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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...
Is this the end of the pre-employment drug test?

Rebecca Greenfield and Jennifer Kaplan Bloomberg WP Bloomberg
Mar 11, 2018 12:00 am - Employers are struggling to hire workers in tightening U.S. job market. Marijuana is now legal in nine states and Washington, D.C., meaning more than one in five America...
South Korea is capping its workweek at 52 hours; should the U.S. do the same?

By Jena McGregor
Mar 11, 2018 12:00 am - South Korea's parliament is putting a lid on what an official there has called its "inhumanely long" work hours, passing a bill that would cut the maximum workweek from ...
Olfactory offender in the office? Manager can't shrink from this duty

By Karla L. Miller
Mar 04, 2018 12:00 am - Q1: Our administrative staffer takes breaks to smoke and is a heavy coffee drinker. The combination of these odors, plus some kind of sickly sweet odor (body odor or som...
A novel twist to this angry-boss story

By Karla L. Miller
Feb 25, 2018 12:00 am - Q: I wrote in last spring about a boss with either dementia or a bad attitude. I wanted to give you a postscript: He was eventually fired, and as it turns out, he could ...

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