Human Resources
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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...
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When being funny can hurt women at work
Jan 20, 2019 5:08 am - Women in leadership roles often get penalized when they're seen as acting too aggressive at work. They often walk a precarious tightrope, expected to act like a "leader"...
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With skill, determination and some lucky timing, it's never too late to find a new job
Jan 20, 2019 5:00 am - Starting 2019 off right with a happy job-hunter's update. Longtime readers of this column may remember the librarian-turned-accountant who was over 50 and in despair aft...
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'It isn't nirvana': How four founders managed a four-day workweek
Jan 20, 2019 5:00 am - The four-day workweek is hardly new: The "compressed workweek" has been a flexible work arrangement for years. Management gurus have proposed the idea since at least 197...
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Citigroup is releasing pay-gap data most companies don't want to share
Jan 20, 2019 5:00 am - Citigroup revealed a "raw," unadjusted - and unflattering - figure Wednesday, showing that median pay for women is 29 percent less than it is for men at the global finan...