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Unlimited vacation can burn workers when they quit, get laid offFeb 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, tooFeb 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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Son struggles with relationships after father's deathFeb 03, 2019 5:00 am - Q. My adult son, now 29, lost his father in a freak accident the day before he turned 13. For more than two years after the accident, his dad lingered in a near vegetati...
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Batavia group accepting donations for annual Prom Dress GiveawayFeb 03, 2019 5:00 am - If you organize a prom dress giveaway for high school girls and it becomes quite popular, you end up with an interesting problem at the end of the event. What do you do ...
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What great legislators have in commonFeb 03, 2019 12:00 am - Each of the great politicians and legislators I've known over the course of my career in Congress was very different. They were masters of the rules, or unassailably kno...
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The write stuff to becoming an authorFeb 03, 2019 12:00 am - So you want to write a book. The good news is that writing and publishing a book is doable. Maybe the book in your head is a business book that shares your successes, an...
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In defense of the elitesFeb 03, 2019 12:00 am - This year's World Economic Forum, more than usual, prompted a spirited round of elite-bashing, which has now become the trendy political posture on both right and left. ...
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Changing your diet can help with reflux diseaseFeb 02, 2019 6:30 am - One of the more common medical conditions in the industrialized world is gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD). Almost two in 10 people have symptoms of GERD. It is ...
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Get the help you need and avoid pitfallsFeb 02, 2019 6:30 am - One problem after the death of a spouse or parent is that eventually you may be overwhelmed with the huge amount of sad feelings, so many tasks, and all the responsibili...
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Board can't reject member for missing meetingsFeb 02, 2019 6:00 am - Q. One of the board members of our association misses most of our board meetings. Can the board declare the seat vacant and appoint another owner to fill the vacancy? A....