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Building a robust employee recognition program

Insperity

You’ll need to talk to your payroll specialist or accountant regarding potential tax implication.). For example, peers can write notes and post them on their cubicle walls when an employee does something to help out a peer. It may not be feasible to give people exactly what they want.

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How to Launch (and Maintain) a Successful E-Commerce Business

Success

If you fail to get this right, as I did with my online men’s store, then your customers won’t care about your offerings, and you’ll have to go back to your old cubicle job. Avoid putting this person on the payroll if you can, because then you’ll have to wade through a lot of red tape related to taxes, insurance, benefits and the like.

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coworker brings her baby to every meeting, manager is shocked no one sent a thank-you note for our raises, and more

Ask a Manager

I overheard a conversation between two supervisors in our office (I have a cubicle, they were in the conference room opposite me, the door was half-open, and they’re both loud talkers). Payroll only invited me to create an account in their employee management system after I had been employed for over a month.

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

Vantage Circle

Ask the employees to handcraft the emoji of their choice and stick it on their cubicle walls. National Payroll Week: September 5-9, 2023, Tuesday-Saturday. Place ice cream counters for the workforce to enjoy the day. World Emoji Day: July 17, 2023, Monday. International Self-Care Day: July 24, 2023, Monday.

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is it wrong to remind coworkers to vote, resting your eyes at work, and more

Ask a Manager

I work in a grey cubicle in a grey building with no windows, no natural light, almost no human interaction, and the constant white noise of the air system. There was no PTO banked to pay out and due to how payroll dates fell, she had received her last paycheck in the middle of the week of missing shifts. P.S. Please vote today.

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am I being pushed out of my job because I’m moving, fundraising when everyone’s remote, and more

Ask a Manager

That part is pretty black and white; if you’re moving there, they need to get you off their payroll. (If on their desk or tacked up the outside of their cubicle. But if you’re hoping for an outcome where you keep working for them from the other state, it doesn’t sound like that’s legally possible.

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taking time off to let a new tattoo heal, boss insults at us the Christmas party, and more

Ask a Manager

Even though I know nothing about HR, health insurance, 401K administration, payroll deductions, and a myriad of other issues, those are all items that I have to manage day to day. I work in a cubicle farm in sales. As a result, everyone around here wears many hats. – 2016. My coworker told me I’m too loud.