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Workplace boundaries: Examples to create a healthier work environment

Business Management Daily

Do not equate the act of setting boundaries at work with selfishness. Rather, understand how work boundaries assist with performance and job satisfaction. They promote better mental health and work-life balance. However, times exist when she really needs team members to leave her alone. Ask Patricia.

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What you need to include in a small business employee handbook

Business Management Daily

First, they act as an in-depth introduction to your company for new hires. Employee handbooks also act as a reference point for current employees. Employees can reference their employee handbook when a question or concern arises about holiday pay, sick leave, or the dress code and find an answer quickly. Medical leave.

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Simple steps to create an employee handbook

Business Management Daily

Current employees can also benefit from having a quick reference guide when a question or concern arises about sick days, various types of leave, reporting harassment, or office policies. These handbooks provide a wealth of information that all staff can benefit from. An employee handbook can also help with compliance.

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Legal considerations for returning to business as usual post-COVID

Business Management Daily

Others who worked from home while managing remote schooling and childcare may welcome a distraction-free environment. The latest updates or old guidance that did not need modification include: Actively encourage sick workers to stay home. Provide paid leave to encourage staying home. This has two parts.

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Ultimate HR Calendar 2023: Key Dates (+How To Celebrate Them)

Vantage Circle

Day, assemble your team to volunteer and carry out acts of service for underprivileged communities, organize food drives, and educate your people about how racism persists in all aspects of our society. Random Acts of Kindness Day: February 17, 2023, Friday. International Fun at Work Day: April 1, 2023, Saturday.

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How prepared are workers’ compensation systems for COVID-19?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

These experiences also compel us, at the risk of being censured for going outside of our sphere, to call attention to the enormous wastage of life, health, and happiness through failure or inability to obtain medical attention. I've included a list of notable pandemics from Madhav N, Oppenheim B, Gallivan M, et al.

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Telecommuting Discrimination – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

I work for a company that sometimes allows employees to work from home. However, several of my co-workers have been told that they cannot work from home if they have children that are home with them. By definition, telecommuting is when an employee works from home.