Human Resources
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Dads-to-be must tell bosses, too. But when?
Mar 03, 2019 5:00 am - Q: I am in my early 20s and recently accepted a position working for an elected official. However, I did not mention before accepting that I'm expecting to become a fath...
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After being passed over for promotion, is it time to move on?
Feb 24, 2019 5:00 am - Q: I'm a midcareer public servant. Last summer, the funding that supported my position ended. My supervisor did everything possible to retain me, and I remain employed a...
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Analysis: At fireside chats, the talk is all smoke and no flames
Feb 17, 2019 5:00 am - Man invented fire. Business Man ruined it as a metaphor. The fireside chat is a mainstay of the corporate conference. Businesspeople fly in from around the country, chec...
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The glass ceiling is even higher in the penthouseFeb 17, 2019 5:00 am - The glass ceiling is even higher in the penthouse. Women earn enough on their own to qualify for 1 percent status in just one of every 22 top-earning households, new res...
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Salem Group earns staff management awardFeb 12, 2019 12:00 am - OAKBROOK TERRACE - The Salem Group, a staffing and workforce management company, has earned ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing Client Diamond Award, after winning the Best ...
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#MeToo has a Lehman moment as pre-crisis case drags on and on
Feb 10, 2019 5:00 am - Sexist comments, lewd gestures - and worse. Allegations like these are sorely familiar in the #MeToo era. Only this time, they hail from what seems like Wall Street's Da...
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Unlimited vacation can burn workers when they quit, get laid off
Feb 03, 2019 5:16 am - If you're laid off from your job or quit to go elsewhere, does your employer owe you the vacation time you've accrued? As with so many things related to employment law, ...
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Harassment safeguards should work against false claims, too
Feb 03, 2019 5:00 am - Q: I'm a male program manager in my thirties. I often have to request information from other departments. Recently, I asked "Stacey," a female co-worker in her mid-twent...
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Tomorrow's jobs demand higher academic degrees as economic fates diverge
Feb 03, 2019 5:00 am - This century has already been tough on Americans who have only a high school education. The current decade is poised to add insult to injury. The fast-declining occupati...
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Do you look like a job hopper? It depends.
Jan 27, 2019 5:00 am - Q: I am a furloughed government contractor, currently on unpaid leave. I am tired of living with the threat of shutdowns disrupting my work. I've been at my current posi...