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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. If we must bring in our own supplies, what’s the point? 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?

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APRIL 8, 2015

Regardless of the reason, is this behavior legal? Who should give a gift on Administrative Professionals Day? On Administrative Professionals Day, who is supposed to give the gift to the administrative assistant? She does, however, order us supplies if we need them, but this is her job.

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JULY 5, 2016

A reader writes: Several months ago, I was hired as an administrative assistant by a very small nonprofit. Legally, ethically, and practically, they cannot have it both ways. When they offered me the position, I was told they could only afford to have me work seven hours per week (they stressed this was a strict limit).

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