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

BMT Office Administration

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. Confidential documents include medical files, tax documents, employee benefits , payroll records, and more. Instead, you need to keep them in a separate database.

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

BMT Office Administration

Is the worker treated as a supplemental resource to the business’ internal staff or are they working alongside them during similar hours and on similar projects? 1099 workers also are not generally paid through regular payroll and do not typically have taxes withheld from their checks or deposits. Medical and health care payments.

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

BMT Office Administration

As a starting point, consider what these organizations say about some major types of records to keep and for what length of time: Per the Internal Revenue Service : The length of time you should keep a document depends on the action, expense, or event which the document records. Requirements may prove surprising. Per the U.S.

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Stay organized and secure with electronic records management

BMT Office Administration

Some need to be easily retrievable should a government agency such as the Department of Labor (DOL) want to check employment verification or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) need to investigate an environmental concern. Payroll information. Research rather than assume. Accommodation requests. OSHA forms.