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

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

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

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This form provides calculations of the total amount paid to the employee, federal and state income tax withheld, medicare and social security taxes withheld, and allocated tips. 1099 workers also are not generally paid through regular payroll and do not typically have taxes withheld from their checks or deposits. Prizes and awards.

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Should City Governments and other Businesses look to Virtual Services to Save Money?

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But, he said, the city could use the payroll savings. Even the medical field , infamous for paperwork, is transitioning to electronic files. And don’t use filing as an excuse to ‘need’ an in-office worker, if you haven’t moved to an electronic files system it’s high time you did.

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How long do employers keep employee records?

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Payroll files. Your payroll files should include W-4s, W-2s, timesheets, direct deposits, and wage rates. Medical files. All employee documentation related to benefits should go in your medical files. ADEA (Age Discrimination in Employment Act) record requirements state you must retain payroll records for three years.

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

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