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How to create an assistant handbook

Practically Perfect PA

On March 26 th I joined some of the PA community’s most motivated and inspiring representatives at the annual Assist conference, speaking in a case study slot on “Future proofing your career” One of the best ways to add value, progress, and drive change is by creating a handbook for assistants at your company.

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Benefits of outsourcing HR for small businesses

BMT Office Administration

Small businesses can outsource all of their HR operations, or just specific HR tasks that they don’t have the bandwidth to manage internally. Creating company policies: Crafting policies from scratch can be difficult, especially in a small business.

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Drew Jones | Creating a Culture that Inspires: The Impact of Authentic Leadership and Core Values

Allwork

With the knowledge accumulated from his research, he bestows a powerful tool in his latest book, The Open Culture Handbook. You’ve been told that simply implementing policies and procedures will shape your organization’s culture, but despite your efforts, it still feels inauthentic and lacking.

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Introduction to Procedures: Usage, Terminology, and Tips for Getting Started

All Things Admin

Example: An employee handbook that includes a procedure for submitting expense reports, outlining the steps to fill out the form, attach receipts, and submit it to the finance department. Policy – A rule or guideline set by your company that all employees are expected to follow.

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5 SOP examples for your business

BMT Office Administration

In order to produce more consistent results and streamline your internal operations, it can be beneficial to create standard operating procedures for everyone to follow. Conduct the HR orientation to orient the new employee with the timekeeping and payroll software , necessary paperwork, and internal resources. Expense policy.

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Employee Files: What to include, what to leave out, and what’s confidential

BMT Office Administration

For instance, if your employment records contain all the disciplinary actions and policy violations committed by the offending employee, you’ll have a better chance of defending your decision to terminate an employee in court. While it’s clear that you need to keep a separate file for each employee, which documents should you include in it?

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Easy Ideas For A Greener Office

Eco-Office Gals

You can also try printing in draft mode and a smaller font for internal documents, buying chlorine-free paper, avoid colour printing, PDF your policies and handbooks and host them online or on the company servers rather than keeping print copies and shred and reuse unwanted documents as packing material.