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If uncertainty about how the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) would apply to your newly-hired administrativeassistant who has decided to adopt a child from Russia is keeping you awake at night, or if you simply prefer not to spend a portion of your week interpreting health insurance plans, outsourcing to a PEO or a HRO may be the answer.
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And I was always the person getting the lunches together, planning the events, doing, you know, whatever, telling everybody where they need to go. And so that naturally translated into my career, my parents owned a smallbusiness. So that was sort of the role that I got put in there. Or one tidbit?
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By the way, I’m planning to write a card for my grieving coworker.). Can you speak up and urge a different plan? I am an administrativeassistant and have a second job interview coming up the end of this week. I’ve been working as a personal/administrativeassistant for a small-business owner since 2011.
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For smallbusiness owners, this is an important detail because you (or someone on your staff) must be well-versed in the art of phone etiquette. Anything that helps your business establish an ongoing connection with a customer, add it! Create a game plan for addressing each in a manner that benefits all parties.
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