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

Business Management Daily

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.

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

Business Management Daily

Likewise, with the number of electronic records kept nowadays, include representatives from the IT department. Their advice places a legal hold on physical and electronic records that should not be deleted because of potential future use. Input from senior management, human resources, and the record-keeping department is a must.

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10 steps to maintain end-of-year payroll compliance

Business Management Daily

Pre-tax dollars are deducted through payroll and placed into a flexible spending account to cover eligible medical or dependent care expenses. Some of the regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act ( FLSA ) require posters to be put up in the workplace. Both the W-2 and 1099s may be mailed or delivered electronically.

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HR record keeping requirements — stay in compliance

Business Management Daily

Human resource departments have extensive record-keeping obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act ( FLSA ), the Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA Act), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and other state and federal laws. Wage rate tables.

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6 must-have policies for a strong employee handbook

Insperity

So, unless you’re your business’s sole employee – or you’re running a family business with only you, your sister and cousin as employees – you need an employee handbook. It’s a roadmap of how they should act, and it speaks to your company culture. Not having clear policies can mean big problems. Code of conduct. Make two copies.