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

BMT Office Administration

Included material spans from initial application through leaving the organization. For instance, employers cannot include medical information in an employee’s general personnel file due to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Medical leave of absence requests. Family and Medical Leave Act paperwork. Cover letter.

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

BMT Office Administration

While dealing with lots of paperwork doesn’t rank as most HR professionals’ favorite task, proper recordkeeping for employee personnel files is a must for any organization. However, besides simply staying organized and complying with federal laws, personnel files provide a whole host of other benefits, so let’s take a look at them.

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Preparing Your Resume

Laughing all the Way to Work

I was working for a government organization and there were news reports that the public sector were in for some big layoffs due to downsizing. One of the things I remember, and have put to good use, was a workshop on resume writing. In resume writing it is suggested that any experience over 10 years is too old to put on your resume.

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

BMT Office Administration

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. Some companies hold on to hiring documents such as resumes, job applications, and job descriptions.

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Successful Resumés

Laughing all the Way to Work

One of the many things I remember, and have put to good use, was a workshop on resume writing. In resume writing they suggested that any experience over 10 years was too old to put on your resume. For example I was applying for a job in the legal environment so wanted to highlight that]. accessed August 3, 2007).

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

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Checklists ensure that all steps or actions occur, not necessarily in a specific order (though that can be part of the process), but rather just that they are completed, while a template is an established pattern - form letters, resume designs - that you can use over and over to produce the same result.

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When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Does your boss ever organize a meeting behind your back? That makes it difficult when I am supposed to be organizing his calendar, but since I am responsible to organize his time and in spite of my frustration, I have to make it work. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice.