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

BMT Office Administration

As any human resources professional will attest, managing every employee’s employment life cycle involves a good deal of paperwork. 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.

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Generative AI will hollow out many middle class roles over the next decade

Workplace Insight

Generative AI will have a much greater impact on white collar roles than blue collar ones over the next 10 years, according to a new report from Pearson. In at least ten white collar roles, more than 35 percent of tasks could be done by AI, with medical secretaries (41 percent) predicted to be the most impacted.

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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. If so, then you’ll definitely want to have the proper documents on-hand to defend your managers. Here’s what you’ll need to include in your confidential employee files.

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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. These documents include payroll records, time cards, pay rate information, and anything else related to payment.

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Stay organized and secure with electronic records management

BMT Office Administration

Like many other workplaces, Laura’s office could benefit considerably from implementing electronic records management (ERM). Such a management system utilizes information technology to organize and store records in electronic form. A properly maintained electronic records management system serves as an efficient one-stop-shop.

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

BMT Office Administration

A 1099 is a form used to report non- employee compensation. 1099 workers also are not generally paid through regular payroll and do not typically have taxes withheld from their checks or deposits. If you are paying someone through your normal employee payroll process with income tax withholdings, you typically need to send them a W-2.

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

BMT Office Administration

When you can show a thoughtful, standardized records management procedure to a relevant third party such as a lawyer or auditor, it backs up your decisions. Input from senior management, human resources, and the record-keeping department is a must. Such action raises concern about cover-ups. Per the U.S. Department of Labor.

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