DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am an attorney at a small firm. When the staff member who used to buy birthday cakes retired, I picked up a cake for a birthday that was going to be observed right after she left.

Q: For many years, I have participated in regular team meetings by phone or video conference because my work location is more than three hours from our regional office. At a recent meeting, my ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am an attorney at a small firm. When the staff member who used to buy birthday cakes retired, I picked up a cake for a birthday that was going to be observed right after she left.

Dear Miss Manners: I am an attorney at a small firm. When the staff member who used to buy birthday cakes retired, I picked up a cake for a birthday that was going to be observed right after she left.

CLEVELAND, Oh - How many cupcakes to make for an office birthday? Reader question: My birthday is coming up and it happens to fall on a day when we are in the office. (We are only in the office a few ...

Ahh, company birthday celebrations. I’ve gotten multiple questions this week about birthdays. One wanted to know if he should have to contribute to the quarterly birthday party fund in his birthday ...

Celebrating his employees’ birthdays has turned out to be no cakewalk for Miami-Dade Property Appraiser Carlos Lopez-Cantera. Not even close. His office recently began buying birthday cakes for ...

Missing a celebration may feel awkward. But leave the boss out of it. Credit...Photo Illustration by Margeaux Walter for The New York Times Supported by By Roxane Gay Send questions about the office, ...