In something straight out of “Benny Hill,” a New York City welfare office manager overseeing 21 Human Resources Administration employees terrorized her...
Nothing upsets employees more than opening their pay envelopes and discovering their checks are for less money than they expected. But errors do happen. When they do,...
Employees' typical home-to-work commutes are not compensable time, and that doesn't change just because employees meet up at a designated place and take a car pool or...
Question: It is my job
to order the food for our board meetings. We’ve had several complaints
about ordering the same types of food for each meeting. My...
Question: For the
second year in a row, I have composed a short e-mail invite to the
managers and supervisors on staff. Another employee informed me that
the words...
Q. We’re cleaning up our personnel files and updating emergency contact information. Some employees don’t want to provide their contact information. Is it...
Q. I was interested in your recent article discussing reverifying employees' I-9 documents when they expire. Does this mean that if a worker shows a driver's license as...
Here's a reason to be extra careful about what you say to employees regarding their pay: The Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law (WPCL) gives employees a way to...
Question: I'm the
HR representative in a small financial-planning firm. We're looking for
a really good executive assistant to support our three principals, but
we're...
Question: During a performance review, how do you tactfully discuss with an employee --
point out to an employee -- that he or she spends way too much time
visiting...
Question: I am the executive assistant for the CEO/president of a small (45 employees)
company. The boss frequently travels, either on business trips, family
trips or...
Question: I work for a business owner as a bookkeeper and assistant office manager. I
also am referred to by others as the business owner's secretary.
I don't have...
Question: I have worked for my employer -- a large company with more than 1,400
employees -- for eight years now. When I started working here, the
amount of contracts...
Question: I'm wondering how many admin/executive assistants other firms
employ. We have 40 "managers" of different levels, with 3 Executive
Assistants to support them,...
