electronic records management

BMT Office Administration

Such a management system utilizes information technology to organize and store records in electronic form. Some types of business records, such as tax forms and legal documents, are relatively easy to spot. Others, such as emails and social media posts, are not so obvious. OSHA forms. Research rather than assume.

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How to Include Everyone at Events

Small Business CEO

There are guidelines out there, but bizarrely, our industry is just becoming aware of them. In your experience, do registration forms cover all the bases in highlighting particular needs? The wheelchair is the universal symbol for disabilities, so that’s on the form. I can’t answer that. that’s the right way to do it.

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