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Lawsuits, Lost Expertise And Bad Morale: The Steep Risks Of Ignoring Older Employees

Allwork

She says that all companies need to create and enforce hiring and employment policies to reduce ageism. . These are often hidden and include workplace distractions and loss of productivity for your HR and legal teams, as well as your executives, who must take time out of their days to deal with these allegations. .

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What Every Business Needs To Know About The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

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By successfully updating your company’s policies to help accommodate pregnant employees, present or future, you’re not only following the law — you are helping to develop a more friendly and open work environment that benefits the future of work for mothers.

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

BMT Office Administration

Acknowledgment of receipt of the employee handbook (When the company revises its handbook, provide a new version to all employees and have them sign a new confirmation of receipt and understanding.). Learn about these requirements at the Department of Health and Human Services’ HIPAA website. Educational transcript.

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Benefits of outsourcing HR for small businesses

BMT Office Administration

Creating company policies: Crafting policies from scratch can be difficult, especially in a small business. HR service providers will have well-crafted, legally tested policy recommendations that can be customized for your business. Plus, it may be legally required depending on how many employees you currently have.

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

BMT Office Administration

For instance, if your employment records contain all the disciplinary actions and policy violations committed by the offending employee, you’ll have a better chance of defending your decision to terminate an employee in court. Also, you’re legally obligated to retain these records for at least one year by the EEOC.

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What electronic record-keeping software best fits your needs?

BMT Office Administration

These software services can be a budget-friendly option for easy file storage and document sharing, but they do also come with some limitations: Pros: Most of the top cloud-based file storage and sharing tools are fairly user-friendly and offer a minimal learning curve. These solutions are typically affordable. eFileCabinet. Document Locator.

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: 5 Important Rules for New Employees

On The Job

Offering “I really appreciate the opportunity to learn from you” can go a long way toward winning over co-workers. On your first day you were probably given a stack of paperwork to sign and shuttled off to human resources where you signed more stuff and were given an employee handbook. Bosses want to hear bad news.

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