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Is a post-COVID remote work policy right for you?

BMT Office Administration

Deciding on the best course policy for your workplace can be tricky. If you’re still debating what your remote work policy should look like, you’re not alone. There are a number of policies to consider. Hybrid policies can also help you onboard and train employees more effectively. Possible work arrangements.

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How to Create a Powerful, Future-Proof Culture for Remote and Decentralized Teams

Allwork

If you have a customer-is-always-right policy, describe what’s required to support it. If your culture supports this option, reach out to your workers to determine what resources and processes are necessary. Be cognizant of the time zones. You can also reach out to workers via recorded videos and emails.

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Why Human Connections Are A Business Advantage In A Remote World

Allwork

In addition to lost productivity, the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) suggests that employee replacement costs can be as high as 50-60%. Driving Human Connections is Good for Business On the flip side, a   recent study by Enboarder   found that   94% of employees are more productive when they feel connected to their colleagues.

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When you suspect a co-worker has a substance abuse problem.

Laughing all the Way to Work

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.

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Tips for Office Costumes at Halloween

Professional Assistant Blog

This has been a tradition in our office for quite some time now, where people would decorate the office, dress up in funky costumes and bring baked treats for everyone. Luckily, in my office, we dress in casual clothes all of the time and we do have a corporate policy of being able to dress up in a costume for this event.

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: How Badly Do You Need Time Off?

On The Job

this summer with her boyfriend – not only because her company’s policy mandates that she take at least five consecutive days off, but because she needs the break. Caligiuri, a work psychologist and professor of human resource management at Rutgers University, says that workers who don’t get time off have reduced creativity and productivity.

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Leading and Working with a Multi-VA Team

Denise Aday

That if you maintain a good communication flow via your daily collaboration tools, then team meetings don’t add enough value to warrant the hassle of trying to get everyone together at the same time across time zones. They prefer that we do the marketing and selling, then bring them on in time to deliver the results.