For most wellness
business owners, employee recordkeeping is far down the list of priorities.
Yet
careful and complete documentation makes legal sense as well as common
sense.
Medical Economics
highlighted the importance of keeping careful personnel records in its April
2007 article "Personnel Files: Documentation Is Key," by Gail Garfinkel
Weiss.
With their permission, we've
highlighted key points and added a few of our own:
What
are the major federal requirements?
Federal laws require you to
keep a wide variety of documents...
How
about state requirements?
Some states impose
additional...
What's
the best way to keep employee information secure?
Maintain separate,
locked files for each major category...
Do
employees have the right to see or copy their files?
The answer varies by
state.
Some
states do permit...
Do we
have to document performance problems?
In general, employers can
fire employees without documentation...
