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If Sending Christmas Cards Feels Like a Chore, Here’s How to Politely Opt Out

Success

Mailing holiday cards is a popular tradition. At minimum, there’s the business of purchasing, signing, addressing and mailing our greetings before the holidays arrive. Letting the tradition go: How to stop sending Christmas cards For different reasons, some of us are opting out of the holiday card tradition.

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Gift cards, taxability, and W-2s.

BMT Office Administration

This is the classic definition of a tax-free de minimis fringe benefit. And we are deeply sorry about this, but yes, you will need to play the Grinch and deliver the bad news to employees about taxes and require HR to keep track of who won what at the holiday party. It’s holiday party time and raffles are common.

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How to Plan Events Your Team Will Love (Without the Stress)

Eat Your Career

Whether you’re managing the company holiday party, setting up your employee programming for the season ahead, or planning a last minute summer get-together for your team, organizing events that are creative and engaging can feel like an added burden on top of your day-to-day operational and administrative responsibilities.

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5 SOP examples for your business

BMT Office Administration

Terms and definitions. Terms and definitions. Terms and definitions. The finance department is responsible for approving high-value office supply purchases and reconciling expense purchases. Terms and definitions. Follow the expense policy to document any charges put on a company card. Expense policy.

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Executive Assistants: How to Make Your LinkedIn Profile Shine

Worxbee

This means that your holiday snaps or duck-face selfies just don’t cut it as a profile picture. You don’t necessarily have to go to the expense of having a professional photographer take your pictures (although these can definitely be worth it!). However, you should definitely back those claims up. How are you innovative?

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Get Organized: Painless Holiday Shopping and Gifting

Get Organized!

Organizing Tips | Organizing Products | Organizing Services Thursday, December 9, 2010 Get Organized: Painless Holiday Shopping and Gifting Have you ever been at a loss as to what gift to buy someone? You could go for the expensive, like a new outfit or new techie gadget, or go for the inexpensive, like a new book or a $20 gift certificate.

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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

Practically Perfect PA

We’ve chosen holiday destinations specifically because they are close to where the business travel took us,’ said Deborah, who chronicles her experiences on the blog, TagAlongTravel.com. ‘I Bleisure travel, it would appear, is definitely a thing. We’ve organised our lives around travel.

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