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

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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. Besides the EEOC, the IRS also has requirements for employee documents, including which forms you need to have for each employee, such as W-4s.

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

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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. You’re legally required to hold on to these forms, so don’t throw them out. Medical records.

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Stay organized and secure with electronic records management

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Jan bit her lip and hoped that Laura had not accidentally tossed evidence the legal department might need in a harassment lawsuit. Such a management system utilizes information technology to organize and store records in electronic form. The second action opens up the company to potential legal and regulatory problems.

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

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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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Procrastination at Work: How to Practice Better Time Management

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To avoid aimless web browsing, you can restrict non-work-related websites or monitor employee URLs via software (as long as you’re transparent with your employees about it). Another form of procrastination at work is presenteeism, which often gets misunderstood. Migraines or other forms of headaches. Presenteeism.

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Successful Resumés

Laughing all the Way to Work

They discouraged listing duties, but rather suggested setting out your skills and strengths in point form right up front so the potential employer can see if you have the skills for the job. For example I was applying for a job in the legal environment so wanted to highlight that].

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Preparing Your Resume

Laughing all the Way to Work

Instead they recommended setting out your skills and strengths in point form right up front so the potential employer can see if you have the skills for the job. For example I was applying for a job in the legal environment so wanted to highlight that experience.] Recent experience as a legal assistant in a major law firm.

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