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Elevating Your Role As An Executive Assistant

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Engage in discussions about long-term strategies, actively seek ways to align your support with these overarching goals, and be able to voice potential conflicts, concerns, as well as opportunities based on your view of the calendar and logistical objectives - a key part of your domain.

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Sorting out taxes and reporting for a deceased employee

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Are there special reporting requirements? More practically, cancel the deceased employee’s company email and security card, and retrieve their company-issued cell phone and laptop. Wages and accrued benefits paid in the same calendar year as death are exempt from income tax withholding, but are subject to FICA and FUTA.

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Stay on Track for Productivity

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In Buffer’s “ 2022 State Of Remote Work ” report, 21% of participants reported “difficulty focusing” as one of their struggles with remote work. You can mark these blocks on your email calendar—Microsoft Outlook or Google Calendar, for instance—so it sends you reminders to stop and start. Sidestep time traps.

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How to Make Reading Part of Your Daily Routine

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Make time for reading by putting it on your calendar. Reading is no harder to achieve than your weekly conference call if you schedule it on your calendar and take it just as seriously. I’ve found that things that don’t make it onto my calendar typically don’t get accomplished. —Rahim Charania, American Fueling Systems 2.

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How to Protect Your Mental Health at Work

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In an October 2022 poll , “Stress in America 2022: Concerned for the future, beset by inflation,” the APA found that 34% of adults report “stress is completely overwhelming most days,” alongside 27% of respondents who report that “most days they are so stressed they can’t function.” Protecting mental health at work for employees 1.

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Are You Ready to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

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In fact, rather than working less, most remote workers reported putting in more hours and becoming more productive when they ditched the office. In its fourth quarter of 2020 and first quarter of 2021 financial reports—while many other companies were experiencing layoffs and frantically downsizing—BELAY announced record-breaking numbers.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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In a survey published in 2020’s “ Building the On-Demand Workforce ” report from the Harvard Business School and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), 60% of business leaders said they expected to increasingly “rent” “borrow” or “share” talent with other companies. In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports.