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Unlimited vacation can burn workers when they quit, get laid off

By Jena McGregor
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, ...
Harassment safeguards should work against false claims, too

By Karla L. Miller
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...
Tomorrow's jobs demand higher academic degrees as economic fates diverge

Jeanna Smialek Bloomberg
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...
Do you look like a job hopper? It depends.

By Karla L. Miller
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...
When being funny can hurt women at work

By Jena McGregor
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"...
With skill, determination and some lucky timing, it's never too late to find a new job

By Karla L. Miller
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...
'It isn't nirvana': How four founders managed a four-day workweek

By Jena McGregor
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...
Citigroup is releasing pay-gap data most companies don't want to share

Jena McGregor The Washington Post
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...
More companies want to pay off your student loan debt

Danielle Paquette The Washington Post
Jan 20, 2019 5:00 am - Mike Schabel remembers eating peanut butter and tortillas to save money while he and his wife paid off about $100,000 in student loan debt. So when the chief executive o...
Paylocity recognized as a 'Best Software Company'

Jan 16, 2019 12:00 am - SCHAUMBURG - Paylocity has been recognized as one of G2 Crowd's Best Software Companies in 2019. The equivalent of The People's Choice Awards for tech companies, G2 Cro...

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