Attendance Bot

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Statutory Benefits: These are workers’ benefits that employers are legally required to provide based on local laws. The Importance of Employee Benefits Providing employee benefits is crucial for organizations, not only to comply with legal requirements but also to foster a supportive and productive work environment.

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Ask a Manager

JULY 12, 2022

When I got back to the agency, clearly the car could not be driven nor could anyone else be transported in it until it was deep cleaned. I brought this to Boss and was told to hand it off to our cleaning staff. I felt very bad about this and like I should be the one cleaning since it was my client, but lacked the equipment to do so.

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Vantage Circle

JANUARY 9, 2019

Instead of email confirmation, opt for a phone call as they are more personal and offer better communication. Set an appointment before joining and getting done with all the essential office legal work and creating office credentials and IDs. There needs to be proper planning to hand out offers and intimating start dates for new hires.

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Great Place to Work

OCTOBER 21, 2019

As the world met the pandemic, Farmers Insurance CEO Jeff Dailey created a cross-functional team of leaders from human resources, government affairs, internal and external communications, legal and real estate teams to monitor the COVID-19 situation. This egalitarian approach to is possible with a communication tool.

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Vantage Circle

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Here’s another thing: a hostile work environment can negatively impact your employees’ morale and productivity and even lead to legal problems. Lack of trust or communication between employees and management. Communicate your company's values and culture. But how to communicate it? High turnover rates.

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Ruby

OCTOBER 20, 2021

It’s not that they want to keep their needs a secret from you; it’s that you might just not be using the best platform to communicate with them. By gathering information about the wants and needs of your website’s visitors, and accurately communicating what you can and cannot do for them, live chat specialists can help save you valuable time.

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Ruby

AUGUST 26, 2020

Business Unusual: Hiring & Team Cohesion Diving deeper into staff augmentation, outsourcing, and working with freelancers, Ruby’s Director of Strategic Communications, Katie Hurst, continues her interview with Damien Filiatrault, Founder and CEO of Scalable Path. You want to clean people’s teeth or do fillings.

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Ruby

JULY 14, 2022

Here’s what we’ve learned about small business success, customer communication, employee engagement, navigating disruptions, and more: Table of contents 1. That said, it’s important to remember what you do best, and what you need to do in-house, as we’ve explored together with Hire an Esquire in our guide to legal outsourcing.

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Ask a Manager

JULY 1, 2015

I work in communications at a large, private university. Is this an infringement on my rights or is it legal? It’s legal. If what’s really going on is that your company doesn’t give references at all but only confirms dates of employment and job title, that’s also legal — and stupid.

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Ruby

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Check out our Finance Hub for useful tips on communication, growth and more year round! This includes mortgage interest or rent, real estate taxes, utilities, and maintenance costs such as house cleaning and landscaping. If someone takes out a loan on your behalf, but it’s in their name, you are not legally liable for the debt.

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SnackNation

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

During this time, the HR representative will lead the employee through a process that legally exits him from the company and gathers his institutional knowledge for whoever will be filling his shoes. Make sure the departure is communicated to the company. Clean his desk and prepare it for his successor.

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Ask a Manager

APRIL 3, 2023

On the other hand, this is immoral and egregious behavior, and I feel like they should not get away clean. Employers do have a legal right to monitor employees’ use of work email, but they do not have the right to log into your personal email. And legalities aside, it’s a genuinely outrageous violation of your privacy.

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Launch Work Places

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Depending on the location, flexible office space support services could include: Reception Intra-office communications Mail and package acceptance Printing services Fast internet Physical business mailing address Privacy and Security You don’t have to be concerned about security in a flexible office space.

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Launch Work Places

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Without these essential tools, productivity could falter, and communication between offices may become challenging. It’s ideal for legal professionals and other service-oriented businesses. Provide the Amenities That Matter to Your Team A successful remote office requires more than just functional tools and a good layout.

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Launch Work Places

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Without these essential tools, productivity could falter, and communication between offices may become challenging. It’s ideal for legal professionals and other service-oriented businesses. Provide the Amenities That Matter to Your Team A successful remote office requires more than just functional tools and a good layout.

Retail 52

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Ask a Manager

JULY 23, 2020

All communications with the employee were electronic so we have a good record of what transpired. Meanwhile, though, we had closed the entire facility for several days, some areas of the building for over a week, and we had hired an outside contractor to help our custodial team clean and sanitize the facility.

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Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 1, 2020

And now your company is spending time and money defending themselves legally, when they might have been able to avoid that by communicating like adults in the first place. The water cooler was removed, the water to the area turned off, and the carpet was vacuumed and cleaned of any visible trace of mold, but was not properly treated.

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Ask a Manager

JUNE 14, 2021

Not sure how the company will succeed without retention and with so many potential legal problems, but I guess stranger things have happened in the startup world. The only precautions that they agreed to put in place was that everyone would get hand sanitizer on their workstation, and they would hire a cleaning crew to come in once a week.

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Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

And legally it would put them on very shaky territory: They can’t treat people differently because of a disability or the perception that they’re disabled (which here would refer to depression, etc.), We’re communicating now through email. No halfway decent company will require you to cover scars! How do I cheerfully say No Way?

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Ask a Manager

JULY 10, 2022

All we are asked to do is pay for the cleaning services and get our own plane tickets, so I have no legal contract that it’s been booked. How do I go about communicating that we would like to be refunded for our tickets and not try again? We didn’t actually pay anything for the house since it was a perk.

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Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

It is fine to floss at a sink in the bathroom, as long as you clean up any mess that results. When the head is appointed, how do I communicate to the larger network of colleagues (I’m talking dozens if not hundreds of people) that I’m really fine with it and that I’m figuring things out for my own career path? This is illegal.

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Ask a Manager

MARCH 5, 2020

Contrary to health department advice, they laugh off any idea that any extra precautions should be taken in the office like cleaning surfaces and phones, avoiding large group gatherings, etc. It will get much easier when you take those pieces away and just make it about communicating what you do and don’t want her to do.

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Ask a Manager

JULY 7, 2020

I am still employed, and while I serve on the leadership team and was consulted on how the process should be handled, the communication about the layoffs came from our executive director. I am concerned because I think this mixed communication is really confusing people. Aggggh, your ED. But you can and should try.

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Ask a Manager

AUGUST 13, 2017

I am thinking that I prepare a vague list of company improvements (more communication between departments, improved employee morale, etc.) Yeah, don’t volunteer — make a clean break and devote yourself fully to your new job. that I had planned to share during my performance review next month anyways? Not sure what to do.

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Ask a Manager

JULY 5, 2016

I am expected to do odd jobs and although they reimburse expenses, the supplies that officially belong to the organization are accumulating in my small home and there’s nowhere else to put them (cleaning products, office supplies, etc.). Legally, ethically, and practically, they cannot have it both ways.

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Ask a Manager

APRIL 2, 2020

I want to communicate that I will not be available after my last day, and am not interested in staying on a contract basis or working for free. What is the best way to communicate this in a clear, concise, and non-confrontational manner? I have not been treated well and I am done. How do I list collaborative projects on my resume?

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Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 25, 2018

I am 56, with years of experience in communications and administrative work and a masters degree in library science. He says he prefers to communicate with candidates through email because he’s on the phone all day (plus, he’s a millennial, and they seem to prefer electronic communication). Can I trust him?

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Ask a Manager

MAY 12, 2016

A reader writes: I just received a favorable performance review (4 out of 5, “highly valued contribution”) from my secretarial supervisor (I am a legal secretary in a large corporate law firm). And if there’s something that you feel strongly about to push back on now, you should.

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Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 26, 2018

I am happy to report that in the instances prior to Cersei’s departure, I was able to communicate a need for boundaries that my old coworkers understood and respected. It turns out that a valid driver’s license is a requirement for this position and it wasn’t communicated to us. ” 5.

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Ask a Manager

AUGUST 14, 2017

I think if I had come on only as a contractor and had not been working for my boss before, I would have an easier time communicating that I can only take on X projects or waiting to answer email until I am back on the clock. Can you think of a way I can respectfully communicate to my boss that I really am a part-time contractor now?

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Ask a Manager

MARCH 8, 2023

Would my organization would legally be allowed to fire me over it? Yes, legally they could fire you over it. What’s the kindest way I can communicate that he should use his real (not particularly impressive) title, especially in the face of our Big Boss supporting him in using a deceptive title?

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Ask a Manager

MARCH 31, 2020

My main project right now is to clean up the data in the application and get everyone in the organization “rowing in the same direction” so we can get good insights from the info captured by the application. This is going to be a long-term, involved process that will require a lot of communication with all departments.

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Ask a Manager

JULY 2, 2017

Within two days of this emergency, I had found a new place to host 30 kids temporarily, kept in touch with all parents/staff to keep them updated, recovered whatever curriculum and materials possible, and managed communicating between the temporary location, parents, staff, and our owner. She was busy dealing with insurance/clean-up issues.)

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Insperity

JUNE 30, 2020

For small businesses with simple operations and few hazards, it may seem possible to effectively communicate policies and procedures verbally and by example. Communicate safety- and health-related operating procedures to employees. Communication with contract and agency workers.

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Ask a Manager

AUGUST 17, 2022

And having this rule is legal under the laws here and so is letting people go for breaking it. You’re not calling or texting; you’re using email, which by definition is an asynchronous method of communication, meaning that the assumption is that the other person will see it and respond at a time that’s convenient for them.

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Ask a Manager

MARCH 20, 2018

That’s not great, of course, because it may mean that your boss isn’t communicating the way she intends — but it also could just mean that the hiring manager put more weight on something than you’d expect her to from the outside. That quick skim usually won’t go more than 100-200 posts back (and that’s on the high side).

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Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Is it even legal for them to not give me a promotion based on my mental health? As for the legalities … if your condition is protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act , it’s illegal for them to consider it in promotion decisions (as long as you can do the job with reasonable accommodations and without undue hardship to them).

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