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6 business travel tips to avoid the awkward, illegal and ill-advised

Insperity

Because they’re not business related, these expenses tend to not be covered: Inflight alcoholic beverages Traffic tickets Book purchases Pet boarding Baby-sitting. Respect for colleagues also extends to doing your part to share the logistical load. Review the list of non-reimbursable expenses in the company’s policy.

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Krystina Moustakis on Communicating with Decision-Makers as a Consultant

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00:05:03 Krystina Moustakis So depending on what fits best for this situation, we would need to dig in a little deeper and figure out where the logistics of this where that hiccup is literally happening. I’m gonna have legal send you an NDA and have purchasing send you some supplier information forms and we can go from there.

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I called my boss a nasty name, coworker isn’t doing our joint project, and more

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Recently, my wife’s boss gave her the department’s corporate credit card to make some minor purchases for an event while she herself was on vacation. My wife made a very small (but legitimate) purchase of some balloons for this event and then mislaid the receipt. The purchase was for $4.66.

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company says only moms can work at home, was I rude for turning down a carpool, and more

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Is this legal? Would it be legal if they offered this benefit to parents of any gender, but not non-parents? The part where they’re not offering it to non-parents is legal (except for in the small number of jurisdictions in the U.S. All I can find online is discrimination laws when the policies hurt parents.

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overweight employee keeps breaking office chairs, my boss won’t give me a budget, and more

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We purchased two new ones just for her with a higher weight ability. I am getting ready to purchase more chairs and another one that goes up to 400 pounds for her. Is there anything that we can legally say to her? This makes it difficult to secure dates and other logistical details.

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should we fire an intern for extending her vacation without permission, coworker makes rude remarks about my quietness, and more

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If one of my coworkers purchased me a birthday gift, am I required to purchase her one for her birthday? She purchased a gift for me for my birthday (a small bottle of alcohol) and she knew that giving me the gift made me uncomfortable, but she did it anyway. To my knowledge, she has not purchased any other coworkers gifts.

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I was laid off and now my manager wants my help, I don’t want my company car, and more

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As part of my very, very generous package, my employer purchased a lovely SUV. Also, there must be legal issues regarding an employer forcing an employee to spend money on something they don’t want to have. My role was to open and then manage a new sales office. All expenses are covered, and I can even have a driver if I want.