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Strategies for remote work-life balance and peace of mind

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Others are worried that employers are monitoring their work habits via company-issued laptops, email accounts and phones while they work from home, which can fuel a sense of paranoia and the fear that they should be working more. Put your availability in the context of your other work-from-home responsibilities.

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Increase your emotional intelligence while working remotely: 8 tips

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Tapping into your emotional intelligence while working remotely is vitally important. But it can also be challenging, especially if your team is new to working from home or entered the virtual work world suddenly. When you’re working remotely, self-management becomes critically important.

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4 common-sense reasons to encourage sick employees to stay home

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Instead of using sick time or paid time off (PTO), your employees who don’t need to be physically present to do their job can work from home if they feel well enough to do so. Stay home when you’re sick and your employees will feel comfortable doing so, too. People will take advantage no matter what.

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8 office etiquette expectations that are now history

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The fact is that the pandemic changed: The way we work When and where we work How we interact with colleagues What employees value and prioritize Changes in office etiquette As a result, you can also count office etiquette expectations among the changes. It feels foreign and distant now.

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How to address employee pay in your inclement weather policy

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Does your company have tasks that must be performed regardless of the weather (and who is responsible for that work)? Can some employees work from home? In this case, the Department of Labor states that the business may make deductions to pay or require the employee to use accrued PTO or vacation.

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Working from home with kids: 5 ways to help employees

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Working from home with kids isn’t best practice, but during a prolonged crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, many of your parent employees may find this incredibly demanding scenario unavoidable. Parents who work remotely while schools and daycares are closed must essentially take on an extra full-time job as teacher-caretaker.

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Pros and cons of “pawternity” leave: 5 must-ask questions

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For instance, if only half of your workforce owns pets, that means the other half doesn’t own pets and therefore won’t qualify for the extra time off or flexibility to work from home. Or will you also provide days off or the flexibility to work from home upon adoption of a new pet?