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Human Resources

Should this manager step in to quell gossip?

By Karla L. Miller
Apr 15, 2018 1:00 am - Q: A colleague at my private-sector employer recently let a contractor go for poor work. I was not surprised, nor were most other members of my team. One of my direct re...
Should workers the legal right to ignore after-hours email?

By Jena McGregor
Apr 08, 2018 1:00 am - On the first day of 2017, a new law went into effect in France giving workers the legal right to avoid responding to work email or text messages on days off or at all ho...
He's not a colleague; he's an emotional vampire

By Karla L. Miller
Apr 08, 2018 1:00 am - Q: I started a new job in the past year, working in the branch office of a medium-size business. We stay connected with the main office through an instant-messaging serv...
Morning sickness for a man, fake eyelashes stuck together: The craziest late-to-work excuses

Gene Marks The Washington Post
Apr 01, 2018 1:00 am - "Better late than never?" I'm not so sure. But, of course, we all have those situations when we just can't get to work on time, right? In fact, a new survey by human res...
Prank calls at work aren't just a joke

By Karla L. Miller
Apr 01, 2018 1:00 am - Q: One of our colleagues is known for hiring internet services to make prank calls to others in our department. Apparently, she tells some colleagues when she's chosen h...
When an at-work love triangle starts a company war, stay out of it

By Karla L. Miller
Mar 25, 2018 1:00 am - Q: I work in a large company, under a manager who has had a long-standing affair with the company owner. The owner's spouse also works for the company. The owner is divo...
What makes employees happier? A voodoo doll of the boss

By Gene Marks The Washington Post
Mar 19, 2018 6:00 am - Health insurance? Paid time off? Bonuses? Retirement plans? These all seem like good employee benefits that matter, don't they? But as it turns out, another very inexpe...
What makes employees happier? A voodoo doll of the boss

Gene Marks The Washington Post
Mar 18, 2018 1:00 am - Health insurance? Paid time off? Bonuses? Retirement plans? These all seem like good employee benefits that matter, don't they? But as it turns out another very inexpens...
No, the boss' e-cigarette vapor is not 'just steam'

By Karla L. Miller
Mar 18, 2018 1:00 am - Q: I work for a performing arts organization. Over the past two years, several employees have taken up vaping. When they first started, there was constant unchecked vapi...
When a good friend (and co-worker) flips for a bad boss

By Karla L. Miller
Mar 11, 2018 12:00 am - Q: We recently got a new manager, "Damien," who is the poster child for bad bosses: incompetent, lazy and immature. After six weeks, when he started feeling heat from hi...

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