Witnessed wrongdoing? Here’s what to do
Knowing how to respond to misconduct before you face it is essential for your long-term career and peace of mind.
Category: Career
OOO? Here’s how to prep office for your vacation or other absence
Few announcements generate more worry in the office than the news that the administrative assistant will be away for a week or two on vacation. How can you allay the fears and prepare the team for your absence?
Rethinking medical travel benefits for reproductive care
The issue is well worth monitoring if you are an executive assistant or administrative assistant, not only to understand your own benefits, but also because work colleagues may ask you about it when they might be afraid to ask others.
1-Minute Strategies: April ’23
Check out Monday.com … Is your head spinning after a big meeting? … Consider a corporate coach
How to get your boss to sign off on training
Your job is to convince those at the top that the training expenses will pay off in the future. There are a few ways you can go about getting your boss to sign off on training programs.
Microsoft Teams: Tags, commands and tasks
Tags in Teams … Teams commands fix capitalization in subheads … Create a task from a Teams message
Office employment weakens to end year
Trends in office hiring ended 2022 on a negative note, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Relieving stress at work
Workplace stress is at an all-time high, with 94% of workers reporting feeling stress on the job, which causes a whopping 1 million Americans to miss work each day. Anyone with a job can likely attest to this, as it’s normal to experience stressful situations at work, even if you love what you do.
PUMP Act: It’s one year after birth, not two
We’ve been reading conflicting analyses about the PUMP Act, which was included as Division KK in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. The PUMP Act requires employers to accommodate nursing mothers. If we’re still reading conflicting analyses, you may be, too. So it’s time to set the record straight. One-year accommodation for nursing mothers Both the […]
Plan now for the coming higher OT salary threshold
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced plans to raise the salary threshold that qualifies white-collar employees for overtime pay. With a notice of proposed rulemaking due in May, HR pros should start preparing now for changes that will probably have to be implemented by the end of the year.