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JANUARY 25, 2022

I never worked from home, as my role as a receptionist/administrative assistant isn’t conducive to that. I’m not one to forget to clock in, and I feel like this is probably in response to a few chronic mis-punchers, but can they legally do this? I am a woman in my mid-twenties. Nope, they cannot.

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MAY 17, 2016

Why don’t we send a card and flowers or food, which are more traditional for condolences?”. I am an administrative assistant and have a second job interview coming up the end of this week. I really want to wow them with my great administrative skills and do something that will make me stand out above the other candidate(s).

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DECEMBER 22, 2015

(We’re in a small department–previously three, and now four, employees; all three of us report to my boss, but I am the most senior of the three reports and the other two provide administrative assistance to both of us. Is this legal? It’s legal, and it’s pretty common.

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MARCH 24, 2016

Also, there must be legal issues regarding an employer forcing an employee to spend money on something they don’t want to have. I work as at a leading worldwide pharmaceutical company as an administrative assistant. I am about to return home for another round of in-person meetings with my boss.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

I have been at my new job as an administrative assistant for just over two months. Is this legal? My boss is advertising my job because I got sick before some pre-approved vacation time. A few months ago, I decided to make a big career move and change industries.

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

She just assumes I will bring some food for her parties. You bought a perfectly legal product on your lunch break. I recently applied to an administrative assistant position online, and someone from their HR department emailed me on Monday and set up a phone interview with me for that Thursday. Not at all. – 2016.

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MARCH 11, 2021

I had a compliance role in the legal department of a Fortune 500 investment company. Everything else is basically low-paying retail and fast-food jobs. in my exact field, albeit in an administrative assistant capacity (which would be a step down from my previous compliance position).

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