Australian Labor And Greens Senators Support 4-day Work Week
Allwork
MARCH 9, 2023
On Thursday, the Senate Work and Care Committee, chaired by Barbara Pocock of the Greens, called for policies that could drastically adjust work-life balance.
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Success
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
To achieve your goals, you must develop a customer care policy that’s understood and adhered to by every member of your team. And with online reviews so common at Google and Yelp, a “best practices” policy will do more than increase customer retention. We’ve all asked in a phone call or personal visit, “Is Luis here today?”
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Discover 5 Tips To Mitigate Workplace Harassment And Avoid Toxic Organizations
Allwork
OCTOBER 18, 2022
81% of women and 43% of men have reported sexual harassment and/or assault in the workplace. . According to a national study , 81% of women and 43% of men have reported sexual harassment and/or assault in the workplace. As an employee, it’s important to feel safe and secure in all workplace environments. .
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Sorting out taxes and reporting for a deceased employee
BMT Office Administration
JUNE 16, 2023
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. Payouts for accrued vacation and other time off follow company policy on final pay. On the final W-2, report all wages up until death.
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How to Save Money on Your Car Insurance
Success
JUNE 26, 2023
But it’s a good idea to review your policy to ensure you have the best car insurance and check for a better price every six to 12 months, depending on when your policy renews. Understanding the coverage types and dollar limits on your current policy can help you ask informed questions and compare insurance companies one-to-one.
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Will The Future Of Work Require Mandatory Time Off?
Allwork
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
From benefit packages to company policies, required time off through financial incentivization is not a new practice, but it could become a new normal. Some companies are already doing this through benefit packages or company policies that require a certain number of days off per year. Your body and mind function the same way.
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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding
All Things Admin
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
You might be using a new phone system or dealing with new project management software. Communication Introduce them to the company’s communication channels and email distribution lists. Set up a branded email for the new hire, complete with an appropriate title and auto-signature.
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Designing Human-Centric Workplaces Is Key To Hybrid Program Success
Allwork
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Rather than setting arbitrary policies, organizations must now seek to maximize intentional flexibility for their workers and teams within the context of the work to be done, as Waller proposed at the 2022 Gartner Symposium/ITxpo. The Human-Centric Workplace Must Respond to Evolving Needs.
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A look back at The Stoddart Review: the once and future guide to workplace productivity?
Workplace Insight
JANUARY 17, 2024
The Stoddart Review , published in 2016, was one of the most significant reports of recent years to explore the role of the workplace for employee productivity in extensive detail and why the office environment was key for productivity purposes. However, the Stanford Institute WFH research report stated that 12.7
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Time Spent on Social Networks Exploding; Email and IM Fading
Small Business Labs
AUGUST 4, 2010
Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? We are using email and instant messaging less.
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Authentically Gen Z: The Values, Aspirations & Drivers That Will Re-Define The Future Of Work
Allwork
AUGUST 26, 2022
As Generation Z—those born between 1997 and 2012—begins to enter the workforce, companies are realizing their current office spaces, operational policies, and company norms do not resonate as strongly with this emerging employee base as they did with those of decades past. Image courtesy of SmithGroup.
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Defining The Future Of Work: Key Terms To Know For 2023
Allwork
OCTOBER 21, 2022
Similar to DEI policies, ESG focuses on climate-related business strategies that can have a direct impact on the environment. Virtual office services include a business address, mail forwarding, monthly access to meeting rooms or desk space, live receptionist services, a business number, and a VoIP phone system. Quiet Firing .
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Getting the Most Out of Your Next Performance Evaluation
Office Dynamics
JULY 10, 2018
Update phone extension list to ensure callers are directed to the appropriate person. Serve as department liaison and attend or participate in company-wide committee meetings to stay up to date on new policies and announcements and report back to manager and department. Explore ways to reduce supply costs by 5% to 10%.
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Procrastination at Work: How to Practice Better Time Management
BMT Office Administration
OCTOBER 10, 2022
A little bit of procrastination at the office is surprisingly common, with 88% of workers reporting that they put off important work tasks for at least one hour each day. Any co-worker checking social media notifications instead of reading employee emails qualifies as online procrastination. Internet surfing. Social media.
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Managing your boss’s schedule like a mega star
Practically Perfect PA
MARCH 27, 2017
Basically, the do / build method means that you block time for ‘doing’ tasks, such as answering emails, attending meetings or writing reports, and you block time for ‘building’ tasks such as training, brainstorming, networking or strategic thinking. Would a call or email exchange be more time effective?
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Beady-eyed employee monitoring is also subject to data protection law
Workplace Insight
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Of those who believe they have been monitored, monitoring timekeeping and access was the most common practice at 40 percent, followed by monitoring emails, files, calls or messages at 25 percent. This includes 23 percent of 18-24s, 25 percent of 25-34s, and 11 percent of 55+.
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Employee Monitoring: How to (and not to) track employee productivity
BMT Office Administration
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Beyond that, droves of companies that were inexperienced with remote work were creating monitoring policies for the first time. An example would be call centers, where employee phone calls and voicemails were recorded and closely monitored to ensure their quality and efficiency. Employee monitoring methods for remote team members.
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A Comprehensive Guide to Hiring an Executive Assistant
LEADERASSISTANT.COM
MARCH 28, 2024
Traditionally, executive assistants were seen as secretarial staff, making copies and answering phone calls. Include a specific contact person for queries, an email address or a link to the application portal. Look for answers indicating a balance between personal integrity and company policies.
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Consumer Reports’ naughty and nice list for holiday shoppers
Service Untitled
NOVEMBER 24, 2010
On Monday, Consumer Reports published its first Naughty and Nice Holiday List. The input came from reporters and editors and covered shopping, travel, hospitality, and telecommunications, and identifies some good and some frowned upon shopping policies of 20 popular organizations. Publix offers some antibiotics for free.
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Why a Single Phone Line is All You Need
The Marq
APRIL 29, 2010
TheMarq A Human Perspective on Business and Life Why a Single Phone Line is All You Need Technology Review I’m writing today about the use of a single phone line for all business and/or personal phone and SMS communication. A complete UC package involves other services such as email, IM, and presence meta data.
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Managing your boss’s schedule like a mega star
Practically Perfect PA
MARCH 27, 2017
Basically, the do / build method means that you block time for ‘doing’ tasks, such as answering emails, attending meetings or writing reports, and you block time for ‘building’ tasks such as training, brainstorming, networking or strategic thinking. Would a call or email exchange be more time effective?
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Write The Best Job Descriptions In 7 Easy Steps | Free Templates
Recruit CRM
JUNE 17, 2021
Apart from describing the tasks, talk about the leave policy, workplace bonuses, yearly paid leaves, vacation plans, health insurance, employee stock options etc. Close The Lid On Biases The United Nation's gender study report revealed that there's no such country with gender equality. The faster you catch their attention, the better.
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Daan van Rossum – CEO at FlexOS | Flex Work: The Key to Career Freedom.
Allwork
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
And so when you do it at a team level and you have all these teams basically having their own policy, their own team agreements, then it also works as a company. People self report that they are more productive. But actually what we ended up doing is just send a lot more emails and communicate a lot more. What is the result?
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Webiste Critique Special Report: Kidorable
Men With Pens
SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
We do quite a few website critique reports here at Men with Pens. Speaking of covering everything head to toe… today is a special report website critique for Kidorable, an acclaimed kids’ clothing and accessories company dressing little kids up right. Say, in the footer. Your turn: Did we miss anything in our website critique?
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Dymo's CardScan iPhone App Illustrates Several Key Trends
Small Business Labs
JULY 21, 2010
Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.
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E-mail Etiquette
Laughing all the Way to Work
SEPTEMBER 21, 2007
Email is no longer just for personal use, with all our accepted short forms: LOL, U, GB and a co-worker's favourite, OMG! Your company may have a policy on how they want you to address people in external business email. 1 Be Courteous With Email Are you There? Jane Watson of J. This is a great tip from Jane Watson of J.
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Leveraging AI to Unlock Human Potential | Angela Hood – CEO and founder of thisway global Inc.
Allwork
MAY 20, 2024
So on my phone, I sat there and asked him questions. And so it’s up to businesses to figure out how do they manage that, and this is a big one, and be transparent with their workforce and the candidates that are coming into their company and tell them what the policy is and try to help them understand why. I typed in stuff.
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Is Facebook Replacing Traditional Websites?
Small Business Labs
JULY 13, 2010
Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? generated more traffic and emails than usual. The
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How to Say 'No' at Work
Ian's Messy Desk
MAY 19, 2010
When someone fails to provide all the information she needs to do her job, she explains: “I understand that you need this report by tomorrow. One colleague always submitted incomplete information for a monthly report. Don’t answer the phone or e-mail. To do that, I need last month’s sales figures from you.”
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The E-tiquette of E-mail
Professional Assistant Blog
FEBRUARY 20, 2008
Your company may have a policy on how they want you to address people in external business e-mail. Your company may have a strict policy on what they want you to include in the signature line and what it should look like, but generally you would include your name, title, company name and address, telephone and fax number. Who are you?
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Small Business Labs
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? It is also an excellent note taking device and email client.
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The E-tiquette of E-mail
Laughing all the Way to Work
FEBRUARY 16, 2008
Watson Associates gives the following e-mail tips for Email Salutations in her e-bulletin Business Writing Updates: “There are several options for starting an e-mail in North America as our business culture is not as formal as other areas. That way the reader can relax and continue to read the email knowing you are not shouting at them.
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Memory Makeover: Tips to Spruce Up an Absent Mind
Ian's Messy Desk
OCTOBER 20, 2010
Think you can successfully study the details of a report while talking on the phone and reading your horoscope? So hang up the phone, find a quiet place and focus. Comments Trackbacks Stuck | Fried Optimism Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life!
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Virtual Assistants: Eliminate Last Minute Requests From Clients
Step It Up VA Coaching
AUGUST 4, 2011
Share your office hours (including time zone) and let them know you’re a phone call or click away. How to send work to us: Let clients know where work should be emailed and what to send. Visit [link] to receive the free report, Top 3 Mistakes to Avoid in Creating a 6-Figure VA Business. What about first thing in the morning?
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How I Almost Dumped the CLIQ: Review – Part 3
The Marq
DECEMBER 31, 2009
I’d heard about the new Nexus One (Android phone that Google will sell directly starting on January 5). So, I decided to exchange the phone. To T-Mobile’s credit, I took the phone back and they changed it on the spot at the store. In any case, I exchanged my phone.
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Productivityist
MARCH 10, 2016
Think about news reports regarding Sony or the Office of Personnel Management. If you work in an office, talk to your manager so that a general security policy can be instated (if it isn’t already). You should know what can be shared in email or discussed over the phone. How much of your work exists only online?
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Can A Great Security Plan Improve Your Productivity?
Productivityist
MARCH 10, 2016
Think about news reports regarding Sony or the Office of Personnel Management. If you work in an office, talk to your manager so that a general security policy can be instated (if it isn’t already). You should know what can be shared in email or discussed over the phone. How much of your work exists only online?
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Self Defense for Admins
The Office Professionals Place
AUGUST 13, 2009
You have to be able to create a PowerPoint presentation, merge a document in Word, or create a report in Excel. A good office professional must be able to greet clients, answer phones, and interact pleasantly, politely, and cordially. Effective Business Writing Skills Who wants to read a three page email?
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You Can Be the Leader You Were Born to Be
The Office Professionals Place
SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
Follow-up does not mean frequent phone calls, emails, meetings, or standing over someone’s shoulder. If deadlines cannot be set, a good practice would be to let team members know when you will be contacting them for a status report. It would be easy to take on a task yourself, but also stressful.
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TheMarq: My Favorite Android Apps – Part 1: Utilities
The Marq
MAY 6, 2010
Here is the debut list: Utilities AppBrain : One of the biggest challenges with finding any applications for Android is that there’s no web interface to the Android Market that allows you to read through all available apps and select items to downloaded to your phone. FlashLight : I looked for this app early on when I bought the phone.
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The Marq
JANUARY 21, 2010
It would be a wonderful opportunity to report on some of the best, brightest and most interesting minds of our times. Its international counterpart, TEDGlobal 2010 , will be held in Oxford, UK from July 12 to 16 and is currently open for registration. If I could make it to UK, I certainly would. What Do You Think?
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TheMarq: Social Media Not a Panacea
The Marq
OCTOBER 26, 2009
We both agreed that the idea of writing your status as "going to lunch" or "just got off the phone" and the likes are useless in the world of business. Likely well begin to see microblogging as a news feed stream that runs across the bottom of your computer screen at work, home, or on your smart phone devices. What Do You Think?
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Laughing all the Way to Work
OCTOBER 6, 2009
it requires a firm culture that discusses recovery openly and strongly support it -both in action and written policy. and hopefully, they have supportive procedures and policies in place to help them." This is usually a lot of "talk" in companies.but little real support for it. in my experience. 411 Look Up 411.ca
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Answering Reader Mail: How to Be A Great Gatekeeper
Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
MARCH 5, 2010
A friend of a friend wrote the following email. In the beginning my boss had an open door policy, but that seems not to be suitable anymore. visiting/checking in on his direct reports. Even if you don't have an answer yet feel free to write an email three days in a row saying: I haven't forgotten about you.
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