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

BMT Office Administration

They create a document retention policy that clarifies what needs to be saved, where, and for how long. Sticking to a set record retention policy eliminates guesswork and promotes efficiency. Businesses and nonprofits of all sizes should possess a written-out document retention policy. Such action raises concern about cover-ups.

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Benefits of outsourcing HR for small businesses

BMT Office Administration

Most small businesses focus on their product/service team and sales staff in the early years, but someone still needs to run payroll and handle onboarding for new hires. This includes things like payroll administration, employee benefits , HR compliance, and talent acquisition. How does HR Outsourcing work for small businesses?

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Safely Grow Your Business By Utilizing Outsourcing Smartly

Small Business CEO

Between growing the customer base, keeping up with rapidly changing health policies, and the increased demand on offering remote work options, every organization has a lot on its plate these days. But to do so can be tricky if you don’t understand how, and when done incorrectly, it may lead to possible exposure for your organization.

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Sorting out taxes and reporting for a deceased employee

BMT Office Administration

While fortunately a rare circumstance, dealing with payroll for a recently deceased employee can be tricky. Hopefully this isn’t an issue that comes up for your payroll department often, but it’s important to know what to do, and get it right, in the event that it does happen. What pay is taxable?

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HR Leaders Share How New Salary Transparency Laws Have Changed Everything

Allwork

As of November 1, a law in New York City now requires employers with four or more people on the payroll to provide a salary pay range in all job advertisements. . Internal or external sites, flyers, or classified advertisements — they all are now required to include a salary disclosure.

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5 SOP examples for your business

BMT Office Administration

In order to produce more consistent results and streamline your internal operations, it can be beneficial to create standard operating procedures for everyone to follow. Conduct the HR orientation to orient the new employee with the timekeeping and payroll software , necessary paperwork, and internal resources. Expense policy.

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New overtime regulations are open for comment

BMT Office Administration

You need to use this time wisely to determine the impact final regulations may have on your payroll by auditing your employees and your pay policies. While routine self-audits will review your internal systems, from timesheets to general ledger to net pay, status audits are narrower. Here’s some help getting started.

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