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4 important payroll issues to keep an eye on in 2023

BMT Office Administration

Nevertheless, 2023 is looking like another challenging year for Payroll as we get a few insights into what to expect. These regs will scoop up smaller employers into the e-filing net. Rethinking medical travel benefits for reproductive health care and family planning. We wish we had a crystal ball, but we don’t.

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

BMT Office Administration

Setting up employee personnel files is an important part of the recordkeeping process. 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.

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

BMT Office Administration

To clear things up, we’ve put together this extensive guide breaking down what you should and shouldn’t include in your employee files — so read on to learn more. Are your employees up to date with their fire safety and first-aid training? Why do you need to keep personnel files?

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How Michael J. Fox Finds Ways Around Life’s Obstacles

Success

While there are physical reminders of his disease, he’s able to control it most of the time with medication and a healthy lifestyle. Fox grew up in a loving, supportive family that settled in the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby after his father retired. This never took up more space than it needed. One of his first loves was hockey.

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Counting the costs: What government funding for scientific research will cover?

The Small Business Blog

And if you’re working in scientific, technological, medical or engineering research, the government can end up giving you quite a lot of money, through a scheme called research and development tax credits. If you hire agency workers, you can claim back up to 65% of the agency fees.

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

BMT Office Administration

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. Medical and health care payments. Control number.

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

BMT Office Administration

Such action raises concern about cover-ups. 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. They can address concerns related to storage, automation, security, back-ups, and destruction of documents. Per the U.S.

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