Category: Work/Life Balance

Taking sick days shouldn’t induce anxiety, yet many executive assistants struggle with stepping away when their bodies need rest most.

The back-to-school season brings a flurry of activity and new challenges for working parents. As an executive assistant, balancing your professional responsibilities with your children’s school schedules can be daunting. Thankfully, many of the talents and skills you’ve developed as an EA can help you navigate this area. Here are some strategies to consider that may help you manage this busy period effectively.

Work-related stress is widespread in today’s fast-paced world, which is likely something admins can attest to personally.

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.

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 […]

Discovering how to get a better match between what your job requires of you and the tools you have to complete your duties can cure burnout, writes Christina Maslach, a retired professor of psychology at U.C. Berkeley and the co-author of a new best-seller, The Burnout Challenge: Managing People’s Relationships with Their Jobs.

For many, the shift to remote work during the pandemic offered increased flexibility and work-life balance. But a new survey reveals that 47% of remote workers in the U.S. are concerned about the blurred boundaries between their jobs and personal lives.

How an admin busted her company for violating employees’ rights – and the law.

A few years ago, the Danish term hygge had a real moment—it’s defined as “a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being.” Keep your hygge strong by working some of these things into your environment.

If you decide to make telecommuting a permanent option after the pandemic ends, you will want to make sure employees’ home offices are as safe as your premises are. Take your cue from the federal government, whose www.telework.gov site offers this home office safety checklist.