This audio conference was recorded on Tuesday - March 17, 2009

Credits:

This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HRCI of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met HRCI’s criteria to be pre-approved for recertification.

Description:

In today’s workplaces, e-mailing, texting, blogging, and the Internet are a way of life. So are electronic records.

You may have had your old paper recordkeeping system down flat, but it’s a whole new world when you get rid of the paper and move to digital. How do you ensure security of your electronic files? Can you toss the original of a document once you’ve scanned it into your system? Are there any records you must keep the paper originals of? What sort of system should you have in place for gathering all of these new e-records?

Order this in-depth 90-minute audio conference recording all about the practicalities of electronic recordkeeping for HR professionals.

Speaker(s):

Greg Nichols is Of Counsel in the Tampa office of Fisher & Phillips, LLP. He has spent most of his career serving as general counsel, human resources executive, or a combination of the two in a wide range of companies involved in manufacturing, professional services, retail, healthcare, software and travel. His experience includes domestic and international markets, as well as publicly traded companies.

Nichols has firsthand experience in corporate mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, due diligence, executive compensation plans, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance programs, and SEC reporting. Most recently he served as senior vice president and general counsel, secretary and corporate compliance officer for a major NASDAQ-listed Professional Employer Organization operating in all 50 states.

You and your colleagues will learn:

• What the Paperwork Reduction Act and other federal laws in this area require of you
• How to systematically move your HR recordkeeping to an electronic system, without destroying important files (or driving yourself crazy) along the way
• The latest law on what paper originals must be kept, and how to handle documents with original signatures
• How to ensure the security of both your electronic records and the paper records you’re getting rid of
• How to select a reliable system for document management and storage
• What sort of backup systems you should have in place, in the event of computer or other failure
• How long you must keep various HR records, and whether the rules are different for paper files and e-files
• Steps you can take right away to start streamlining your system and getting rid of excess paper