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

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When constructing your policy, examine legal and regulatory guidelines. Employers covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ) are required to make, keep and preserve certain records pertaining to their obligations under the law. When this happens, the Uniform Preservation of Private Business Records Act serves as a guideline.

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Stay organized and secure with electronic records management

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Examining legal and regulatory guidelines provides a good foundation for establishing what types of electronic records you need to keep and for how long. Requirements may prove surprising, such as certain employee medical records that OSHA wants retained for 30 years. Figuring out what to keep and for how long. Accommodation requests.

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The Do’s And Don’ts Of Digital Document Management Systems (DMS)

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If you follow some basic guidelines your chosen system will make your staff more productive, your file management and tracking processes more streamlined resulting in improved efficiency overall. Document management systems are not file sharing systems, make sure you understand the differences before making your purchase.

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Standard Operating Procedures: Tips for Creating Business Systems | Office Organization & Office Efficiency | OfficeArrow

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More from this Topic Purchase Order Form Template (Excel) Receive this FREE Purchase Order Template along with complimentary, no obligation price quotes (via phone and email) from multiple quality & independent accounting and bookkeeiping service providers. services consulting SOPs BusinessSystems procedures HowTo assistantedge

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Oh where or where is my password?

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I purchased a small address book in which I can keep the website address along with my user name and/or password for each particular site. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? Back to the drawing board. The way I currently store my passwords for work purposes is in my business outlook account under the Notes option.

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Meetings Plus: Taking them offline

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Once the date and location is finalized, if it requires flight and hotel, then I put a travel sheet on top of the meeting sheet and start to go through that checklist to see what I need to do, from getting the passport ready, contacting the travel agent and arranging for a purchase order, etc.

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The Advertising Game

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I know I am dating myself with this ad, but advertising does influence our decisions on what we purchase. I want to know that there will be a person I can speak to if I cant complete the order myself or if I have questions after the purchase. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy?

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