Posts by SSBRM Staff
Get organized for an End-of-Year Paper Purge
As 2013 begins to wind down, many business owners will take time to clean out and organize files and records as they look to start fresh in 2014. But, with how quickly business files grow each day and because it’s hard to sometimes know what to keep or toss, the task may fall to the…
Read MoreIs your confidential information really secure?
Human resource data. Medical information. Personal and financial data. Proprietary information including trade secrets, client rates and services information. Every business has information that needs to be secure. But with social media networks such as Twitter and Facebook, it’s easier than ever for employees to share company information online and they may not even realize…
Read MoreRecords Management: Are you in control of your information?
Every day, in most companies, each department creates its own set of information. But where does it get saved and stored? Who manages it? Are there backups? What happens to old records? Knowing how to manage the information is challenging enough, let alone trying to manage information found in a variety of departments. It’s a…
Read MoreHead Spinning from Trying to Manage Personnel Records?
Have you ever been assigned the task of managing and retaining personnel records? Maybe you’re a human resource professional and this is part of your job. If you’ve ever been in this situation, chances are you’re aware that it’s hard to decide what to keep and for how long, but keep in mind, following state…
Read MoreDoes Your Business Have a Solid Information Retention Policy?
It may be tempting to hang on to every document and every email message we create and receive because we think there’s always a chance it will be needed again. But hanging on to information just to be safe can harm your business because federal law says that, during an audit, all records on hand…
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